Master of Engineering in Mining Engineering

Master of Mineral Sciences in Mining Engineering (Research)

The programme is based on the assumption that postgraduate education should provide advanced knowledge in the field of Mining Engineering and produce specialised personnel capable of undertaking academic and research work in important areas of Mining Engineering, which are:

  1. Mine Environment
  2. Rock Mechanics
  3. Mineral Economics and
  4. Mineral Production Management
  5. Mine Planning
  6. Mining Technology
  7. Small scale mining

Part I: Course Work

First Year

a - Mine Environment

First Semester

  • MET6011 Numerical Analysis I
  • MIN6200 Applications of Computers in Mining I
  • MIN6400 Mine Safety Engineering
  • MIN6700 Advanced Mine Ventilation
  • MIN6710 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration in Mines

Second Semester

  • MET6012 Numerical Analysis II
  • MIN6210 Applications of Computers in Mining II
  • MIN6720 Heat Transfer
  • MIN6730 Mine Ventilation and Thermodynamics
  • MIN6300 Mine Plant Design

B - Rock mechanics

First Semester

  • MET6011 Numerical Analysis I
  • MIN6200 Applications of Computers in Mining I
  • MIN6100 Rock Strength and Failure
  • MIN6110 Rock Structure and Improvement
  • MIN6120 Soil Mechanics

Second Semester

c - Mineral economics

First Semester

  • MET6011 Numerical Analysis I
  • MIN6210 Applications of Computers in Mining I
  • MIN6600 Econometrics and Mineral Commodity Theory
  • MIN6610 Applied Economics
  • MIN6410 Mineral Policies and Legislation

Second Semester

  • ME6012 Numerical Analysis II
  • MIN6210 Applications of Computers in Mining II
  • MIN6620 Technology and Marketing
  • MIN6500 Application of Operations Research
  • MIN6510 Advanced Geostatistics

d - Mineral Production management

First Semester

  • MET6011 Numerical Analysis I
  • MIN6210 Applications of Computers in Mining
  • MIN6310 Advanced Mine Planning
  • MIN6470 Mineral Production Management
  • MIN6120 Shaft Sinking and Tunnelling

Second Semester

  • MET6012 Numerical Analysis II
  • MIN6210 Applications of Computers in Mining II
  • MIN6420 Mineral Project Management
  • MIN6500 Application of Operations Research
  • MIN6510 Advanced Geostatistics

Part II: MIN 7909 Research Work

Second Year
The second year will consist of thesis work, accompanying field work and data processing, so that it can be completed by the end of the academic year.