Saint-Petersburg Mining University

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The institute, of course, is a specialized one – it is brilliant! I think it is one of the best in the world. The St Petersburg mining institute. It is merely one of the best in the world: In technical terms and how well it trains specialists. So we have plenty to be proud of."
21 October (1 November) 1773 Catherine the Great edited the decree announcing the School of Mines' establishment. This date is considered as the birthday of the first engineering education institution of the Russian Empire.
Today the University of Mines offers all academic cycles, bachelor's, master's, and specialist's profiles for future employees of Russian and International companies engaged in the estimation, prospecting, exploitation, exploration, and processing of raw materials, oil, gas, diamonds, ores.
Over 5000 teaching staff members have been trained since the implementation of the program Student-Assistant of Professor – Postgraduate –Candidate of Science-Doctor of Science. The Mining Museum is one of the three best museums of Natural science in the world. The collections from 80 countries are exhibited in 22 halls and rooms with about 2 500 square meters.
The library numbers over 1 2000 000 books, magazines and journals, and rare books of XV – XIХ centuries. The restored church of Saint Macarius the Egyptian is the main temple of the Russian Miners. There are six students' halls and dormitories at the University. Many times the University Sports Center has been estimated as the best one in Saint-Petersburg.
To ensure the quality improvement of academic and research activities following "Schedule of internal audits," the internal checks are performed. The audit items and due dates of the audit items (university QAS processes departments involved in these processes monitored items of international standard GOST R ISO:9001:20008) are defined in the schedule. The list of specific items is registered in "The Internal Audit Registry." The leading specialists of temporary and permanent quality committees, Faculty, and department representatives responsible for quality are involved in process audits.
Based on the audit results, the recommended guidelines and corrective actions for the audited process's quality improvement are developed. Following QAS requirements, all corrective action requests and recommendations are documented in pursuance of internal regulations of University QAS. We conduct an annual questionnaire survey of lecturers and students. Basing on a statistical analysis of questionnaire results and audit findings, the lecturers' performance levels for each work area are determined, and corrective actions for individual and department levels are developed.
During an audit of research and development departments, we monitor the function of R&D activities function, following the documented procedures for R&D activities, presence, and status of R&D problem-solving method, personnel capacity, and status of experimentation facilities and maintaining processes.
Based on the audit results, we develop improving proposals for experimental facilities of R&D activities and examine the reasons causing R&D activity's quality deviation and develop relevant corrective measures. The monitoring of university key performance indicators through time will enable the forecasts and suggestions for improving university quality management system and structure.

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