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A ROADMAP FOR MINERALS PROCESSING EDUCATION

of Technology, Łódź University of Technology, Silesian University of
Technology and Wroclaw University of Technology. AGH UST offers two
courses with elements of mineral processing: One is run by the Faculty of
Mining and Geoengineering, and the other can be found in the Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering & Robotics, where mineral processing is taught
from the perspective of mining and mineral processing machinery and
equipment.

Most of the scientific staff related to mineral processing are located in
AGH UST. Twelve professors work in the Department of Environmental
Engineering and Mineral Processing at AGH UST, while the other universities
employ 1-2 professors of mineral processing each. However if we expand
the research field to include mining, the number of professors is higher:
AGH employs around 40 professors, while in each of the other Universities
there are between ten and fifteen to twenty professors. In total, scientific
staff in higher education in this field approaches 150-200 people. About
80% of researchers and educators in the field of mineral processing are
located in Cracow area.

The second activity in the field of mineral processing in Poland is
related to research institutes. Scientific workers at these institutes,
especially professors, supplement educational activities at universities
with the scientific development of junior researchers (as reviewers,
tutors etc.). The institutes also collaborate with universities within the
scope of professional practices, scholarships and industrial trainings.
The following institutes should be listed: Central Mining Institute
(GIG) located in Katowice, Mineral and Energy Economy and Research
Institute of Polish Academy of Science (Krakow), Institute of Mechanised
Construction and Rock Mining (Warsaw), Institute of Non Ferrous Metals
(Gliwice), CUPRUM (Wrocław), The Institute of Ceramics and Building
Materials (Opole, Warsaw, Krakow), Institute of Chemical Processing of
Coal (Zabrze), KOMAG, and many minor institutes engaged in research in
the aggregates sector and so on. It is hard to estimate the exact number
of scientists engaged in all mining and mineral processing institutes, but
we might say at least 200 people.

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Programmes in Poland