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The Master in Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering has been awarded the international EUR-ACE quality label. This certifies MEMG as a high-quality programme which meets the international standards for professional engineering education at the masters level. [+ info] |
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Programme accredited by the Agency for the Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES). More information can be found in the reports produced by A3ES. |
Master in Mining Engineering and Geo-Environment, MEMG
The Master in Mining Engineering and Geo-Environment, MEMG, is the second of three levels of training in Mining Engineering offered at FEUP:
- Bachelor in Mining Engineering and Geo-Environment, 3 years, 180 ECTS.
- Master in Mining Engineering and Geo-Environment, 2 years, 120 ECTS.
- Doctorate in Mining Engineering and Geo-Resources, 3 years, 180 ECTS.
The programme curriculum comprises a teaching component of 90 ECTS and a dissertation of 30 ECTS.
Student mobility is available through cooperation protocols between FEUP and several foreign universities through exchange programmes such as ERASMUS+ and MOBILE. Therefore, the curricula of one or two semesters, starting in the second semester of the first year of study, may be fully replaced by the same period at a foreign university.
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MEMG programme concludes with the development, presentation and approval, after successful public defence, of a dissertation. The latter may be carried out in an academic or business environment, in which the student must apply the skills and knowledge acquired during his/her training to a specific research topic (30 ECTS, fully occupying the last semester).
Objectives
The main objective of the Master in Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering is to train senior managers in mining engineering who are professionally competent and qualified to understand, conceptualise, design and implement optimised technical solutions in the areas of prospecting, exploitation and managing of natural resources, as well as in the area of geo-environmentalism, adopting a perspective of preservation, recovery and environmental sustainability—fundamental pillars of cohesion and social well-being.
Professional Abilities
This master’s programme in Mining Engineering and Geo-Environment is recognised by accreditation agencies (EURACE and A3ES) to provide complete professional training.
Skills, abilities, and aptitudes acquired upon completion of the MEMG:
- The ability to know, understand, conceptualise and operate in all dimensions of mining knowledge and technologies —prospecting/site investigation, exploitation/extraction, handling/processing, environmental integration—in a technically and scientifically sound manner, taking a holistic perspective of each project.
- Personal skills and the ability to understand and solve problems within complex and multidisciplinary contexts, namely, mining engineering.
- The ability to provide well-founded and quality judgements/opinions on technical, social, and ethical matters.
- The aptitude to work both autonomously and in multidisciplinary teams.
- The capacity to remain up to date throughout one’s professional working life.
- The ability to understand, adapt and integrate into any industry at the production process level.
Employment Prospects
Graduates of the Master in Mining Engineering and Geo-Environment at FEUP are prepared to take on a wide range of career opportunities in industrial, research, and technical-commercial activities, among others.
Some of the main career opportunities pursued by graduates of the Master in Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering at FEUP are found in:
- Industrial plants for the exploitation and/or transformation of natural resources, such as mines that are metallic and non-metallic, open-pit and underground, and quarries for industrial and ornamental rocks.
- Mineral-industrial, natural mineral and spring water exploitation.
- Consultancy and research firms/offices in the areas of geology, geophysical prospecting, and rock recognition.
- Underground and open-pit excavation projects associated with construction and public works, such as wells, tunnels, galleries, and other underground storage infrastructures.
- State institutions for the management and supervision of public works, extraction activities and the transformation of resources.
- Consulting companies in mining engineering, geo-environment, and geotechnics.
- Research, supervision, and development in private or public laboratories, such as those for quality control to support the extraction and construction industry.
- Municipal services in the areas of the environment, regional planning support and environmental rehabilitation and rehabilitation.
- Companies providing services to the extraction industry and in environmental management.
- Research, education, and vocational training.
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Aplications
The Master in Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering is specially designed for students with a vocation and interest in the areas of engineering and, in particular, earth sciences, geo-resources and the geo-environment.
Applications are open to holders of appropriate academic training in engineering, such as:
- Graduates of the FEUP Bachelor in Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering - MEMG.
- Graduates of a bachelor's programme in engineering or the legal equivalent, or a first degree in engineering or earth sciences organised in accordance with the Bologna process, the suitability of which will be assessed by the MEMG Scientific Committee.
- Those who possess an academic, scientific, and professional curriculum that the Scientific Committee recognises as appropriate for carrying out this programme.
Admissions: Application
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Training in mining engineering has been offered at the University of Porto and at the Faculty of Engineering since 1885. The training offered today is the product of a constant, consistent, prudent, up-to-date, and mature evolution of course content. |
Contacts
Paula Lima
tel: + 351 220413163
minas@fe.up.pt
Mining Engineering Department