Study programme mineralurgia a environmentálne technológie

Basic information

Study programme in national registry: mineralurgia a environmentálne technológie
Guaranted by: Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies
Study field: Extraction and Processing of Earth Resources
Level of degree: 2
Form of study: present
Degree: Ing.
Length of study in years: 2
Professionally oriented: No
Joint study programme: No
Languages of delivery: slovak language

Graduate profile

Description
The study program Mineralogy and Environmental Technologies will provide graduates with a broader professional profile, with comprehensive, high-quality knowledge of mineral raw materials and their use, and the chemistry of materials, they also know the physical and chemical nature of the processes used within their specialization and their impact on the complexity and difficulty of technologies. The graduate understands the issue of raw material mineral processing (coal, ore, and non-ore) with the aim of their further utilization in various areas of the economy, so he is able to design, apply, optimize, construct and manage treatment technologies. Can design, model, and project technologies for the treatment and processing of primary and secondary raw materials. Graduates of the study program are able to work in organizations dealing with monitoring and evaluating the state of the environment, issues of waste management, and environmental impact assessment. A possible application is in the state and private sphere - in state administration, local self-government, related to the environment, in industrial enterprises whose activity is related to raw material processing, and in various environmental organizations.
Learning objectives
The graduate of the mineralogy and environmental technology engineering study program in the second stage of higher education builds on his natural science, technical and humanitarian education acquired in one of the nearby study programs in the first stage. The graduate mainly masters the issue of treatment - the refinement of mineral (coal, ore, and non-ore) raw materials with the aim of their further utilization in various areas of the economy, so he is able to design, optimize, construct and manage treatment technologies. At the same time, he can apply his knowledge in the field of environmental technologies (recycling and processing of industrial and municipal waste, treatment and purification of drinking water, dust removal and purification of industrial gases), which use treatment technologies or their parts. Thus, the graduate acquires an original, unified and complex view of the issue and perspective of physical, physico-chemical, chemical, and biological processes, used for the processing and recycling of primary and secondary raw materials. FBERG TUKE respects the diversity of students by allowing the student to choose the topics of semester assignments and projects, as well as the topic of the final thesis, the option of choosing mandatory elective subjects, by choosing the place of implementation of the internship, creating solution teams during the processing of projects and assignments, while the students themselves create a function in the solving team. FBERG TUKE creates a closer link between the study program and the demands of the labor market by defining educational outcomes, which enables students to make informed choices. Mandatory optional subjects are equivalent subjects and profile the knowledge and competencies of a graduate of the mineralogy and environmental technologies engineering study program. Graduates can use the acquired detailed knowledge about surface and interphase phenomena in the treatment and recycling of very fine-grained materials with a large surface area (sludges, dust, sediments, fly ash, etc.). Acquired knowledge about raw material treatment technologies can be implemented within the entire raw material processing process, i.e. not only at its beginning but also at the end, thus enabling their maximum (re)evaluation in the context of current ideas in the field of environmental protection. Graduates of the study program find employment in organizations that deal with monitoring and evaluating the state of the environment, waste management, and environmental impact assessment. Graduates can be employed in all spheres of state administration and the private sector, in local self-government related to the environment, in industrial enterprises whose activity is related to the processing of raw materials, in various environmental organizations. The graduate is ready to participate in the development and use of non-traditional treatment and environmental technologies, e.g. mineral biotechnologies, nanotechnologies, etc.
Main learning outcomes
The graduate of the mineralogy and environmental technology engineering study program is able to: 1. To demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the mineralogy and environmental technologies study program, which follow on from their general high school education and bachelor's education and are typically at the level of advanced textbooks supplemented with selected aspects of the latest knowledge from the field of obtaining and processing earth resources, in the study mineralogy and environmental technologies program. 2. He can use his knowledge and skills in the field of technical and natural science disciplines, from the application of environmental, economic, legislative, and social aspects in planning and decision-making, in the management of environmental processes by taking into account the components of the environment, in the treatment and processing of primary and secondary raw materials and their understanding in a way that indicates a professional approach to work and to the profession. He has competencies usually demonstrated by making and defending arguments and solving problems, specific tasks in the field of study of the mineralogy and environmental technologies study program. 3. Has the ability to acquire and interpret relevant data and facts in the field of study in the mineralogy and environmental technologies study program and to make ethically and socially responsible decisions based on them. 4. Can communicate and present information, concepts, principles, problems, and solutions to professional and lay audiences. 5. Has the developed educational skills necessary to continue further studies with a high degree of independence.
Professions
Professions for which the graduate is prepared at the time of completion.

