Overview of the major:
Mining Engineering, established in 1980, remains the only academic discipline in China dedicated to cultivating specialized talent for chemical mining operations, which is recognized as a “Double First-Class” discipline in Hubei Province and a provincial-level first-class undergraduate major. After decades of development, the major is supported by a robust research platforms, including the “National Engineering Research Center for Phosphorus Resource Development and Utilization”, the “Engineering Research Center for Phosphorus Resource Development and Utilization (Ministry of Education)”, the “Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Development and Utilization of Medium- and Low-Grade Phosphate Ore Resources”, the “Hubei Provincial Engineering Research Center for Efficient Utilization of Phosphorus Resources”, the “Hubei Provincial Engineering Research Center for Phosphate Mining and Mineral Processing”, the “Phosphate Resource Development and Utilization Discipline Cluster at Wuhan Institute of Technology”, and the “Hubei International Science and Technology Cooperation Base for Phosphate Mining, Mineral Processing, and Solid Waste Utilization”. Additionally, the major holds National Class-B qualifications in “Geological Hazard Risk Assessment”, “Geological Hazard Control Engineering Investigation”, and “Geological Hazard Control Engineering Design”.
The major was approved as a “Professional Comprehensive Reform Pilot” project by Hubei Province in 2015. To enhance talent cultivation through collaborative initiatives, it established an in-depth industry-education integration partnership with Hubei Xingfa Chemical Group Co., Ltd. (a Fortune China 500 enterprise) in 2018. It was designated as a Hubei Provincial First-Class Undergraduate Program in 2019 and successfully passed the International Engineering Education Professional Certification in 2023. The major is built upon the Mining Engineering discipline (Hubei Provincial “Double First-Class” discipline) and holds the authority to confer both Master of Science degrees in Mining Engineering and Resources and Environment. In 2019, its teaching team was honored as the provincial-level outstanding “Mining and Safety Engineering Teaching Center”. Currently, the major is supported by comprehensive teaching and experimental platforms, including the Virtual Simulation Experimental Teaching Center for Mine and Urban Underground Space and the Mining Engineering Experimental Teaching Center. These facilities occupy a dedicated laboratory area of 1015 m², and are equipped with 449 sets of instruments with a total value exceeding 20 million. Meanwhile, the major has established multiple practical training bases, including facilities at Xingfa Chemical Group Co., Ltd., the Daye Iron Mine Provincial Demonstration Base, Xinqiao Mining Co., Ltd., and the Tonglüshan Copper-Iron Mine Base.
The major has a faculty team of 13 faculty members, and all of them hold doctoral degrees, including 5 professors, 6 associate professors, and 2 lecturers. Among them, 1 serves as a doctoral supervisor and 11 as postgraduate supervisors for students and 100% of the faculty have accumulated experience in enterprise work or engineering practice. In recent years, the faculty have secured 13 teaching research projects and published more than 20 related papers. In terms of scientific research, they have also led over 100 projects, securing more than 10 national-level and 6 provincial-level grants. Multiple research outcomes have reached internationally advanced or domestically leading levels.
In recent years, students have won 4 first prizes, 7 second prizes, and 10 third prizes in the National Mining Engineering Student Practice Works Competition. The employment rate and postgraduate admission rate consistently rank among the highest at the university. Graduates have secured positions in relevant national administrative departments such as Emergency Management Bureaus and Natural Resources and Planning Bureaus, as well as in Fortune Global 500, or top Chinese enterprises including China Railway Engineering Corporation, China Communications Construction Company Ltd., China National Building Material Group Co., Ltd, China GeZhouBa (Group) Corporation, Metallurgical Corporation of China Limited, Jinchuan Group Co., Ltd, China Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Limited, Yunnan Yuntianhua Co., Ltd., Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd., Tongling Chemical Industry Group Co., Ltd., Guizhou Phosphate Chemical Group Co., Ltd., Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group Co., Ltd., and Hubei Yihua Chemicals Group Co., Ltd,. In their professional roles, graduates have demonstrated outstanding performance, with many distinguished alumni advancing to leadership positions within their organizations.
