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The first Mining School in Russia

The Moscow Mining Academy was established in 1918. The main task of the Academy was to train mining engineers and technicians, to popularize technological achievements among miners, to work on important problems of mining and metallurgical engineering arid to direct scientific research.
There were departments in the Academy: mining, geological prospecting and metallurgy. The Moscow Mining academy introduced a new course in coal mining mechanization which provided the basis for the development of mining engineering. The two scientists A.M. Terpigorev and M.M. Protodyakonov wrote the first textbook on machinery for mining bedded deposits.
Much credit for the establishment of the Moscow Mining Academy and the development of cooperation among outstanding scientists and educators is due to Academician I.M.Gubkin, a prominent geologist and oil expert.  

A.M. Terpigorev (1873-1959)

Academician A.M. Terpigorev is a well-known mining engineer who successfully combined his practical experience with scientific research. He was born in 1873 in Tambov. In 1892 he finished school with honors and decided to get a higher education. He chose the Mining Institute in St. Petersburg, passed all the entrance examinations successfully and became a student of the Mining Institute.
At the Institute he studied the full range of subjects relating to metallurgy, mining and mining mechanics.
At that time students’ specialization was based on descriptive courses and elementary practical training. One of the best lectures was A. P. Karpinsky. His lectures on historical geology were very popular.

Mining Education in Great Britain

At present in Great Britain there are a number of universities and colleges which give instruction in mechanical engineering, mining, metallurgy, etc. These institutions provide full-time and part-time education. It should be noted that technical colleges confer diplomas’ on college graduates.
A university graduate leaves with the degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science which is an academic qualification awarded by universities.
For example, the University in Cardiff has become one of the largest in Wales. It is one of the four colleges which together with the Welsh National School of Medicine form the University of Wales. There is the Mining engineering Department in the University of Wales. The Department deals with the whole range of extractive industries such as coal and metalliferous mining quarrying and oil technology.