Universities and Research Groups
	Argentina
	Universidad de Buenos Aires / Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica   (see specifically: Grupo de Materiales Avanzados ; Especialización en Siderurgia and also : Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas ; Escuela de Ingeniería Metalúrgica ; Instituto de Geodesia y Geofisica Aplicadas)
	Universidad Nacional de Catamarca / Facultad de Tecnología y Ciencias Aplicadas   (see the Departments :  Geology  and  Mines)
	Universidad Nacional del Comahue / Facultad de Ingeniería   (the Departments of Geology and Mining Engineering do not have their own websites; nevertheless it is worth seeing the following Chairs : Ensayos No Destructivos ; Geología General ; Materiales ; Materiales II)
	Universidad Nacional de Córdoba / Centro de Investigaciones Geoquímicas y de Procesos de la Superficie   (see also Laboratorio de Geoprocesamiento y Geomática)
	Universidad Nacional de Cuyo / Departamento de Petroquímica y Mineralurgia
	Universidad Nacional de La Plata / Facultad de Ciencias Naturales   (see also Instituto de Recursos Minerales ; at the Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, see specifically: Laboratorio de Metalurgia Física)
	Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata / Centro de Geología de Costas y del Cuaternario   (see also Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica)
	Universidad Nacional de San Juan / Instituto de Investigaciones Mineras   (at Facultad de Ingeniería see the Programs for Extractive Metallurgy and Mine Engineering; see also Instituto de Geología, which belongs to Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales)
	Universidad Nacional de Tucumán / Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo   (offers graduate and postgraduate courses in Geología)
	Universidad Tecnológica Nacional / Facultad Regional San Nicolás / Depto. de Metalurgia   (at Facultad Regional Mendoza, see Laboratorio de Metalurgia)
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Universities and Research Groups
	Australia
	Curtin University of Technology / Western Australian School of Mines   (see also : Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment ; Centre for Exploration Targeting ; Centre for Geomechanics ; Centre for High Definition Geophysics ; Centre for Integrated Hydrometallurgy Solutions ; Centre for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration ; Centre for Materials Research ; Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing ; Cooperative Research Centre on Mining ; Dept. of Applied Geology ; Dept. of Civil Engineering ; Dept. of Exploration Geophysics ; Institute of Minerals and Energy ; Mineral Economics Program ; Nanochemistry Research Institute ; Organic and Isotope Geochemistry Centre ; Sustainable Development Institute)
	Monash University / School of Geosciences   (see also Department of Materials Engineering)
	Murdoch University / Faculty of Minerals and Energy   (see also Extractive Metallurgy Program ; the Research Group on Hydrometallurgy ; the School of Sustainability and the Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy)
	University of Ballarat / School of Science and Engineering   (which offers courses of Geology ; Metallurgy and Mining)
	University of Melbourne / School of Earth Sciences   (see also the research areas of the School of Chemistry)
	University of New South Wales / School of Mining Engineering   (see also : School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering ; School of Materials Science and Engineering)
	University of Queensland / School of Engineering   (see the Divisions of: Materials ; Metallurgy ; Mining ; the Research Group in Powder Metallurgy and the various Excellence Centres: CAST Cooperative Research Centre ; Centre for Functional Nanomaterials ; Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation ; Centre for Minerals Extension and Research ; Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining ; Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry ; Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals ; Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre ; Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre ; Pyrometallurgy Research Centre ; Sustainable Minerals Institute)
	University of Sidney / School of Geosciences   (see also : Centre for Advanced Materials Technology ; Electron Microscope Unit and the research groups: Composite and Smart Structures ; Mineral and Materials Processing - its website is under construction)
	University of South Australia / School of Natural and Built Environments   (see also Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation ; Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment ; Geoscience Research Group)
	University of Tasmania / School of Engineering / Civil-Mining Engineering Program   (see also Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits ; School of Earth Sciences)
	University of Western Australia / School of Civil and Resource Engineering   (see the following undergrad programs : Mineral Geoscience ; Mineral Processing Systems ; Mining Systems ; also worth seeing are Research Groups in : Geomechanics ; Mining Engineering ; Rock Mechanics and the Centres : Australian Centre for Geomechanics ; Centre for Exploration Targeting ; Centre for Microscopy, Characterization and Analysis ; Centre for Mining, Energy and Natural Resources Law ; Mine Lakes Project ; Deep Extraction of Earth Resources Network)
	University of Wollongong / School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering   (see also Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy / Illawarra Branch ; GeoQuest Research Centre)
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Universities and Research Groups
	Austria  and  Switzerland
	Austria - Graz University of Technology / Institute of Applied Geosciences   (other Institutes : Chemical Technology of Inorganic Materials ; Materials Science and Welding ; Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling)
	Austria - Karl-Franzens Universität Graz / Institute for Earth Sciences
	Austria - Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck / Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography
	Austria - Montanuniversität Leoben   (other Departments: Dept. of Applied Geosciences and Geophysics, and its Research Groups in Geology and Economic Geology , Mineralogy and Petrology - site 1 and site 2 ; Dept. of Metallurgy, and its Research Groups in Casting Research , Metallurgy , Nonferrous Metallurgy , Simulation and Modeling of Metallurgical Processes , Thermal Processes and a site with useful information for students - Metallurgiestudium ; Dept. of Physical Metallurgy and Materials Testing and the Research Groups in Metalforming , Metallography ; Dept. of Mineral Processing, and its Research Groups in Drilling Engineering , Mining Engineering , Subsurface Engineering ; new institutions born in this university - Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science , Mining Information Technology  and other R&D Centres : Austrian Foundry Research Institute ; Materials Center Leoben)
	Austria - Universität für Bodenkultur Wien / Institute of Applied Geology   (see also Institute of Physics and Materials Science)
	Austria - Universität Salzburg / Abteilung Mineralogie   (see also Abteilung Regionale und Angewandte Geologie)
	Austria - Universität Wien / Institute of Mineralogy und Crystallography   (see also Institut für Anorganische und Materialchemie)
	Austria - Vienna University of Technology / Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics   (see the specific websites of the Groups : Metallurgy of Less Common Metals ; Physical Metallurgy and also the Institutes of : Engineering Geology ; Geodesy and Geophysics ; Materials Chemistry ; Materials Science and Technology ; Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering ; Steel Structures)
	Switzerland - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne / Materials Science and Engineering Section   (see the following Laboratories: Mechanical Metallurgy ; Metallurgical Chemistry ; Powder Technology ; Simulation of Materials  and the Competence Centres in: Electron Microscopy ; Materials Science and Technology)
	Switzerland - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - ETH Zürich / Department of Earth Sciences   (see specifically : Geological Institute ; Institute of Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral Resources ; Institute for Mineralogy and Petrology  and the  Institute for Geotechnical Engineering ; at the Materials Science Dept., see the Groups : Crystallography ; Metal Physics and Technology ; Nanometallurgy ; Surface Science and Technology ; at the Institute of Process Engineering, see the Laboratories: Particle Technology ; Separation Processes)
	Switzerland - Universität Berne / Institute of Geological Sciences   (see also : Laboratory for Chemical and Mineralogical Crystallography)
	Switzerland - Université de Genève / Section des Sciences de la Terre   (see specifically Department of Mineralogy)
	Switzerland - Université de Lausanne / Faculté des Géosciences et de l'Environnement   (see also : Centre d'Analyse Minérale ; Institut de Minéralogie et de Géochimie)
	Switzerland - Université de Neuchâtel / Institute of Geology and Hydrogeology
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Universities and Research Groups
	Belgium  and  Netherlands
	Belgium - Faculté Polytechnique de Mons / Service de Génie Minier   (see also some Teaching and Research Units : Géologie ; Métallurgie ; Science des Matériaux)
