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The Mining and Quarrying program is designed for students interested in the exploration, exploitation and development of mineral raw materials.

The Mining and Quarrying program gives you the field knowledge and numerical modeling skills needed to detect and develop new mining prospects and to optimize their exploitation.

Practical work and field school will give you the opportunity to apply the theoretical lessons.

A group project will cultivate your judgment, your critical sense and your ability to work in a team.

Practical information

Training: BSc + MSc program in Geosciences and Environment

Duration of the course: 2 years

Training location: Beauvais campus

Details of the courses

EU Project management (6 ECTS credits)

  • Budget management   
  • Project management   
  • Business intelligence and strategic watch

UE Human and Social Sciences (6 ECTS credits)

  • English with specific objectives   
  • Personal development and creativity   
  • Team management   
  • Scientific communication

UE Tools for mineral resources exploration (6 ECTS credits)

  • Subsurface geophysics   
  • Geophysics applied to mines and quarries   
  • Industrial minerals   
  • Rock geochemistry and mineral geochemistry   
  • Mining exploration and mining economy

UE Internship - Technical part (9 ECTS credits)

  • Internship - technical part : oral   
  • Internship - technical part : report   
  • Internship - technical part : company evaluation

UE Internship - Company part (3 ECTS credits)

  • Internship - company part : oral   
  • Internship - company part : report

Upgrading (for students entering UniLaSalle in 4th year)

  • Geological refresher course   
  • Computer science refresher course

 

UE Applied metallogeny (6 ECTS credits)

  • Geology - Metallogeny and microscopy   
  • Fluid inclusions   
  • Mining field school

UE Mineral resources production (6 ECTS credits)

  • Mineral Processing and mining congress   
  • Applied GIS and remote sensing   
  • Mining modeling

UE Business and management (6 ECTS credits)

  • Economics and budget management   
  • Management and companies   
  • English for current events and specialties

UE Field school Field prospecting management (6 ECTS credits)

  • Field school Management of field prospection

 

UE Operations and modeling (7 ECTS credits)

  • Quarry life cycle   
  • Mining modeling   
  • Logging applied to mines and quarries   
  • Marine mineral resources   
  • Mineral Processing : Grinding / Communication

UE Mining Exploration (7 ECTS credits)

  • Ores deposits, in depth Metallogeny versus Geometallurgy   
  • Mineral exploration concepts - Research and development strategy   
  • Field camp Mineral Exploration & Mineral Processing

UE Joint or personal project (12 ECTS credits)

  • Joint Project in Depth Mines & Quarries Program

 

  • Internship (6 months)
  • Writing of the geological engineer's thesis (9 ECTS credits)
  • Geological engineer thesis defense (9 ECTS credits)