Samarkand International University of Technology
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
In December 2021, Colorado School of Mines and Samarkand International University of Technology (SIUT) entered into a historic partnership. A new American style university in Uzbekistan, SIUT is set to welcome their first class of petroleum engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, and engineering business and management students soon. Colorado School of Mines, in partnership with SIUT, will develop an academic master plan aimed at rethinking engineering education for the 21st century, and creating exciting opportunities for faculty and student exchange programs in Central Asia.
Center for Mining Sustainability
Arequipa, Peru
Colorado School of Mines and the Universidad Nacional de San Agustín in Arequipa, Peru, have developed a partnership to tackle one of the most important societal and environmental issues facing southern Peru—how to manage mining of natural resources in a manner that is sustainable, supports the local economies and minimizes environmental impacts. This partnership has led to the Center for Mining Sustainability, a jointly managed group of researchers from a broad array of departments at both universities. The vision for the center is to provide research-driven solutions to artisanal and small-scale mining issues to benefit the Arequipa region and that will be applied at all scales of mining worldwide. Research projects are aimed at protecting water resources, improving mine safety, reducing risk from geologic hazards and improving mining processes.
Navoi State Mining Institute
Navoiy, Uzbekistan
The Global Education Office, in cooperation with the Department of Mining Engineering, has received a Grant from the Central Asia University Partnership Program (UniCEN) to support capacity building for long-term projects, launching a new exchange program, and building collaborative online international learning assignments (COIL) with Navoi State Mining Institute. The goal of UniCEN is to create sustainable international engagement and partnerships between U.S. and Central Asian institutions of higher education. The partnership project is funded by the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent and administered by American Councils for International education.
Nazarbayev University
Astana, Kazakhstan
Colorado School of Mines has a strategic partnership with Nazarbayev University (NU) School of Mining and Geosciences (SMG) focused on the program design, development and delivery, faculty and student recruitment, and admissions of NU. The NU and Mines partnership is further designed to develop research capacity at NU in Petroleum Engineering that produces research products relevant to developing oil and gas resources in Kazakhstan. Integral to this effort is the further development of the NU graduate program and recruiting top faculty to work for NU.
Satbayev University
Almaty, Kazakhstan
The Colorado School of Mines partnership with Satbayev University (SU), located in Almaty, Kazakhstan, consists of a project entitled “ Improving the Competence of Satbayev University to Meet the Human Capital Needs of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry in Kazakhstan”. The project was initiated in 2018 by a three-company consortium (Consortium) consisting of Chevron, ENI, and Shell, in response to the identification of a talent gap as an eminent problem in developing countries by the Steering Committee of Oil & Gas Community of the World Economic Forum (WEF). The project focuses on the development of an English-based Bachelor’s level curriculum, faculty development workshops, and the initiation of research projects co-developed by SU and Mines’ faculty.