	Belgium - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering   (see also the Geology Section and its Research Group in Applied Geology and Mineralogy ; in the Dept. of Civil Engineering, see the Groups in Geotechnical and Mining Engineering - website still not available in english, and Natural Resources)
	Belgium - Université Catholique de Louvain / Département de Sciences des Matériaux et des Procédés   (also see Géologie et Géographie Département and the Group of Mécanique des Sols et Roches)
	Belgium - Université de Liège / Département de Géologie   (at the Department of Architecture, Geology, Environment and Constructions, see Geology  and at the Chemistry Department, see the Laboratory of Structural Inorganic Chemistry)
	Belgium - Universiteit Antwerpen / Inorganic Chemistry Group   (see also Micro and Trace Analysis Center)
	Belgium - Universiteit Gent / Department of Geology and Soil Science   (other Departments : Inorganic and Physical Chemistry ; Materials Science & Engineering - site under construction; Solid State Sciences)
	Belgium - Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Department of Metallurgy, Electrochemistry and Materials Science   (other Departments : Geology ; Mechanics of Materials and Constructions)
	Netherlands - Delft University of Technology / Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (see also : Centre for Materials ; Centre for Technical Geoscience ; Department of Geotechnology ; Materials Innovation Institute ; Recycling Technology)
	Netherlands - Eindhoven University of Technology / Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry   (see the Research Groups : Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis ; Materials and Interface Chemistry  and also the Center for NanoMaterials)
	Netherlands - Free University Amsterdam / School of Sedimentary Geology   (see also Institute of Earth Sciences / Dept. of Petrology)
	Netherlands - Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen / Institute for Molecules and Materials   (see also Applied Materials Science)
	Netherlands - Rijksuniversiteit Groningen / Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials
	Netherlands - University of Twente / Inorganic Materials Science Group
	Netherlands - University of Utrecht / Faculty of Geosciences   (see also the Research Group on : Surfaces, Interfaces and Devices which belongs to the Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science)
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Universities and Research Groups
	Bolivia  and  Chile
	Bolivia - Universidad Mayor de San Andrés / Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (the Faculty of Engineering offers a post-grad course in Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Materiales)
	Bolivia - Universidad Mayor de San Simón / Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnología   (this Faculty offers post-grad in Welding Technologies)
	Bolivia - Universidad Técnica de Oruro / Facultad Nacional de Ingeniería   (offers undergradute courses in Geological Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Mining Engineering)
	Chile - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile / Centro de Minería   (see other Departments : Ingeniería Estructural y Geotécnica ; Ingeniería Mecánica)
	Chile - Universidad de Atacama / Facultad de Ingeniería   (where you will find the Departments of Mines - access only with password, and Metallurgy ; see also Technological Institute, where a course for graduation as "Tecnólogo em Metalurgia" is offered)
	Chile - Universidad de Chile / Departamento de Ingeniería de Minas   (see also : Departamento de Geología ; Centro de Ciencias de los Materiales and  the  postgrad program in Economia de Minerales)
	Chile - Universidad de Concepción / Departamento de Ingeniería Metalúrgica   (see also the Research Groups : Ciencia y Tecnología del Carbón ; Innova Minería ; Materiales para la Minería ; Procesos de Conformado de Metales ; Superficies, Interfases, Materiales Compuestos y Porosos)
	Chile - Universidad de La Serena / Facultad de Ingeniería   (see specifically the Programs : Ingeniería Civil de Minas ; Ingeniería de Ejecución en Minas and also some information about Minería, Construcción y Manejo Hidrológico de Zonas de Riesgos)
	Chile - Universidad de Santiago de Chile / Departamento de Ingeniería en Minas   (see also : Departamento de Ingeniería Metalúrgica)
	Chile - Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María / Departamento de Ciencia de Materiales
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Universities and Research Groups
	Bosnia & Herzegovina,  Croatia,  Macedonia,  Serbia & Montenegro,  and  Slovenia
	University of Belgrade / Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy   (see specifically Metallurgical Engineering Dept.  and also : Faculty of Mining and Geology ; Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy)
	University of Ljubljana / Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering   (where you may find the Departments of Metallurgical Engineering and Mining Engineering - nevertheless, their websites are not available in english)
	University of Prishtina / Faculty of Mines and Metallurgy   (only a summary is available in english)
	St.Cyril and Methodius University / Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy   (see also Faculty of Mining and Geology)
	University of Zagreb / Faculty of Metallurgy   (the website of the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering is not available in english)
	NOTES : there are other important Universities in the former Yugoslavia and neighbour countries, but their websites are structured in local languages and only summaries are presented in english. Examples : - in Bosnia and Herzegovina : University of Banja Luka ; University of Mostar ; University of Sarajevo - in Bulgary : Sofia University St.Kliment Ohridski - in Croatia : University of Osijek ; University of Rijeka ; University of Split ; University of Zagreb - in Macedonia : St.Cyril and Methodius University - in Slovenia : University of Ljubljana ; University of Maribor - in Serbia and Montenegro : University of Belgrade ; University of Kragujevac ; University of Nis ; University of Novi Sad ; University of Prishtina
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Universities and Research Groups
	Bulgaria,  Hungary  and  Romania
	Bulgaria - Bourgas University "Prof. Assen Zlatarov"   (only a summary of this site is provided in english, and there are no links to the Departments of : Technology of Inorganic Substances and Silicates and Material Science and Technology, which belong to the Faculty of Technical Sciences ; and to the Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, belonging to the Faculty of Natural Sciences)
	Bulgaria - Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" / Faculty of Geology and Geography   (see the bulgarian site of this Faculty and the Department of Mineralogy, Petrology, Ores and Minerals ; see also the Department of Applied Inorganic Chemistry - its original site is in bulgarian and the Laboratory of Chemical Physics and Engineering, which belongs to the Faculty of Chemistry)
	Bulgaria - St. Ivan Rilski University of Mining and Geology   (this website is not available in english ; see College of Mining)
	Bulgaria - Technical University of Varna   (see specifically Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Technologies - sites are not available in english)
	Bulgaria - University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy   (there are no links to the english version of the Faculties or Departments websites ; see the Courses in Inorganic Chemical Technologies ; Materials Science ; Metallurgy and the Laboratory for Advanced Materials Research)
	Hungary - Budapest University of Technology and Economics / Department of Materials Science and Engineering
	Hungary - Eötvös Loránd University / Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences   (see the Departments of Mineralogy)
	Hungary - University of Miskolc / Faculty of Earth Science and Engineering   (this and the original website of this University are in hungarian; the only Department which provides an english version of its website is Geodesy and Mine Surveying; see also Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering)
	Romania - North University of Baia Mare / Faculty of Mineral Resources and Environment
	Romania - Polytechnic University of Bucharest / Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering   (see also :  Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science ; Research Centre for Eco-Metallurgy - most sites are in romanian)
	Romania - Polytechnic University of Timisoara / Faculty of Engineering of Hunedoara / Department of Metallurgy   (at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering  see the Chairs :  Materials Science and Thermal Treatment ; Welding Equipment and Technologies)
	Romania - Technical University of Cluj-Napoca / Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering
	Romania - Technical University of Iasi / Faculty of Material Science and Engineering
	Romania - University "Babes-Bolyai" of Cluj-Napoca / Faculty of Biology and Geology   (see  Department of Geology)
	Romania - University of Bucharest / Faculty of Geology and Geophysics
	Romania - University of Galatzi / Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Sciences
	Romania - University of Petrosani / Faculty of Mining Engineering
	Romania - University of Sibiu / Department of Materials Science and Engineering
	Romania - University Transilvania of Brasov / Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering
