Bachelor in Mineral Resource Engineering
Luleå, Sweden
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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STUDY FORMAT
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Introduction
The education is a 3-year technical Bachelors program. The education focuses on the sustainable rock value chain and covers how to find, mine, extract and recycle metal and minerals as well as environmental, social and economic aspects. The education is based on project-oriented learning in collaboration with companies in the sector.
A project course runs through the first and second year where we will work with issues along the rock value chain in collaboration with companies. The course has both theoretical and practical elements such as experiments and field exercises that are carried out in project form both at Luleå University of Technology and at companies within the sector. During the autumn, the first year, the project course begins with an introduction to the rock value chain in parallel with basic courses in mathematics and physics and an introduction to Geosciences. During the spring, the project course continues in parallel with basic courses in Mathematics, Chemistry and Mineralogy. In the second year, the project course continues in parallel with courses on the various parts of the rock value chain, structures and deformations, metallurgy and mining as well as basic courses in mathematics, geochemistry and programming. The third year begins with courses in work environment, raw material economics and mathematical statistics, followed by elective courses and is finalized with a Bachelor thesis.
Program Outcome
To meet the future challenges, we should act to ensure a sustainable, resource efficient and environmentally friendly processes throughout the entire value chain of minerals and metals.
The Mineral resource Engineering is a multidisciplinary program that will enable you to understand the earth system and the minerals and metals value chain. You will be able to contribute to a sustainable use of minerals resources and to act in a global digitalized world. The program covers the entire value chain including exploration, mining, extraction, refining and recycling while emphasizing the environmental, social and economic aspects. The program aims at educating you the knowledge and skills you need to be able to contribute to the green transition and the subsequent increased demand for metals. The program will have the system approach and create understanding of the sustainable value chain.
You will learn how different segments interact, how they affect the environment, how they correlate with economical, societal and legislative aspects. How circular materials streams can be created and how that affects the system, bi-products and waste as well as implications of electrification and fossil free processing.
Curriculum
Compulsory courses
| Code | Course | Cr | Level |
| D0009E | Introduction to Programming | 7,5 | First level |
| F0004T | Physics 1 | 7,5 | First level |
| L0049K | Sustainable Resource Engineering 1 | 15,0 | First level |
| M0047M | Differential calculus | 7,5 | First level |
| M0048M | Linear Algebra and Calculus | 7,5 | First level |
| M0049M | Linear Algebra and Differential Equations | 7,5 | First level |
| N0029N | Natural Resource Economics | 7,5 | First level |
| O0041K | Geoscience | 7,5 | First level |
| O0042K | Mineralogy and Crystallography | 7,5 | First level |
| New course | Mineral Resource Engineering 2 | 15,0 | First level |
| S0001M | Mathematical Statistics | 7,5 | First level |
| New course | Sustainable Mining Methods | 7,5 | First level |
| New course | Structures and deformation | 7,5 | First level |
| New course | Bachelor Thesis in Mineral Resource Engineering | 15,0 | First level |
| New course | Work environment | 7,5 | First level |
| New course | Extractive metallurgy | 7,5 | First level |
| New course | Geochemistry | 7,5 | First level |
| P0007K | Chemical Reactions in Mineral Resource Engineering | 7,5 | First level |
Credits for optional courses
Optional space is 22.5 credits. Within the optional space of the programme it is possible to chose optional courses. The given number of credits must be met for degree.