The Layout of the Ural State Mining University

The University is housed in four buildings. Building, One houses - the Rector's office, the Dean’s office number of administrative offices, the Faculty or Mining Mechanics with its numerous departments and laboratories (labs).

Building Two houses the Faculty of Mining Technology, the Dean's office, many departments, labs and the computation centre.

Building Three houses the Faculty of Geology, the Faculty of Geophysics, the Faculty of Extramural Education, the Dean's offices, many departments and labs. The Ural Geological Museum, the Museum of the History of the Ural State Mining University and some administrative offices are also housed in this building.

Building Four houses the Faculty of Engineering and Economics, the Dean's office, departments and labs, the library, reading halls, the Assembly hail, the students cultural centre and a large canteen where students can have their meals.

The library and the reading halls provide students with all kinds of reading: textbooks, reference books /справочники/ dictionaries, magazines and fiction/ художественная литература/.

Besides not far from the Academy there are four five-storied buildings of the student hostel, where most students live. Near the hostels there is a House o£ Sports. There students can go in for- different kinds of sports: chess, badminton, table tennis, boxing, wrestling, weight lifting, basketball, volleyball, handball.

Student’s Academic Work

The Ural Stats Mining University offers students three different programs of higher education such as: Bachelors, Diplomate Engineers and Magisters.

The course of studies for a bachelor's degree lasts four years. The academic year begins in September and ends in June. It consists of two terms - September to January and February to June.

Students attend lectures and practical classes. As a rule, there are three or four periods of lectures and classes a day with 20 minutes break between them.

During their first two years students take the following subjects: higher mathematics, physics, chemistry, theoretical air-mechanics, descriptive geometry, general geology, mineralogy, geodesy, history, a foreign language English, French or German). Besides all the students learn to operate a computer.

Students take their tests and exams at the end of each term. After exams students have their holidays or vacations.

At the end of the academic year the students of the academy have practical work at mines, mineral dressing plants, geological & geophysical parties.

At the end of the final year students present their graduation papers for approval.

After getting the Bachelor's degree the graduates have a possibility to continue their education.

They can enter a Diplomate Engineer's course or studies which lasts one academic year or the graduates can take a two-year program of Magister's degree.

After defending final papers these graduates can enter the post-graduate courses.

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