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Universities and Research Groups
	Canada
	British Columbia Institute of Technology - BCIT / Mining and Mineral Exploration   (sites for students : Mining and Mineral Exploration ; Mining Exploration and Geological Field School)
	Dalhousie University / Mineral Resource Engineering Program   (see the Programs : Earth Sciences ; Geotechnical Engineering ; Materials Engineering and also the Research Centres : Institute for Research in Materials ; Minerals Engineering Center ; Trace Analysis Research Centre)
	École Polytechnique de Montréal / Département de Génie Civil, Géologique et des Mines   (see also : Centre de Caractérisation Microscopique des Matériaux ; Environnement et Gestion des Rejets Miniers ; Institut Canadien des Mines, de la Métallurgie et du Pétrole ; Laboratoire de Spectroscopie des Matériaux et des Nanostructures ; Programme de Génie des Matériaux)
	Laurentian University / School of Engineering   (see specifically : Mining Engineering Program ; Mining Automation Laboratory ; the Research Centres : Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation ; Centre in Mining Materials Research ; Geomechanics Research Centre ; Mineral Exploration Research Centre ; Mining Innovation, Rehabilitation and Applied Research Corporation-MIRARCO ; also worth seeing are Earth Sciences Department and Chemistry and Biochemistry Department - especially the M.Sc. Program on Analytical Chemistry)
	McGill University / Department of Mining and Materials Engineering   (see also : Centre for Metals Processing ; Centre for the Physics of Materials ; Institute for Advanced Materials)
	Queen's University / Department of Mining Engineering   (see other Departments : Geological Sciences and Engineering ; Geotechnical Engineering ; Mechanical and Materials Engineering  and the GeoEngineering Centre)
	Université Laval / Département de Génie des Mines, de la Métallurgie et des Matériaux   (see also : Centre Géoscientifique de Québec ; Département de Géologie et Génie Géologique ; at the Département de Génie Électrique et Informatique, see the Research Group of André Desbiens and the LOOP-Laboratoire d'Observation et d'Optimisation des Procédés)
	Université du Québec à Chicoutimi / Département de Sciences Appliquées   (where the undergrad courses of Geology and Metallurgical Engineering are offered; see also : Centre d'Études sur les Ressources Minérales ; Centre Universitaire de Recherche sur l'Aluminium)
	Université du Québec à Montréal / Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l'Atmosphère   (see the Research Groups in : Radiocristallographie ; Remédiation des Sols et le Recyclage des Résidus Miniers et Industriels ; Ressources Minérales  and also Centre d'Études sur les Ressources Minérales ; Consortium de Recherche en Exploration Minérale)
	Université de Sherbrooke / Département de Génie Civil   (also have a look at : Canadian Institute for Advanced Research ; Centre de Caractérisation des Matériaux)
	University of Alberta / School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering   (see also : Chemical and Materials Engineering ; Earth and Atmospheric Sciences ; Geotechnical Engineering)
	University of British Columbia / Materials Engineering Department   (see also : Advanced Materials & Process Engineering Laboratory  ;  Centre for Metallurgical Process Engineering  ;  Hydrometallurgy Group  ;  Mineral Deposit Research Unit)
	University of British Columbia / Institute of Mining Engineering   (see also : Earth and Ocean Sciences Department  ; Geological Engineering Program)
	University of Toronto / Lassonde Institute for Engineering Geoscience   (see also : Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering ; Surface and Interface Engineering Group)
	University of Western Ontario / Geotechnical Research Centre
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Universities and Research Groups
	China
	Central South University   (many provided links at this website seem obsolete; the only websites available in english are: School of Material Science and Engineering and School of Resources and Safety Engineering ; others are all in chinese : Powder Metallurgy Research Institute ; School of Geoscience and Environmental Engineering ; School of Metallurgical Science and Engineering)
	Changchun University of Science and Technology   (the website of Changchun University of Technology is only available in chinese)
	Chengdu University of Technology   (at this University, it would be worth having a look at three Departments : Earth Science and Resource Engineering and Geological Engineering and Material Science and Engineering, but their websites are not available in english)
	China University of Geosciences, Beijing   (there are no links to the english sites of Schools and Departments ; see the original website and that of the Dept. of Earth Sciences and Resources, both in chinese)
	China University of Geosciences, Wuhan   (see summaries, in english, about : Faculty of Earth Sciences ; Faculty of Engineering ; Faculty of Material Science & Chemistry Engineering ; Gemmological Institute ; updated version of the University site is only available in chinese)
	China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing   (the english version of this site presents only a summary about the University)
	China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou   (only a summary is provided in the english version of this site ; see the original website and the Schools of : Chemical Engineering and Technology , Materials Science and Engineering , Mines - only available in chinese)
	East China University of Science and Technology   (see the School of Materials Science and Engineering)
	Guangdong University of Technology   (see Faculty of Materials and Energy, where the Dept. of Metallic Materials Engineering is housed)
	Jilin University   (see : School of Materials Science and Engineering and the summary, in english, of the Laboratory of Superhard Materials ; websites of both College of Earth Sciences and College of Geo-Exploration Science and Technology are only available in chinese)
	Kunming University of Science and Technology   (there are no links to the Faculties of Land & Resource Engineering  and  Materials & Metallurgical Engineering ; you may also see the various Research Institutes, but their websites are not available in english)
	Shandong University of Science and Technology   (this site provides only summaries of activities ; the University has two major Colleges of interest to this directory : College of Engineering and the College of Geo-Information Science and Engineering, where Postgrad Courses are offered in the following areas : "Digital Mine and Resource Exploration", "Geodesy and Survey Engineering", "Geology Resource and Engineering", "Geotechnical Engineering", "Mineral Engineering", "Mineral Processing Engineering" , "Mineral Resource Prospecting and Exploration", "Mine Environment Engineering", "Mine Building Engineering", "Mine-Assessing Technology and Engineering", "Mining Engineering", "Mining Equipment and Control", "Mining Information Engineering" ; Undergrad Gourses in: "Geological Information System", "Geology Engineering", "Geophysics", "Metallic Materials Engineering", "Mineral Processing Engineering" and "Mining Engineering". Further details about the Courses and Research Groups are only provided in chinese)
	University of Hong Kong / Department of Earth Sciences
	University of Science and Technology, Beijing   (original website in chinese ; see School of Materials Science and Engineering)
	Xiamen University / Department of Materials Science and Engineering
	Zhejiang University / Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (see also : Dept. of Earth Sciences ; Institute of Metallic Materials ; Laboratory of Silicon Materials ; some sites are only available in chinese)
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Universities and Research Groups
	Colombia,  Costa Rica,  Cuba,  Ecuador,  Guyana (British)  and  Venezuela
	Colombia - Universidad de Antioquia / Facultad de Ingeniería   (see Departamento de Ingeniería Metalúrgica y de Materiales)
	Colombia - Universidad Industrial de Santander / Escuela de Geología   (see also Escuela de Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Ciencia de los Materiales and the Research Groups in : Corrosión ; Minerales, Biohidrometalurgia y Ambiente ; Mineralogía, Petrología y Geoquímica)
	Colombia - Universidad Nacional - Sede Medellín / Facultad Nacional de Minas   (offers undergrad courses in Ingeniería Geológica  and  Ingeniería de Minas y Metalurgia ; the website of its Centro de Investigación en Metalurgia Extractiva is under construction ; see also Materiales y Bioingeniería )
	Costa Rica - Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica / Escuela de Ciencia e Ingeniería de los Materiales   (see also Escuela de Química)
	Cuba - Instituto Superior Minero Metalúrgico de Moa
	Cuba - Universidad de Pinar del Río / Facultad de Geología y Mecánica   (the original website of this University is often offline)
	Ecuador - Escuela Politécnica del Ejercito / Departamento de Ciencias de la Energía y Mecánica   (has a Metallurgy & Foundry Lab. which is equipped for carrying out metallographic tests ; see also the Department of Ciencias de la Tierra y Construcción)
	Ecuador - Escuela Politécnica Nacional / Departamento de Metalurgia Extractiva   (see other Departments : Geología ; Materiales  and the Laboratory for Ensayo de Materiales y Mecánica de Suelos, which belongs to the Civil Engineering Dept.)
