Micromine, the partner of the championship, helps specialized universities educate future miners

Micromine has opened a new computer lab at the Mining Institute of Northeastern Federal University (NEFU). This is the 16th Micromine class in Russia and the 2nd computer class in NEFU itself.

Micromine is a partner of the Reliable Change Foundation and its flagship project, the CASE-IN International Engineering Championship. Students of Northeastern Federal University regularly participate in the competition, developing innovative projects and developing competencies that are important for future specialists.

The first class of the company was opened in 2018 for highly qualified training of NEFU Geological Exploration Faculty specialists. "Students enjoy working on Micromine software, and they master all its features at a good level. This will allow them to become competitive personnel in the industrial employment market. After all, now is the time when digital technologies are being introduced into large industrial companies, from Kolmar to ALROSA, – said the NEFU Rector Anatoly Nikolaev.

CEO of Mycromine Rus LLC Boris Kurtsev He also stressed that the successful experience of using the first class in NEFU's GRF contributed to the opening of the second computer classroom. "We are moving towards creating a full-fledged scientific and educational center at the university. This is our initial strategy: we aim to provide all the necessary tools and knowledge for the university to implement various projects and specific educational programs on its own. In the near future, we will confidently transfer some of the technical support functions of our products. Today it is important to be independent of all kinds of external factors", – said Boris Kurtsev.

Micromine provides Russian universities involved in training personnel for the mining and exploration industry with access to a wide range of software solutions as part of the educational process, from a system for working with mining and geological information databases to a 3D field modeling system. 95% of the country's mining universities have licensed the company's products.
By offering the study of Micromine GIS, the company instills in students a culture of working with digital solutions in production.

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