Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto
Master in Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Porto, Portugal
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
EUR 6,000
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Key Summary
What is Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering?
Training of professionally competent and qualified staff to understand, conceive, design, and implement optimized technical solutions in the areas of Exploration, Exploitation, and Treatment of Mineral Raw Materials, as well as in the area of the Geoenvironment, with a view to environmental preservation, recovery, and sustainability, understood as fundamental pillars of social cohesion and well-being.
Who should apply?
To candidates with a vocation and interest in the area of Engineering and, particularly, in the area of Earth and Geoenvironmental Sciences.
Accreditation
The study cycle is accredited by the Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES). More information can be found in the reports produced by A3ES.
This 2nd Cycle degree in Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering, is recognised by Accreditation Agencies (EURACE and A3ES) as providing a complete professional training.
Competences, capacities and skills, on completion of the MEMG:
- Ability to know, understand, design and operate in all dimensions of mining knowledge and technologies – exploration/recognition, exploitation/extraction, treatment/processing, environmental integration – in a technically and scientifically sound way, in a holistic project perspective;
- Personal, understanding and problem-solving skills in complex and multidisciplinary contexts, in particular of Mining Engineering;
- Ability to issue well-founded and high-quality technical, social and ethical judgments/opinions;
- Ability to develop autonomous work, as well as work in multidisciplinary teams;
- Ability to keep up-to-date throughout their professional life;
- Ability to understand, adapt and integrate into any sector of activity, at the level of production processes.
Course units belonging to the academic fields defined in the active curricular structure(s) in the current academic year
- Earth Sciences
- Transversal/Transferable Skills
- Personal Development
- Economics
- Management Studies - Environmental Management
- Management
- Mathematics
- Project
- Any Scientific Area of UPorto
- Technology and Applied Sciences
Masters in Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering 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.