	Ecuador - Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral / Facultad de Ingeniería en Ciencias de la Tierra   (offers undergrad courses in Ingeniería en Geología and Ingeniería en Minas ; see also Facultad de Ingeniería en Mecánica y Ciencias de la Producción)
	Ecuador - Universidad Central del Ecuador / Facultad de Ingeniería en Geología, Minas, Petróleos y Ambiental   (see also : Escuela de Ingeniería en Geología ; Escuela de Ingeniería en Minas)
	Guyana - University of Guyana / Faculty of Technology / Division of Geological Engineering
	Venezuela - Universidad Central / Escuela de Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Ciencia de los Materiales   (see also : Centro de Geología ; Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra  and some Research Centres : Centro de Ciencias e Ingeniería de Nuevos Materiales y Corrosión ; Centro de Investigaciones y Desarrollo de Metalurgia Extractiva ; Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Aceros Inoxidables ; Centro de Investigaciones Tecnológicas del Aluminio y sus Aleaciones ; Centro de Microscopía Electrónica ; Centro Venezolano de Soldadura)
	Venezuela - Universidad de Los Andes / Escuela de Ingeniería Geológica
	Venezuela - Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica Antonio José de Sucre / Curso de Ingeniería Metalúrgica   (this course is offered by the Departments of Metallurgical Engineering from both Vicerrectorado Barquisimeto and Vicerrectorado Puerto Ordaz; nevertheless, their websites are under construction and no detailed information can be found for their Research Groups.  Main R&D groups from BARQUISIMETO are: Extractiva de Metales ; Fundición y Solidificación ; Tecnología del Aluminio ; Tecnología de Fabricación ; Metalografía Aplicada ; Análisis de Fallas ; Metalurgia Química ; Metalurgia de Solidificación. R&D groups from PUERTO ORDAZ are: Tecnología Mineral ; Soldadura y Desarrollo de Materiales ; Corrosión y Biomateriales ; Materiales Refractarios ; Fundición ; Procesos Siderúrgicos)
	Venezuela - Universidad Simón Bolívar / Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra   (see also the Laboratory of Materiales y Procesos de Fabricación and the Group of Ingeniería de Superficie e Interfases)
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Universities and Research Groups
	Czech Republic  Poland  and  Czech Republic
	Czech Republic - Brno University of Technology / Institute of Materials Science and Engineering   (which belongs to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering ; see also Institute of Geotechnics, which belongs to the Faculty of Civil Engineering)
	Czech Republic - Charles University in Prague / Faculty of Science   (see the Departments :  Geology ; Inorganic Chemistry and the Institutes: Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources ; Geology and Paleontology)
	Czech Republic - Institute of Chemical Technology / Faculty of Chemical Technology   (see the Departments of : Inorganic Chemistry ; Inorganic Technology ; Metals and Corrosion Engineering ; Solid State Chemistry and the Central Laboratories)
	Czech Republic - Masaryk University / Department of Geological Sciences
	Czech Republic - Palacký University of Olomouc / Department of Geology
	Czech Republic - Technical University of Ostrava / Faculty of Mining and Geology   (see also Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering and the Nanotechnology Centre)
	Czech Republic - University of Pardubice / Faculty of Chemical Technology
	Czech Republic - University of West Bohemia   (at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering you will find the Dept. of Materials Engineering and Metallurgy - website only in czech ; see also the Research Centre for Forming Technology)
	Poland - AGH University of Science and Technology / Faculty of Mining and Geoengineering   (see other Faculties and Groups : Foundry Engineering ; Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection ; Materials Science and Ceramics ; Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science ; Mining Surveying and Environmental Engineering ; Non-Ferrous Metals)
	Poland - Cracow University of Technology / Institute of Materials Engineering   (see other Institutes : Building Materials and Structures ; Geotechnics ; Materials Science and Metal Technology)
	Poland - Kielce University of Technology / Centre for Laser Technologies of Metals
	Poland - Jagiellonian University, Cracow / Institute of Geological Sciences
	Poland - Silesian University of Technology   (see Faculties of : Materials Science and Metallurgy ; Mining and Geology)
	Poland - University of Lodz   (see Dept. of Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry ; Materials Research Laboratory)
	Poland - University of Opole / Crystallography Group
	Poland - University of Silesia   (see Faculty of Earth Sciences and Faculty of Computer and Materials Science)
	Poland - University of Warsaw / Faculty of Geology   (also see Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology)
	Poland - University of Wroclaw   (see Faculty of Earth Science and Environmental Management and the Chair of Mineralogy and Petrology - website only in polish)
	Poland - Warsaw University of Technology / Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering
	Poland - Wroclaw University of Technology / Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology   (the site provides a summary in english; full information only in polish ; the Department of Metallurgy is at the Faculty of Chemistry, but its website is only available in polish)
	Slovakia - Comenius University in Bratislava   (see Faculty of Natural Sciences / Geology Section and also the Department of Inorganic Chemistry)
	Slovakia - Technical University of Kosice   (see Faculties of : Metallurgy ; Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnology)
	Slovakia - University of Technology in Bratislava   (only summaries about the Faculties are provided in english; see Faculty of Material Sciences and Technology - website not available in english)
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Universities and Research Groups
	Denmark,  Finland,  Norway  and  Sweden
	Denmark - Aalborg-Aarhus University / Department of Physics and Nanotechnology   (see also: Nanoscience Center and Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory at the Dept. of Civil Engineering)
	Denmark - Aarhus University / Department of Earth Sciences
	Denmark - University of Copenhagen / Geological Institute
	Denmark - Technical University of Denmark / Department of Environment Engineering   (see also the Research Goup on Hydrocarbons and Mineral Resources)
	Finland - Aalto University School of Science and Technology / Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (see the following Research Groups : Advanced and Functional Materials ; Corrosion and Materials Chemistry ; Forming and Surface Engineering ; Engineering Design and Production ; Materials Processing and Powder Metallurgy ; Metallurgy ; Structural Engineering and Building Technology ; Geoenvironmental Technology ; Steel Structures ; see also Department of Micro and Nanosciences)
	Finland - University of Helsinki / Department of Geology  (see also : Dept. of Geosciences and Geography ; Inorganic Chemistry Lab.)
	Finland - University of Oulu / Department of Geology   (see also the Laboratories of : Materials Engineering ; Process Metallurgy)
	Finland - University of Turku / Department of Geology
	Norway - Norwegian University of Science and Technology / Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering   (see also Department of Materials Science and Engineering and its main Laboratories)
	Norway - University of Oslo / Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology   (see also Department of Geosciences)
	Sweden - Chalmers University of Technology / Department of Materials and Manufacturing Technology   (see also: Dept. of Microtechnology and Nanoscience ; Division of GeoEngineering, which belongs to the Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and the Research Centres : Competence Center for High Temperature Corrosion ; Simulation Center for Non-Destructive Testing)
	Sweden - Jönköping University / Materials and Manufacturing Technology Group   (see also Casting Innovation Centre)
	Sweden - Karlstad University / Faculty of Technology and Science   (offers M.Sc. courses in Materials Engineering ; Mechanical Engineering/Materials  and  Nanomaterials)
	Sweden - Luleå University of Technology / Department of Chemical Engineering and Geosciences   (specific sites of the Divisions: Applied Geology ; Chemical Engineering ; Engineering Materials ; Mineral Processing ; Mining and Geotechnical Engineering ; Ore Geology ; Process Metallurgy ; see also Blasting Research Centre)
	Sweden - Lund University / Faculty of Engineering   (specific websites : Engineering Geology ; Geology ; Materials Engineering ; Production and Materials Engineering)
	Sweden - Örebro University / School of Science and Technology   (see Metal Forming Group)
	Sweden - Royal lnstitute of Technology, Stockholm   (see the research projects in Materials Science and also from other Groups : Environmental Geochemistry ; Material Physics ; Soil and Rock Mechanics)
	Sweden - Uppsala University / Department of Earth Sciences   (see thes Groups : Applied Geophysics and Solid Earth Geology ; at the Faculty of Science and Technology, see Materials Science Division  and  Materials Science Programme / Ångström Lab.)
