Established 3 july 1914 Total enrollment 9,788 (24 Apr 2015) Founded 3 July 1914 | Rector Prof. Nikolay Kosarev Campus Urban Phone +7 343 257-22-27 | |
Motto О горнем помышляйтеDream of the celectial Type University/Engineering school Notable alumni Nikita Lobintsev, Eduard Rossel, Denis Pasler, Viktor Basargin Similar Ural State University of Econo, Ural State Pedagogical University, Ural State Medical University, Ural State Agrarian University, Ural State University of Railwa Profiles | ||
Ural State Mining University (Russian: Уральский государственный горный университет) is situated in Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation. It was founded in 1914. In 1917 Nicholas II signed an order titled "On keeping of the Yekaterinburg Institute of Mines under the patronage of His Majesty the Emperor and on giving to this educational establishment the title of The Emperor Nicholas II Ural Institute of Mines".
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It is the oldest establishment of higher education in the Middle Urals. It offers education in geology, geophysics, engineering and management of mining, geological prospecting. The university offers dozens of graduate and postgraduate programmes. The geologists of the university have discovered hundreds of deposits in Urals and Siberia.
Ural Geological Museum
The university has a famous museum of minerals founded in 1937 and considered to be one of the greatest public collections of this kind in Europe. The university is also known for its efforts in maintenance of religious traditions in higher education in Russia and for its glorious chair of sports and physical culture which has prepared many wonderful sportsmen.