Russian State Geological Prospecting University

Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State University for Geological Prospecting (Russian: Российский государственный геологоразведочный университет, МГРИ), or the Russian State University for Geological Prospecting is named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze and previously known as the Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute, is a public university based in Moscow, Russia, specialising in geology, geophysics, gemmology, ecology and other earth-science disciplines.

Russian State University for Geological Prospecting (MGRI)
Российский государственный геологоразведочный университет (МГРИ),
MottoMente et Malleo (умом и молотком), by mind and by hammer
TypePublic
Established17 April 1930
RectorKosyanov Vadim Alexandrovich
Academic staff
328
Students6647 (including the branch in Stary Oskol)
Postgraduates1,000
Other students
20.7% (2020) total percentage of international students
Address
Miklukho-Maklaya Street, 23, 117997, Moscow, Russia
,
Moscow
,
Russia

55.6497°N 37.5131°E / 55.6497; 37.5131
CampusUrban
ColorsBlue, dark-blue, white
MascotBear
Websitemgri.ru

There was a task in the USSR to prepare 435,000 engineers and technicians in five years (1930–1935) during the USSR industrialization period, while their number in 1929 was 66,000.[1]

In 1930 the Moscow Mining Academy was divided into six independent institutes by the order of Supreme Soviet of the National Economy. Among the new colleges which grew out of the Academy's departments was Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute (Russian: Московский геологоразведочный институт).

Faculties

The institute moved to a new campus in southwestern area of Moscow in 1987 and was given state accreditation in 2007. The university has six faculties:

  • Geological Prospecting Faculty
  • Faculty of Geology and Geophysics of Oil and Gas
  • Hydrogeological Faculty
  • Faculty of Engineering, Prospecting and Mining
  • Ecological Faculty
  • Faculty of Economics and Management

The university offers the following courses:

  • Bachelor's degrees (4-year programme) with a variety of 27 undergraduate programmes.
  • Master's degree (2 years post-bachelor) with a variety of 13 master's programmes.
  • Specialist diplomas (5-year programme) with a variety of 5 specialist degree programmes.
  • Ph.D. and post-doctoral research with a variety of 9 doctoral degree programmes.

References
  1. David Petrovsky "A reconstruction of engineering and technical education" 1930 http://alkruglov.narod.ru/z-petrovsk.pdf
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