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Universities and Research Groups
	France
	École des Mines d'Alès   (also see the Research Centres : Génie de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques Industriels et Naturels ; Matériaux de Grande Diffusion)
	École des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux   (also see the Research Centres : Génie des Procédés des Solides Divisés ; Outillages, Matériaux et Procédés)
	École des Mines de Douai   (alternative website ; see also the Departments : Génie Civil et Environnemental ; Mécanique et Comportement des Matériaux ; Métrologie et Qualité)
	École des Mines de Nancy   (or in english ; see also the sites of the Research Centres : Pétrographiques et Géochimiques ; Transformation et Traitement des Métaux and of the Laboratories : Environnement Géomécanique et Ouvrages ; Science et Génie des Matériaux et de Métallurgie ; Science et Génie des Surfaces)
	École des Mines de Paris   (see the various Research Centres : Administration Publique des Mines ; Exploitation des Carrières et des Mines à Ciel Ouvert ; Géosciences ; Géostatistique ; Ingénierie et Gestion de l'Environnement ; Matériaux ; Matières Premières ; Mise en Forme des Matériaux ; Projets Miniers)
	École d'Ingénieurs de Physique, Électronique, Matériaux   (see the Laboratories: Electrochimie et Physico-Chimie des Matériaux et des Interfaces ; Thermodynamique et de Physico-Chimie Métallurgiques)
	École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne   (also see the Research Centres : Sciences des Matériaux et des Structures ; Sciences des Processus Industriels et Naturels)
	École Polytechnique / Laboratoire de Mécanique des Solides
	Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble - INPG   (see the Laboratories : Electrochimie et de Physico-chimie des Matériaux et des Interfaces ; Matériaux et Génie Physique ; Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés ; Sols, Solides, Structures, Risques ; Thermodynamique et de Physico-Chimie Métallurgiques and the Group Risques Naturels et Vulnérabilité des Ouvrages)
	Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand II) / Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Matériaux   (see also the Laboratory of Matériaux Inorganiques)
	Université Bordeaux I / Centre de Développement des Géosciences Appliquées   (see also Centre de Caractérisation des Matériaux Avancés and the Department of Science et Génie des Matériaux, which belongs to the Institute of Technology of the same University)
	Université de Caen Basse-Normandie / Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Sciences des Matériaux
	Université Denis Diderot (Paris VII) / Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condensés
	Université de La Rochelle / Laboratoire d'Etude des Matériaux en Milieux Agressifs
	Université de Limoges / Institut de Procédés Appliqués aux Matériaux
	Université de Montpellier II / Laboratoire des Agrégats, Interfaces et Matériaux pour l' Energie
	Université d´Orléans / Département de Sciences de la Terre et de l'Environnement   (also see Institut des Sciences de la Terre)
	Université de Paris-Est, Marne la Vallée / Laboratoire Geomatériaux et Géologie de l'Ingenieur   (alternative website under construction)
	Université de Poitiers / Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux   (see other two Laboratories: Hydrogéologie, Argiles, Sols et Altérations ; Mécanique et Physique des Matériaux)
	Université de Rouen - Haute Normandie / Laboratoire d'Analyse Spectroscopique et de Traitement de Surface des Matériaux   (see also the Group Physique des Matériaux)
	Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille / Laboratoire de Métallurgie Physique et Génie des Matériaux   (see also the Laboratory of Structure et Propriétés de l'Etat Solide)
	Université Henri Poincaré (Nancy I) / Laboratoire de Science et Génie des Matériaux et de Métallurgie   (see other Laboratories : Chimie du Solide Minéral ; Cristallographie et Modélisation des Matériaux Minéraux et Biologiques ; Géologie et Gestion des Ressources Minérales et Energétiques ; Science et Génie des Surfaces)
	Université Paris-Sud (Paris XI)   (see Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay and the Laboratories of : Intéraction du Rayonnement X avec la Matière and Physique des Solides)
	Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) / Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condensés   (see also the Laboratories of Physico-Chimie des Surfaces and Sciences de la Terre)
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Universities and Research Groups
	Germany
	Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg / Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry   (see also the Institutes of : Crystallography ; Geology)
	Bayerische Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg / Geodynamics and Geomaterials Research Group   (see also: GeoZentrum ; Center of Excelence in New Materials)
	Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel / Institute of Geosciences   (see also : Institute of Materials Research and the Chairs of: Materials Science ; Microanalysis of Materials)
	Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen / Institut für Geowissenschaften   (Institute of Geosciences)
	Freie Universität Berlin / Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften
	Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg / GeoZentrum Nordbayern   (see also : Advanced Geology ; Applied Geology Division ; Mineralogy Group)
	Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena / Institut für Geowissenschaften   (see the Chairs of Mineralogie und Geochemie)
	Georg-August Universität Göttingen / Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum   (Centre for Research in Geosciences)
	Helmut-Schmidt Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg / Materials Engineering Group   (this Group belongs to the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering)
	Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz / Institut für Geowissenschaften
	Ludwig-Maxmillians-Universität München / Fakultät für Geowissenschaften   (see the Departments of : Crystallography ; Geology ; Mineralogy)
	Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg / Institut für Geowissenschaften   (see Mineralogy/Geochemistry Group)
	Philipps Universität Marburg / Institut für Mineralogie, Petrologie und Kristallographie
	Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn / Mineralogie-Petrologie   (see also Geologie ; Steinmann Institut - websites are in german)
	Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen / Faculty of Georesources and Materials Engineering   (the english version of the site is not as detailed as the original in german ; explore: Mineral Resources Group ; Institute of Crystallography ; Institute of Mineralogy and Economic Geology ; Institute of Mining Engineering I ; Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Machine Engineering ; Institute of Metallurgy and Metal Physics ; Institute of Process Metallurgy and Metal Recycling ; Institute of Surface Mining and Drilling ; it is also worth seeing : ACCESS : Materials and Processes ; Foundry Institute ; Process Systems Engineering Group ; at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, see : Institute of Building Materials Research ; Institute of Geotechnical Engineering ; Institute of Steel Construction and at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, see : Surface Engineering Institute ; Welding and Joining Institute ; also visit : International Max Planck Research School for Surface and Interface Engineering in Advanced Materials, in Düsseldorf)
	Ruhr-Universität Bochum / Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Geophysik   (both this and the Institut für Werkstoffe websites are in german; see also Institute for Mining and Energy Law)
	Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg / Mineralogisches Institut   (also see Institute for Environmental Geochemistry)
	Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg / Faculty of Geosciences, Geotechnology and Mining   (see other Institutes : Drilling Engineering and Fluid Mining ; Engineering of Geoinformation ; Geophysics ; Geosciences ; Geotechnical Engineering ; Mineralogy ; Mining and, at the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, see the following Institutes : Foundry ; Iron and Steel Technology ; Materials Research ; Materials Technology ; Metal Processing ; Metallurgy - most websites are in german)
	Technische Universität Berlin / Institute for Materials Science and Technology   (see the Research Groups of : Materials Technology ; Metallic Materials ; Structural Properties of Materials ; also see: Extrusion Research and Development Center ; Institute for Solid State Physics ; Institute for Applied Geosciences ; International Max Planck Research School for Complex Surfaces in Materials Science)
	Technische Universität Braunschweig / Institut für Umweltgeologie   (see also the Institutes of : Füge- und Schweißtechnik ; Geoökologie ; Stahlbau)
	Technische Universität Chemnitz-Zwickau / Institut für Fertigungstechnik/Schweißtechnik   (see also the Research Group in Schweißtechnik - welding techniques, at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering)
	Technische Universität Clausthal   (see the Institutes of : Disposal Research - resulted from the merging of the "Institute for Mineralogy and Mineral Resources" and the "Institute for Radioactive and Hazardous Waste Management"; Geophysics ; Geotechnical Engineering and Mine Surveying ; Materials Science and Engineering ; Metallurgy ; Mining)
	Technische Universität Darmstadt / Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften   (besides the Institute of Geosciences, see : Institute and Laboratory of Geotechnics ; Materials Science Dept.)