Educational Objectives:
The major aims to cultivate high-quality applied engineering and technical backbone talents who can meet the needs of modern chemical mining enterprises. The graduates will achieve well-rounded development in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education; possess a strong sense of social responsibility and innovation; and demonstrate sound humanistic and scientific literacy. They will also acquire a broad and solid foundation in theoretical knowledge and strong engineering practice capabilities. Equipped with fundamental theoretical knowledge and techniques in the development of mineral resources such as phosphate ores, the graduates will be capable of engaging in technical management, engineering design, technological research and development, mining area development planning, and underground engineering design within the field of mineral resource development.
Core Courses:
Engineering Surveying; Geology; Rock Mass Mechanics and Engineering; Fundamentals of Mechanical Design and Mining Machinery; Underground Mining; Mine Ventilation; Blasting Engineering; Shafts; Roadways and Tunnel Engineering; Surface Mining; Digital Mine Technology.
Graduation Requirement:
Requirement 1 (Engineering Knowledge): To possess knowledge of mathematics, natural sciences, fundamental and specialized principles of mining engineering. To apply this knowledge to address complex engineering problems in mineral resource development planning, mining system design, production management, environmental protection, and underground engineering design within mining areas.
Requirement 2 (Problem Analysis): To apply fundamental principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering science to identify, articulate, and analyze complex engineering problems involved in mine design, construction, environmental protection, safety, and production management processes through literature research.
Requirement 3 (Design/Development of Solutions): To possess an attitude and awareness for pursuing innovation. Under the constraints of factors such as safety, economics, environment, law, society, health, and culture, the graduates can design systems, individual engineering projects, or process flows that meet the requirements of safe and efficient mine production as solutions to complex mining engineering problems, and demonstrate an innovative mindset throughout the design process.
Requirement 4 (Research): To conduct research and experimental design for complex problems related to safe, efficient mining and disaster prevention based on mining systems engineering principles and scientific methods; analyze experimental results and data processing or interpretation; and synthesize information to get reasonable and effective conclusions.
Requirement 5 (Using Modern Tools): To develop, select, and employ appropriate tools, such as literature retrieval, data inquiry, virtual simulation software, mining models, and other information technologies, to address complex mining engineering problems. Based on the understanding of their limitations, to apply these tools to forecast, simulate, and optimize complex engineering issues involved in mineral resource development planning, mining design, environmental protection, and production management.
Requirement 6 (Engineering and Sustainable Development): To conduct reasonable analyses based on relevant background knowledge in mining engineering and the attention to environmental protection, ecological balance, and sustainable development in mining activities when addressing complex engineering problems. When the solutions to complex issues involved in mineral deposit extraction is evaluated, the graduate can understand and assess the impact of mining practices on environmental and social sustainability; provide technical consulting services; and understand the corresponding responsibilities.
Requirement 7 (Engineering Ethics and Professional Norms): To possess the awareness of serving the nation and benefiting the people through engineering, with a foundation in humanities and social sciences and a sense of social responsibility. To understand and practice engineering ethics; adhere to engineering professional ethics, norms, and relevant laws in mining engineering practice; and fulfill corresponding responsibilities.
Requirement 8 (Individual and Team): To possess effective communication and collaboration skills, along with teamwork capabilities in a multidisciplinary context. To demonstrate certain organizational and management abilities, strong presentation and interpersonal skills, as well as the capacity to contribute effectively to team objectives.
Requirement 9 (Communication): To effectively communicate and exchange ideas on complex mining engineering issues with both industry peers and the general public, which includes writing clear reports and design documents, delivering presentations, and articulating to instructions. To possess a certain degree of international perspective and the ability to engage in cross-cultural exchange, competition, and cooperation.
Requirement 10 (Project Management): To understand and master the principles of mining engineering management and methods for mining economic decision-making. And the graduates can apply them in multidisciplinary environments.
Requirement 11 (Lifelong Learning): To possess the awareness of self-directed and lifelong learning, continuously acquiring new knowledge. To stay updated on the latest theories, technologies, and international frontiers related to the safe and efficient extraction of mineral resources.