Employability

Evaluation of the study programme graduates employability
There are fewer than 5 graduates in the given study program. Graduates of the study program find employment in organizations that deal with monitoring and evaluating the state of the environment, waste management, and environmental impact assessment. Graduates can be employed in all spheres of state administration and the private sector, in local self-government related to the environment, in industrial enterprises whose activity is related to the processing of raw materials, in various environmental organizations.
Evaluation of the study programme quality by employers
The study program at FBERG TUKE is fully implemented with the needs of real practice. Since the communication between education at FBERG TUKE and employers is continuous, it consists in solving joint projects with the involvement of students, in solving research tasks of a commercial nature, using company professionals in the process of completing studies by membership in state examination commissions at the relevant level of higher education. The faculty reflects the requirements of employers for graduates of the given study program and critically evaluates them with current trends abroad.

Structure and content of the study programme

Suggested study plan in the MIAS portal

Current academic year plan and current schedule

Current academic year plan
Current schedule: MAIS portal

Persons responsible for the study programme

Person responsible for thequality of the study programme: prof. Ing. Jiří Škvarla, CSc.
List of persons responsible for the profile courses: Study advisor: doc. Ing. Ľubica Kozáková, PhD.
Student representatives: Bc. Adam Šolc
Study department

Spatial, material, and technical provision of the study programme and support

List and characteristics of the study programme classrooms
The following laboratories and a semi-operational hall are used to ensure the teaching process: The semi-operational hall – is equipped with functional devices for treatment (e.g. crushing, grinding) and separation (magnetic, gravity separation, flotation, etc.) of minerals and waste as secondary raw materials. A physical laboratory that is equipped for several types of rock sample separations (prepares rock samples for the quantitative determination of selected elements on AAS, prepares rock samples for X-ray analysis and IR spectrometry, and prepares a complete silicate analysis). Chemical laboratory with accessories for classical chemical analysis (digester, 2 dryers, muffle furnace, distillation apparatus, centrifuge, 3 digital analytical scales with accuracy to 2 and 4 tenths, etc.). The analytical laboratory is equipped with an atomic absorption spectrometer for chemical analysis of about 20 elements (fy Perkin-Elmer, USA). Surface characterization laboratory with instruments for measuring solid surfaces (wetting angle measuring instrument, polarizing microscope). Laboratory of surface chemical analysis - equipped with an XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectrometer) device for surface chemical analysis of particles.
Characteristics of the information provision
For the development of the study program, the departments of the Technical University of Košice (TUKE) use the rich library fund of the University Library (UK), the mission of which is the information security of scientific research and the pedagogical process at TUKE. The digital library of the UK (http://www.lib.tuke.sk) is also available to TUKE students and employees, which provides: lending services; consulting services; reference services; digital services; MVS and MKVS service; education and training for writing theses. Library services are concentrated in UK TUKE, which include all activities from searching in the library fund to searching for information in the online catalog and available databases (Springer Link, Science Direct, IEEExplore, etc.), to making specific documents available in print or electronic form in the UK fund (the total number of documents is 186966, of which 64228 books, 40046 textbooks, 7779 anthologies, 6341 bound periodicals, 7718 electronic documents, 31846 final and qualification theses). Students have access to the Internet on the school premises and in the dormitories via a WiFi connection, which allows them unrestricted access to library services. The MAIS academic information system http://mais.tuke.sk/ ensures the entry, processing and provision of information about the admissions process (submission of the application, results, overviews), about the study (subject information sheets, timetable, registration for exams, results of interim and final evaluations, submission of final theses, assessments for final theses, etc.). Overview of available study literature: http://people.fberg.tuke.sk/es/index.php/monografie-vysokoskolske
E-learning
In addition to the classic library collection, modern electronic resources with flexible and updatable study materials of various types are available for TUKE study programs. Both teaching materials and e-learning teaching materials (textbooks or scripts) were created. All are available in CD form or in LM systems, e.g. http://moodle.tuke.sk/. Other teaching materials are also available in the faculty LMS, or on the websites of subjects or various pedagogical projects. The CISCO Webex video conference system is also available for distance education in the event of an emergency or other exceptional cases at the link: https://tuke.webex.com/.
Institution partners
Partners: ÚGt SAS – participation in the teaching process, participation in scientific-research cooperation, cooperation in solving final theses, participation in commissions at state final exams GREEN VIEW p. r. about. - participation in the teaching process, participation in scientific-research cooperation, cooperation in solving final theses EUROTALC s.r.o. – cooperation in organizing excursions, participation in scientific research cooperation, cooperation in solving final theses Slovenská Banská, spol. Ltd. - cooperation in organizing excursions, participation in scientific research cooperation, cooperation in solving final theses DIAMO, state enterprise - cooperation in organizing excursions, participation in scientific research cooperation, cooperation in solving final theses

Admission procedures

Required abilities and necessary admission requirement
Admission procedures
Results of the admission process over the last period