	Technische Universität Dresden / Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaft   (see the Chairs of : Anorganisch-Nichtmetallische Werkstoffe ; Elektromagnetische Strömungsbeeinflussung in Metallurgie, Kristallzüchtung und Elektrochemie ; Funktionswerkstoffe ; Materialwissenschaft und Nanotechnik ; Pulvermetallurgie, Sinter- und Verbundwerkstoffe ; Werkstoffzuverlässigkeit ; Werkstoffzuverlässigkeit and also the Institutes : Institut für Geotechnik ; Institut für Komplexe Materialen ; Institut für Metallische Werkstoffe und Metallphysik ; Institut für StrukturPhysik)
	Technische Universität Ilmenau / Institut für Werkstofftechnik   (Materials Technology Institute)
	Technische Universität München / Faculty of Mechanical Engineering   (see the Institutes of : Materials Science and Mechanics of Materials ; Metal Forming and Casting)
	Universität Augsburg / Anwenderzentrum für Material und Umweltforschung   (newly born R&D centre supported by this University)
	Universität Bayreuth / Bayerisches Geoinstitut   (there is another Research Group - Fachgruppe Geowissenschaften, which belongs to the Dept. of Biology, Chemistry and Geosciences ; also see the new Kompetenzzentrum Neue Materialien)
	Universität Bremen / Department of Geosciences   (see specifically the Research Groups in : Crystallography ; Mineralogy and Mineral Deposits)
	Universität Duisburg-Essen / Institute of Metallurgy and Metal Forming   (also see Institute for Product Engineering)
	Universität Fridericiana Karlsruhe / Geological Institute   (see the Institutes of : Materials Science I ; Mineralogy and Geochemistry ; Soil and Rock Mechanics)
	Universität Greifswald / Institut für Geographie und Geologie   (of specific interest is the area of Geologie)
	Universität Hamburg / Department Geowissenschaften   (see Research Group in Mineralogie - websites only in german)
	Universität Hannover / Institute of Mineralogy   (also see : Institute of Geology ; Center for Solid State Chemistry and New Materials ; the Chair of Metalltechnik, from the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering ; two other Institutes which belong to the Dept. of Civil Engineering : Institute for Steel Construction ; Materialprüfanstalt für das Bauwesen - latter site only in german)
	Universität Köln / Institute of Geology and Mineralogy   (see also Institute of Crystallography)
	Universität Leipzig / Institut für Mineralogie, Kristallographie und Materialwissenschaft   (see also Institut für Geophysik und Geologie)
	Universität Paderborn / Institut für Prozess- und Werkstofftechnik   (see the Chairs of  Werkstoffkunde/Materials Science  and  Werkstoff- und Fügetechnik/Materials and Joining Technology)
	Universität Potsdam / Institut für Geowissenschaften   (see the Division of  Mineralogy-Geochemistry)
	Universität des Saarlandes / Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik   (see the Chairs of : Metallische Werkstoffe ; Werkstoffwissenschaften und Methodik)
	Universität Stuttgart / Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallchemie   (see also : Institut für Metallkunde ; Institute for Materials Testing, Materials Science and Strength of Materials ; International Max Planck Research School for Advanced Materials: from Microscopic Understanding to Functionality)
	Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster / Institut für Mineralogie   (see also  Institut für Materialphysik)
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Universities and Research Groups
	Greece  and  Turkey
	Greece - National Technical University of Athens / School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering   (see also : Materials Science & Engineering Laboratory)
	Greece - Technical University of Crete / Department of Mineral Resources Engineering
	Greece - University of Athens / Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment
	Turkey - Dokuz Eylül University / Faculty of Engineering   (see the Departments of : Geological Engineering ; Metallurgical and Materials Engineering ; Mining Engineering)
	Turkey - Hacettepe University / Department of Mining Engineering   (the site of the Geological Engineering Dept. is only available in turkish)
	Turkey - Istanbul Technical University / Mining Engineering Department   (see other Departments : Geophysical Engineering ; Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)
	Turkey - Istanbul University / Mining Engineering Department   (see other Departments : Geological Engineering ; Metallurgical and Materials Engineering - all websites are in turkish)
	Turkey - Middle East Technical University / Department of Mining Engineering   (see other Departments : Geological Engineering ; Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)
	Turkey - Zonguldak Karaelmas University   (see the Departments of : Geodesy and Photogammetry ; Geological Engineering ; sites of Metallurgical Engineering and Mining Engineering are under construction)
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Universities and Research Groups
	India  and  Sri Lanka
	India - Anna University / Department of Mining Engineering   (see also Dept. of Geology ; among the various Engineering Faculties associated to Anna University, see : College of Engineering, Salem which offers undergrad courses in Metallurgical Engineering and Welding Technology, and the Madras Institute of Technology)
	India - Banaras Hindu University / Institute of Technology   (see the Departments of : Metallurgical Engineering ; Mining Engineering  and the School of Materials Science and Technology)
	India - Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore / Department of Materials Engineering   (also see Materials Research Centre  and  NMR Research Centre)
	India - Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay / Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science   (also see Department of Earth Sciences  and  Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility)
	India - Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi / Department of Mechanical Engineering   (also see Centre for Industrial Tribology)
	India - Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur / Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering   (see also Advanced Centre for Materials Science)
	India - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur / Department of Mining Engineering   (see also the Departments of : Geology and Geophysics ; Materials Science ; Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)
	India - Indian Institute of Technology, Madras / Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (also see National Metallurgical Laboratory)
	India - Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee / Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (also see Department of Earth Sciences)
	India - Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad   (see specifically the Departments of : Applied Geology ; Fuel and Mineral Engineering ; Mechanical Engineering & Mining Machinery Engineering ; Mining Engineering  and also Environmental Science and Engineering)
	India - Jadavpur University / Department of Metallurgical Engineering   (also see Dept. of Geological Science ; School of Material Science and Technology)
	India - Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad   (see Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering)
	India - Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur   (see Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering)
	India - National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur   (see Dept. of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering)
	India - National Institute of Technology, Karnataka / Department of Mining Engineering   (also see Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)
	India - National Institute of Technology, Nagpur   (see the Departments of : Metallurgical and Materials Engineering ; Mining Engineering)
	India - National Institute of Technology, Rourkela / Department of Mining Engineering   (also see Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)
	India - National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli   (see Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)
	India - National Institute of Technology, Warangal   (see Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)
	India - PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore   (see Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering)
	India - Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering, Research and Technology, Chandrapur   (see Dept. of Mining Engineering)
	India - Regional Engineering College, Durgapur   (see the Departments of: Geology ; Metallurgical Engineering)
	India - University of Baroda / Department of Metallurgical Engineering   (see also Department of Geology)
	India - University of Pune / Department of Geology   (see also Science and Technology Park)
	Sri Lanka - University of Moratuwa / Faculty of Engineering   (see  Dept. of Earth Resources Engineering  and  Dept. of Materials Engineering)
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Universities and Research Groups
	Israel
	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev / Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences   (see also  Department of Materials Engineering  and the Research Centres : Blechner Center for Industrial Catalysis and Process Development ; Ilse Katz Center for Meso and Nanoscale Science & Technology)
	Hebrew University of Jerusalem / Institute of Earth Sciences   (see also  Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology)
	Open University of Israel / Department of Natural Sciences   (see specifically Geology Program)
	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology/ Department of Materials Engineering   (see also:  Israel Institute of Metals, which belongs to the Technion Research and Development Foundation ; Irwin and Joan Jacobs Graduate School  where  postgrad courses in Mineral Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering are offered - see also the webpages of other Faculties and Departments)
	Tel Aviv University / Materials Science and Engineering Program   (see also the Research Centres :  Wolfson Applied Materials Research Center ; Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and the various Laboratories of the Faculty of Engineering)
