Area
Engineering and Technology
Sub-Discipline
Other Engineering and Technologies
University of Chile
- City: Santiago,
- Commune: Santiago,
- Region: Metropolitan Region
goals
The Program seeks to train graduates with a broad domain of Mining Engineering, capable of conducting scientific research and technological development applied to mining activity. Areas of interest are reservoir evaluation, rock mechanics, mining design, planning and technology, automation and robotics, and geo-mining-metallurgy.
Applicant Profile
The Program is multidisciplinary in nature and is aimed at Graduates in Engineering Sciences, Earth Sciences, or equivalent degrees, who wish to complete their academic training by researching any problem related to the mining industry.
Graduate profile
The Program is aimed at training high-level specialists who have a broad domain of Mining Engineering and who are capable of developing scientific and technological knowledge and original research applied to mining.
Lines of investigation
The thematic areas considered are defined by the strengths of the academic body and include each of the activities of the mineral extraction process.
1.- Reservoir evaluation
2.- Mine planning
3.- Rock mechanics, design and mining technology
4.- Automation and robotics for mining
5.- Geo-mining-metallurgy