Ykaterinburg Institute of Mines Екатеринбургский горный институт | |
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| Motto | О горнем помышляйте Dream of the celectial |
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| Type | University/Engineering school |
| Established | 3 July 1914 |
| Rector | Prof. Nikolay Kosarev |
Academic staff | 208 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://www.ursmu.ru/ |
Ural State Mining University (Russian: Уральский государственный горный университет) is situated in Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation. It was founded in 1914. In 1917 Nicholas II signed an order titled "On keeping of the Yekaterinburg Institute of Mines under the patronage of His Majesty the Emperor and on giving to this educational establishment the title of The Emperor Nicholas II Ural Institute of Mines".
It is the oldest establishment of higher education in the Middle Urals. It offers education in geology, geophysics, engineering and management of mining, geological prospecting. The university offers dozens of graduate and postgraduate programmes. The geologists of the university have discovered hundreds of deposits in Urals and Siberia.