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Universities and Research Groups
	Italy
	Politecnico di Bari / Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale   (houses the Sections of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering  and  Materials Technology ; in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, see the Laboratory of Caratterizzazione di Materiali e Deformazione Plastica)
	Politecnico di Milano /Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica   (see research lines of the area Materiali - Nanotecnologie e Nanoscienze ; the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering has a Laboratory of Metallurgia, used for teaching purposes)
	Politecnico di Torino / Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica   (see also Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale e Geotecnica)
	Università della Calabria / Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
	Università di Bari / Dipartimento Geomineralogico   (see also Dipartimento di Geologia e Geofisica)
	Università di Bologna / Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geologico-Ambientali   (at the Department of  Ingegneria delle Costruzioni, Meccaniche, Nucleari, Aeronautiche e di Metallurgia there is a Research Group in Tecnologia e Sistemi di Lavorazione ; at the Department of Ingegneria Chimica, Mineraria e delle Tecnologie Ambientali, see specifically the Research Group in Ingegneria Mineraria e Geomeccanica ; see also the Department of Scienza dei Metalli, Elettrochimica e Tecniche Chimiche)
	Università di Brescia / Gruppo di Metallurgia   (belongs to the Department of Mechanical Engineering)
	Università di Cagliari / Dipartimento di Geoingegneria e Tecnologie Ambientali   (also see  Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica ed Analitica)
	Università di Cassino / Gruppo di Metallurgia   (also see  Laboratorio Materiali, both belonging to the Dept. of Mechanics, Structures, Environment and Territory)
	Università di Catania / Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche
	Università di Ferrara / Dipartimento di Scienze delle Terra   (see also Laboratorio di Metallurgia, located in the Engineering Department)
	Università di Firenze / Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (see also the following interdepartmental Centres :  Cristallografia Strutturale ; Microscopia Elettronica e Microanalisi)
	Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia / Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (see also the Department of  Ingegneria dei Materiali e dell'Ambiente)
	Università di Padova / Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica / Settore Materiali
	Università di Parma / Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
	Università di Pavia / Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
	Università di Perugia / Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (see also the Research Group in Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali, at the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
	Università di Pisa / Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (see also : Centro Interdipartimentale dei Materiali  and  Gruppo di Tribologia)
	Università di Roma "La Sapienza" / Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, Materiali e Ambiente   (see specifically the Laboratories  and  Research Areas ; also see Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra  and  the area of Ingegneria Geotecnica)
	Università di Roma Tre / Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche
	Università di Sassari   (the Institute of Geological & Mineralogical Sciences belongs to the aculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, but its website is under construction)
	Università di Siena / Centro di Geotecnologie   (also be acquainted with the courses offered by the Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra)
	Università di Trento / Dipartimento di Ingegneria dei Materiali e Tecnologie Industriali
	Università di Trieste / Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dell'Ambiente e delle Materie Prime   (see other Departments : Materiali e Risorse Naturali ; Scienze della Terra ; Scienze Geologiche Ambientali e Marine ; the Department of Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale has a Research Group in Georisorse e Ambiente ; also see the Centres : Gestione e Recupero Ambientale ; Nanostructured Materials)
	Università di Torino / Dipartimento di Chimica / Laboratorio di Metalurgia   (see teh Groups : Materiali Metallici  ;  Nanomateriali Strutturali e Funzionali and the Metallurgy Lab. ; also see Centre "G. Scansetti" for Studies on Asbestos and other Toxic Particulates ; Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra  and  Istituto di Ricerche Interdisciplinari sulla Sostenibilità)
	Università di Udine / Dipartimento di Georisorse e Territorio   (see also Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche)
	Università di Urbino / Istituto di Scienze Geologiche   (see also Istituto di Geologia Applicata)
	Università di Verona / Gruppo di Chimica Inorganica dello Stato Solido e dei Materiali
	Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria / Dipartimento di Meccanica e Materiali
	University of Malta / Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering   (Maltese Islands are located in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Italy)
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Universities and Research Groups
	Japan
	Akita University / Faculty of Engineering and Resource Science   (see the page about the Departments - most websites are only available in japanese)
	Aoyama Gakuin University / Graduate School of Science and Engineering   (offers postgrad courses in Materials Science)
	Chiba Institute of Technology   (the Department of Mechanical Engineering offers an undergrad course in Metallurgical Engineering)
	Chiba University / Department of Earth Sciences   (also see Department of Nanoscience)
	Daido Institute of Technology
	Doshisha University / Faculty of Engineering   (see Dept. of Mechanical and Systems Engineering ; grad-courses at the Graduate School of Engineering ; Science and Engineering Research Institute - site only in japanese)
	Ehime University / Department of Earth Sciences   (the Faculty of Engineering offers undergrad courses in Materials Science & Engineering, at the Department of Materials; the Graduate School of Science and Engineering offers postgrad courses in Earth's Evolution & Environment and Materials Science & Engineering - websites are only available in japanese)
	Fukui University of Technology   (at the Departments of Civil and Mechanical Engineering there are research groups in Metallic Materials; nevertheless, the english version of departmental websites provide only summarized information and no links to the areas of interest to this directory)
	Fukuoka Institute of Technology   (see Department of Life, Environment and Materials Science and a summary of the postgrad program in Material Science & Production Engineering)
	Gifu University / Faculty of Engineering   (see the Departments of Materials Science & Technology  and  Civil Engineering, where you will find the Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering Group)
	Gunma University / Department of Mechanical System Engineering   (there are some Research Groups in the area of Materials)
	Hiroshima University / Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science   (see also Department of Mechanical System Engineering)
	Hokkaido University / Division of Materials Science and Engineering   (see also the Divisions of : Materials Chemistry ; Solid Waste, Resources and Geoenvironmental Engineering  and the Laboratory of Mineral Processing and Resources Recycling)
	Hosei University / Department of Materials Chemistry   (the site of the Research Center for Micro-Nano Technology is only available in japanese)
	Ibaraki University / Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (website in japanese; see also Research Center for Superplasticity)
	Iwate University / Department of Materials Science and Technology   (the english version of this site is under construction; its complete version is only available in japanese; the site of the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering is only available in japanese)
	Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology   (see School of Materials Science)
	Kagawa University   (the Dept.of Advanced Materials Science belongs to the Faculty of Engineering - see summary of Faculties and Graduate Schools)
	Kanazawa University / Division of Earth & Environmental Sciences
	Kansai University / Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (see also other Departments : Civil and Environmental Engineering  and  Mechanical Engineering)
	Kitami Institute of Technology / Department of Materials Science   (see also Dept. of Mechanical Engineering - site only in japanese)
	Kogakuin University / Graduate School of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering   (see also Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering)
	Kyoto Institute of Technology / Graduate School of Chemistry & Materials Technology   (see also Graduate School of Mechanical & System Engineering)
	Kyoto University / Department of Geology and Mineralogy   (see also other Departments : Civil & Earth Resources Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering)
	Kyushu Institute of Technology   (click on Faculty of Engineering, then on the Department of your interest)
	Kyushu University / Faculty of Engineering   (see the Department of Earth Resources Engineering ; the websites of the Departments of Civil Engineering  and  Materials Science and Engineering are in japanese ; see also Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences and the Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering)
	Miyazaki University / Faculty of Engineering
	Muroran Institute of Technology   (see : Dept. of Applied Science & Engineering ; the degree programs of the Dept. of Civil Engineering and Architecture - Master  and  Doctorate ; the Dept. of Mechanical, Aerospace and Materials Engineering)
