History of the department "Open pit mining and blasting"
The training of mining process engineers for open-pit mining began long before the creation of the department of open-pit mining and blasting. Mining engineers began to train in 1952 at the Kyrgyz State University. In 1954, on the basis of the engineering specialties of KSU, the Frunzensky Polytechnic Institute was created and in 1955 the department “Development of Mineral Deposits” was created.
At various periods in the history of the RMPI department, it was headed by such prominent scientists as Medvedev K.D., Bagdasarov A.G., Baranov E.G., Imaraliev A., Tangaev I.A., Mambetov Sh.A., Kozhogulov K. Ch. (Until now).
In 2005, the department “Open-pit mining and blasting” was separated from the department of RMPI. From its founding until 2020, the department of “Open-pit mining and blasting” was headed by Associate Professor, Candidate of Technical Sciences, laureate of the State Prize of the Kyrgyz SSR Abdyakim Ashymbaevich Ashymbaev.
Since 2020, the department of open-pit mining and blasting has been headed by Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, excellent student in the energy sector of the Kyrgyz Republic and excellent student in education of the Kyrgyz Republic Abdiev Arstanbek Raimbekovich.
The department is the graduating educational structure of the Kyrgyz Mining and Metallurgical Institute named after academician U. Asanaliev of the Kyrgyz State Technical University named after I. Razzakov and carries out scientific, educational, teaching, methodological, organizational and educational activities; training of specialists in the specializations “Open-pit mining” and “Blasting”, with the duration of full-time training – 5 years, and distance learning – 6 years; training of masters in the field of Mining, with a duration of study of 2 years; training of PhD doctors in the field of Mining, with a duration of study of 3 years; as well as training of graduate students in the following specialties: 25.00.16 - Mining and oil and gas field geology, geophysics, surveying and subsoil geometry; 25.00.20 -Geomechanics, rock destruction by explosion, mine aerogasdynamics and mining thermophysics; 25.00.22-geotechnology (underground, open-pit and construction)
postgraduate students in the following specialties: 00.25.16 - mining and oil and gas field geology, geophysics, surveying and subsoil geometry; 25.00.20 - Geomechanics, rock destruction by explosion, mine aerogasdynamics and mining thermal physics; and 25.00.22 - geotechnology (underground, open-pit and construction). Duration of study: full-time - 3 years, applicants - 4 years;
masters in the direction 630003 - “Mining”. Duration of training – 2 years, full-time;
PhD doctors in the direction 630003 – “Mining”. Duration of study – 3 years, full-time.
