Mining education in the Far East celebrates the 300th anniversary

The Russian mining industry celebrates these days the 300th anniversary of the founding of mountain education in the Far East.In 1723, a mountain school was opened in the village of Nerchinsky Plant - the first in Eastern Siberia and the Far East.The launch of a unique educational project soon brought the results: in Russia, the volumes of mineral production have increased, the country has “home” industrial gold.Coins and medals of that time are made of Nerchinsk precious metals.In 1823, the mountain school was transformed into the Nerchinsk Mining School.Gasan Gasanbalaev, Executive Director of the Social Development of the Corporation of the Development of the Far East and the Arctic (KRDV), noted that mountain education in Transbaikalia continues to develop, work for the good of the country and the region.The Trans -Baikal State University became the leading university of the Consortium “Leaders of the Mountain Education - the Far East”, which was created by the Universities of the Far Eastern Federal District on the initiative of the KDRV.The purpose of the consortium is to unite educational, scientific and commercial organizations with enterprises of the production industry of the Far East for the leading training of engineering personnel, taking into account the tasks of the innovative development of the mining industry of the macro -region.“During the reception campaign of 2023, the Trans -Baikal State University exceeded the plan of recruiting students to technical specialties, and the growth of the entering the specialty of mining grew by almost 50% compared to the figures of 2021.Today, with the help of the Priority 2030. Far East, the Mining Academy has been created at the WHOSTSU.On the basis of the university, innovative research laboratories are being created, advanced educational programs are being implemented, projects are being implemented in collaboration with the largest industrial partners.We see that federal support measures give a new impetus to the areas of preparation traditional for the region, ”said Hasan Hasanbalaev.According to the acting rector of the Transbaikal State University Oksana Martynenko: “The mountain industry is high -tech modern companies, the development of which requires a new level of engineering knowledge.Today in Transbaikalia, in the homeland of mountain education, we create a Mining Academy.This is an innovative unit of the WHOSU, in which the professional training of engineers is closely related to practice and research, and mining enterprises are included in the educational process as teachers and mentors. ”In September 2023, three new innovative laboratories began work as part of the Mining Academy of WHOS.The work of laboratories is aimed at solving the production problems of the largest mining enterprises of the region, at the preparation of high -quality specialists of mining, involving the best specialists and students in the scientific and research work.Source: https: //minvr.gov.ru/press-center/news/GornoE_OBRAZOVANIE_NA_DALNEM_VOSTOKE_OTMECHAET_300_LETNIY_YUB ... [https://minvr.gov.ru/press-center/news/news Noe_obrazovanie_na_dalnem_vostoke_otmechaet_300_letniy_yubiley_/]