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Young people from Germany, Croatia, and Egypt are taking part in the program as part of the European International Master’s Program — TIMREX.

This year, RMG’s Summer School has welcomed international participants alongside with students from Georgian Technical University and Tbilisi State University. Young people from Germany, Croatia, and Egypt are taking part in the program as part of the European International Master’s Program — TIMREX. 
For the 8th consecutive year, RMG provides a one-month internship and hands-on professional experience at its enterprise for young people interested in mining and geology.
A total of 31 students are participating in the 2026 Summer School. Based on their academic interests and specializations, they undertake practical experience in geology, resource geology, geotechnical engineering, surveying, underground mining, ore processing, and chemical technologies. 
The student program will continue through the end of August and will conclude in September with presentations prepared by the participants, followed by a formal award ceremony.

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American Students at the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering and in Field Research in Croatia within the NSF Project IRES: Assessing Dust Landscapes Across Time

From 14 to 21 June 2026, the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, hosted a group of selected students from five U.S. universities as part of the four-year U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) project IRES: Assessing Dust Landscapes Across Time.

The project is led by Professor Michael Soreghan and Professor Gerilyn Soreghan from the University of Oklahoma (Norman Campus). The Croatian collaborators are Professor Goran Durn and Senior Teaching and Research Assistant Dr. Ivor Perković from the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb. Professor Vedran Rubinić from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, also participated in the field component of the program.

The academic program began at the Faculty with lectures on the genesis of terra rossa soils in Croatia, soil micromorphology, and the geology of Croatia, delivered by Professor Goran Durn, Dr. Ivor Perković, and Professor Igor Vlahović. The students acquired the theoretical background that they subsequently applied during several days of field investigations.

The field program included research in Karlovac and Zadar counties. In the Bosiljevo area, the students investigated relict terra rossa-like soils developed from highly weathered loess, while in the Radovin area they studied thick sequences of pedogenically altered loess. The fieldwork involved detailed profile descriptions, soil and sediment sampling, and discussions on soil genesis, palaeoenvironmental reconstruction, and landscape evolution. Special attention was devoted to the interpretation of mineralogical analyses of samples collected during last year's field campaign, presented by Dr. Ivor Perković.

The visit of the American students represents a continuation of the successful scientific collaboration between the University of Oklahoma and the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering.. The project provides students with valuable international research experience by combining classroom instruction, field investigations, and laboratory analyses, while the results obtained form the basis for future joint scientific publications by Croatian and American researchers.

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Ivor i Vedran na profilu Radovin

Ivor na području Radovina

Terenska istraživanja kod Bosiljeva

The 17th NAWG workshop was organized by the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, and the Natural Analogues Working Group (NAWG), 8-11 May 2023 in Zadar.

The 17th NAWG workshop was organized by the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, and the Natural Analogues Working Group (NAWG), 8-11 May 2023 in Zadar.

NAWG is a group of experts working for or in national waste disposal programmes, took the initiative of establishing, in June 1985, NAWG, the Natural Analogue Working Group (originally under the auspice of the European Commission). NAWG is an international forum for:

  • The discussion of natural analogue programmes from around the world.
  • Assessing the relevance and appreciation of natural analogues to radioactive and toxic waste disposal - and now CO2 sequestration.

On the link NAWG-17 you can download proceedings of the workshop.

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EMJM-PROMISE ERASMUS MUNDUS JOINT MASTER IN SUSTAINABLE MINERAL AND METAL PROCESSING ENGINEERING NEWS 1/2023 MARCH

The EMJM PROMISE is being established due to the awareness of increasing demands in the quantity and diversity of minerals, metals, and materials as we move towards renewable energy, electromobility, digital communication and other clean-energy technologies.

PROMISE is the consortium involving the cooperation between four leading universities in mineral processing and mining engineering: University of Oulu from Finland (UOULU), Montanuniversität Leoben from Austria (MUL), University of Zagreb from Croatia (UNIZG), and Universidad Federico Santa Maria from Chile (USM).

EMJM-PROMISE ERASMUS MUNDUS JOINT MASTER IN SUSTAINABLE MINERAL AND METAL PROCESSING ENGINEERING NEWS 1/2023 MARCH in .pdf

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EMERALD MASTER IN GEORESOURCES ENGINEERING

The EMerald master in georesources engineering aims to train a new generation of engineers with an entrepreneu-rial mind-set, capable of identifying and sustainably mana-ging the mineral and metal resources that are essential for the green energy transition.

With a unique position at the interface between Earth Sciences and Engineering, the two-year master (120 ECTS) is designed for students with a background in both geo-logy and applied sciences (mining, metallurgy, chemistry). It has been designed to find the right balance between the knowledge opf metal/mineral resources (geology, land-fills, urban mines, reserve characterisation and modelling) and process engineering techniques (comminution, sor-ting, preconcentration, extractive metallurgy and waste disposal).

The master, fully taught in English, offers an innovative curriculum from hands-on experiences in the university labs to the use of digital tools. It is jointly organized by 4 top-level European Universities, each of which hosts the students for at least a semester and delivers a Degree.

EMerald brochure 2024

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TIMREX labelled induction day 1/12/2023

Dear students enrolled in raw materials related programmes,

we would like to kindly invite you to the Zagreb EIT labeled induction day, which will take place on December 1, 2023, from 9-13 at the University of Zagreb – Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering premises at Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb.

The coordinator of the program, professor Ferenc Madai (University of Miskolc) will present the TIMREX program, Fabio Ferri, the education manager of EIT Raw Materials will present the educational strategy to EIT, the existing student programs of EIT RawMaterials, EIT Alumni and RawMaterials Academy, and Deni Nurkić (FER, Nuqleus) will present the innovation infrastructure of the University of Zagreb.

The link for registration: https://forms.gle/uhCXwzZQ9973BhYRA

Please register till November 29, 2023.

The program is intended for all students and teachers of the University of Zagreb (physical) as well as the students of other European and non-European Universities, with special emphasis on undergraduate students of geological engineering and mining (on-line participation enabled).

With kind regards,

Prof. Sibila Borojević Šoštarić and Associate professor Ana Maričić

Zagreb EIT labelled induction day

NEW DOUBLE-DEGREE MASTER STUDY PROGRAM TIMREX AT THE UNIZG-RGNF

The enrolment application of students in the 1st year of the Timrex double-gdegree MSc study program is open till September 22nd. Besides UNIZG-RGNF, University of Miskolc and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology are part of double-degree MSc program. If you are interested, please check our requirements and application procedure. Students will spend the first year in Zagreb and then the second year in Miskolc or Wroclaw, according to their wishes. There is a possibility of obtaining an AVSA scholarship in the amount of 13,500€ per eligible student for two years, which is expected to cover participation fee (scholarship) and other students’ expenses during their studies. Application documents must be submitted by September 22, 2023 at the latest to Assoc. Prof. Ana Maričić at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Please feel free to contact us if you have any additional questions!

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