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MINERALS INDUSTRY EDUCATION AND TRAINING II

Fig. 2: The annual number of students recruited in postgraduate
education

(milion)
0.7
0.6451
0.9114
0.6
0.5109 0.5897
0.5
0.3975
0.4
0.3
0.269
0.2

0.1285
0.1
0
1988 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2015
Number of graduate students recruited

History

Mineral processing education in China began with Peiyang University,
which started to offer Mineral processing education in the 1920s. Shenyang
Institute of Technology (now called Northeastern University) introduced a
program some years later, and has been offering undergraduate education
in the field since 1949.

Central South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (Central South University
has been offering undergraduate education since 1952, masters level
education since 1956 and PhD education since 1984.

The status of mineral processing in the national
economy

The demand of metal and mineral resource is increasing year by year, with
the rapid economic development, and mineral processing is essential to
support last year more than 40 M tonnes of non-ferrous metals and more
than 8000 M tonnes iron and steel.

Mineral Processing Education
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