Resource University

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Resource universities are universities with a scientific profile geared towards sustainable materials and energy management along the value chain of geo-raw materials. They conduct teaching and research for an economically and ecologically justifiable and socially acceptable use and safeguarding of natural resources and thus serve the general interest.

In order to cover the entire process chain of processing natural, especially mineral and fossil, raw materials from exploration through extraction, refinement / processing to the end product and recycling in teaching and research, resource universities usually have the scientific fields of mathematics / computer science and natural sciences , Engineering , materials science and economics / law . A specific feature of resource universities is teaching and research in direct contact with the geosphere , especially in mining. For this purpose, they have their own mining facilities or free access to them.

The German resource university and at the same time the oldest university of its kind in the world is the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg , which has been supplemented with the name “The Resource University . Since 1765 ”.

At the European and global level, the resource universities have come together in organizations such as the “International University of Resources” and the “World Forum of Universities of Resources on Sustainability” in order to provide training in joint raw material-related courses and to agree on the content of teaching .

Characteristics

The profile of the Resource University aligns scientific teaching and research in the field of sustainable materials and energy management along the value chain of geo-raw materials. The resource profile can be found in parts at universities with an originally mining science profile, but goes beyond that: The focus is on the entire value chain of raw materials and thus includes the complete handling of natural raw materials from exploration to extraction, preparation and refinement or processing to recycling. In order to implement the guiding principle of sustainability when dealing with System Earth, the holistic approach proves to be indispensable. Innovations are therefore predominantly part of closed innovation chains along the value chain from theory to close-to-technical testing. Due to their profile, resource universities play a key role in securing raw materials for the economy.

Areas of science

The scientific areas of a resource university are based on the subjects that were offered after the Bergakademie Freiberg was founded in 1765 and, according to today's categories, can be assigned to the scientific areas of mathematics / computer science, natural sciences, engineering sciences, materials sciences and economics / law. These were subsequently model for the establishment of other universities especially in the Mont estate (National University of Mineral Resources "Gorny" St. Petersburg, University of Akita , Clausthal University of Technology , RWTH Aachen University , Academy of Mining and Metallurgy Krakow as), which now is Understand resource universities or have founded resource institutes. In general, the range of courses includes:

  • Mathematics and computer science
  • Natural sciences
    • Chemistry and physics
    • earth sciences
  • Engineering
    • Geotechnical engineering and mining
    • Metallurgy
    • mechanical engineering
    • process technology
  • Materials science
  • Economics / Law

Resource Universities

Germany

In Germany, the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg describes itself as a resource university . Since 2010, it has had the name suffix, protected as a word mark, “The Resource University. Since 1765 “and wants to establish itself with its networked profile lines Geo, Material, Energy and Environment as a national and Europe-wide leading resource university for sustainable materials and energy management. The science location Freiberg plays a central role both in the raw materials strategy of the federal government and in the raw materials strategy of the Free State of Saxony. This was underlined with the establishment of the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technologies in 2011. Other universities in Germany with strong mining and raw material-related faculties, some of which cover the raw material value chain in academic teaching, are Clausthal University of Technology and RWTH Aachen University .

Russia

In Russia, the Mining University of St. Petersburg, founded in 1773, has been known as the National University for Mineral Resources "Gorny" since 2012. As the leading resource university in Russia, it founded the German-Russian Raw Materials Forum in 2006 together with the TU Bergakademie Freiberg.

Europe

In addition to the German TU Bergakademie Freiberg, the “International University of Resources” (IUR) includes the National Mining University of Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine), the National University for Mineral Resources “Gorny” St. Petersburg (Russia), the Montan University Leoben (Austria) and the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Cracow (Poland). The aim of the IUR is to coordinate research projects and training offers to supply society with raw materials, energy and water.

Worldwide

Resource universities around the world to cooperate in the "World Forum of Universities of Resources on Sustainability" ( World Forum of resources Universities for Sustainability ), to implement the principle of sustainable development along the entire value chain of raw materials in research and education. The World Forum was founded in Freiberg in June 2012. More than 90 universities from over 50 countries belong to it. In November 2013, the World Forum met for its first conference in Trondheim, Norway.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.bgr.bund.de/DE/Gemeinsames/UeberUns/Aufgabe/haben_node.html Assessment of services of general interest from the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Raw Materials, accessed on November 7, 2013
  2. ^ "Members of the International Resource University", accessed November 7, 2013
  3. ↑ "Concept of the World Forum of Resource Universities for Sustainability", accessed on November 7, 2013
  4. ↑ http://tu-freiberg.de/universitaet/profil/ressourcenprofil see resource profile TU Bergakademie Freiberg, accessed on February 11, 2016
  5. ↑ Twelve subject areas were set up at the Bergakademie between 1765 and 1785: 1. Pure mathematics 2. Mechanics, aerometry, hydrostatics, hydraulics 3. Crack drawing, geological drawing, machine drawing 4. Mineralogy 5. Metallurgical chemistry and metallurgy 6. Mine cutting 7. Mining science 8 . Sampling 9. Manufacture of mining instruments, probing devices and models 10. Physics 11. Geology 12. Mining law, see: Bergakademie Freiberg: Festschrift for its bicentenary on November 13, 1965. Vol. 1. Freiberg, 1965, p. 79
  6. ↑ "University Development Plan TU Bergakademie Freiberg 2012 - 2020"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 7, 2013@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / tu-freiberg.de  
  7. ↑ "Raw material strategy for Saxony" ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.4 MB) Saxon State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport (ed.), Raw Material Strategy for Saxony, Dresden 2012, p. 23ff. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.smwa.sachsen.de
  8. ↑ "Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology founded" ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release of the Helmholtz Association of August 29, 2011, accessed on November 7, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.helmholtz.de
  9. ↑ "Initiators of the German-Russian Raw Materials Forum", accessed on November 7, 2013
  10. ^ "Aims of the International Resource University", accessed on November 7, 2013
  11. ^ List of members of the World Forum of Resource Universities for Sustainability, accessed on November 7, 2013
  12. ↑ World Forum of Resource Universities in Trondheim, Norway, press release by idw, October 28, 2013, accessed on November 7, 2013