Geology and Exploration of Mineral Deposits

Admission requirements

The entrance exam is conducted orally according to the questionnaire for the entrance exam. The questionnaire is located in the "Acceptance" section.

The aim of the project

The program's goal is to prepare specialists who will be able to work in the search, exploration, and extraction of mineral deposits.

Advantages

Students undergo professional internships in the RA Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, RA Ministry of Environment, Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, RA governorates, and in a number of enterprises using RA soil.

Career opportunities for graduates

At the end of the program, graduates will be able to:

1. comprehensively master the geostructural research methods, the basics of surface and underground mapping, document and sample mountain excavations and boreholes, develop and summarize the principles based on them,

2. determine the selection of the set of requirements for search and exploration works, the justification and design of works, the methods of delineating, calculating, and evaluating mineral reserves and forecast resources,

3. determine the industrial types of metallic/non-metallic and man-made deposits, to model the structure of the deposit based on them for geological exploration purposes,

4. perform a geo-economic assessment of mineral objects for industrial significance and extraction,

5. characterize and interpret the mineral base of the regions, to clarify its potential, the set of environmental requirements for subsoil use,

6. master the legal foundations of subsoil use, the principles of demand, and management features of geological exploration and extraction enterprises.

Contact email addresses:

YSU Faculty of Geography and Geology: ashxarh@ysu.am

Head of the educational program: Associate Professor R. Movsesyan: rubmov@ysu.am