	Nagaoka University of Technology / Department of Materials Science and Technology   (see also the Department of Mechanical Engineering)
	Nagasaki University / Faculty of Engineering   (see the Department of Materials Science & Engineering and the Geo-Environmental Laboratory)
	Nagoya Institute of Technology / Faculty of Engineering
	Nagoya University / School of Engineering   (see also Research Center for Materials Science)
	Niigata University / Department of Geology   (see also Faculty of Engineering)
	Okayama University / Faculty of Engineering   (see also Faculty of Environmental Science & Technology)
	Osaka University / School of Engineering   (see also School of Engineering Science  and the following Institutes: Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research ; Institute of Technology ; Joining and Welding Research Institute)
	Ritsumeikan University / College of Science and Engineering   (see also Institute of Science and Engineering - website only available in japanese)
	Saga University / Faculty of Science and Engineering   (the area of Materials is at two Departments : Chemistry and Applied Chemistry  and  Mechanical Engineering ; see also the Department of Civil Engineering)
	Saitama Institute of Technology   (the Department of Materials Science & Engineering offers undergrad and postgrad courses - Master and Doctoral)
	Saitama University   (see Faculty of Engineering ; Graduate School of Science and Engineering  and  Geosphere Research Institute - only a summary is provided)
	Shimane University / Faculty of Science and Engineering   (the Departments of Materials Science and of Natural Resources Processing do not seem to have sites in english ; see Dept. of Geosciences - only in japanese)
	Shinshu University   (see webpages of Faculty of Engineering  and  Faculty of Science - detailed website is in japanese)
	Shizuoka University   (see summaries of the Faculty of Engineering ,  Faculty of Science  and  Graduate School of Science and Technology - detailed websites are in japanese)
	Shonan Institute of Technology
	Sokendai Graduate University for Advanced Studies / Department of Materials Structure Science   (see also Institute of Materials Structure Science)
	Sophia University / Faculty of Science and Technology   (see also Graduate School of Science and Technology - both webpages are summaries and the english versions of Departmental sites are still not available)
	Tohoku University / School of Engineering   (see specifically the Department of Metallurgy, Materials Science and Materials Processing ; in the Faculty of Sciences, see the Departments of : Earth Sciences ; Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology ; also visit : Institute for Materials Research ; Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials)
	Tokai University / Graduate School of Engineering   (offers postgrad courses in Metallurgical Engineering)
	Tokyo City University   (see post-grad programs of the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Dept. of Civil Engineering)
	Tokyo Denki University   (most websites of Schools, Faculties and Institutes are in japanese, but it is worth exploring some links provided in the main page of this University)
	Tokyo Institute of Technology   (see the Departments of : Inorganic Materials ; Metallurgical Engineering  and  Materials and Structures Laboratory ; in the Graduate School of Science, see the Departments of: Chemistry and Materials Science ; Materials Science & Engineering ; Metallurgy and Ceramics Science)
	Tokyo Metropolitan University / Faculty of Engineering and Graduate School of Engineering
	Tokyo University / Faculty of Engineering   (see Dept. of Advanced Materials Science ; in the Graduate School of Engineering, see Dept. of Materials Engineering and other areas of interest; also visit the Department of Chemistry, which belongs to the Faculty of Sciences, and the following Research Centres : Environmental Science Center ; Institute for Solid State Physics ; Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology)
	Tokyo University of Science   (it is worth exploring the various Faculties and Postgrad Schools; of special interest are site 1  and  site 2  of the Dept. of Materials Science & Technology, the sites of Laboratories at the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and the specific sites of the various Inorganic Chemistry Lecturers at the Dept. of Pure and Applied Chemistry)
	Waseda University / School of Science and Engineering   (see the Department of Materials Science & Engineering  and the summarised pages of the following Institutes: Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering ; Environmental Research Institute ; Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - this is only available in japanese ; Kagami Memorial Laboratory for Materials Science and Technology)
	NOTES : few Japanese Universities have websites of their Faculties and Departments available in english and, whenever they do the information is provided in a summarized way, thus making it difficult to search for links of interest to this directory.
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Universities and Research Groups
	Korea (North and South)
	Chonnam National University / School of Materials Science & Engineering   (see also College of Natural Sciences ; School of Civil, Geosystem & Environmental Engineering - english version of this site is under construction and not all menu options are available)
	Chungnam National University / College of Engineering   (offers courses in the areas of Materials and Metallurgy ; also see the Section of Applied Materials Engineering and Earth and Environmental Sciences, at the College of Natural Sciences)
	Dong-A University / College of Engineering   (offers courses in the areas of Materials Science and Engineering  and  Mineral and Mining Engineering, but the websites of the corresponding Departments of Materials Science and Engineering  and  Energy and Resources Engineering are in korean)
	Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology / Department of Materials Science & Engineering
	Hanyang University / College of Engineering   (offers courses in the areas of Materials Engineering  and  Geoenvironmental System Engineering)
	Hong-ik University / College of Engineering   (offers a grad-course in Materials Science & Engineering including Metallurgy ; the College of Science and Technology offers a grad-course in Metallurgical Engineering)
	Inha National University / College of Engineering   (offers courses in Materials Science & Engineering ; see also Institute of Advanced Materials - site in korean ; also see the Departments of : Ceramic Engineering ; Environmental Engineering ; Metallurgical Engineering)
	Kangwon National University / College of Engineering   (click on Geosystem Engineering and on Dept. of Advanced Material Engineering ; at the College of Natural Sciences, click on Department of Geology)
	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology / College of Engineering   (see the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Research Laboratories of the Materials Science and Engineering Dept.)
	Korea University / College of Engineering   (see the Department of Materials Science & Engineering ; in the College of Science, see the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences ; among the several Research Centres, it would be worth seeing Advanced Materials Chemistry Research Center and Center for Mineral Resources Research, but no links are provided to their websites)
	Kyungpook National University / College of Engineering   (this is the old site; the new site is under construction ; the University original site, and those of the Departments of Materials Science and Metallurgy  and  Geology are only available in korean)
	Pohang University of Science and Technology / Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (see also : Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology ; Steel Processing Automation Research Center  ;  several Laboratories and  other Research Centers)
	Pukyoung National University / College of Engineering   (see the Divisons of: Materials Processing Engineering ; Materials Science and Engineering ; Metallurgical Engineering ; detailed information is only available at the websites in corean: College of Engineering ; Div. of Materials Science and Engineering ; Div. of Metallurgical Engineering)
	Pusan National University / College of Engineering   (see School of Materials Science and Engineering - in korean  and  in english ; College of NanoScience and Technology ; Dept. of Geological Sciences ; Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering ; there is a Geology Group at College of Natural Sciences but its site is not available in english)
	Seoul National University / Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (see some of the various Research Centers : NanoSystems ; Oxide Electronics ; Oxide Nanocrystalline Materials ; Strongly Correlated Materials)
	Yonsei University / College of Engineering   (see Dept. of Metallurgical System Engineering and in the College of Science, see Dept. of Earth System Sciences)
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Universities and Research Groups
	Malaysia
	International Islamic University / Manufacturing and Materials Engineering Department
	Multimedia University / Centre for Microelectronics, Materials and Systems   (this Centre is located at the Cyberjaya Campus; also see Materials Laboratory at Melaka Campus)
	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia / Faculty of Engineering and Buit Environment   (see the Departments of Chemical & Process Engineering ; Civil & Structural Engineering ; Mechanical & Materials Engineering ; also see Advanced Engineering Centre  and  School of Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences)
	Universiti Malaya / Department of Geology   (see also Centre for Nanotechnology, Precision and Advanced Materials)
	Universiti Malaysia Sabah / School of Engineering and Information Technology   (at the site of the School of Science and Technology it is worth highlighting the Geology Program)
	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak / Faculty of Engineering
	Universiti Putra Malaysia / Faculty of Engineering   (the Dept. of Civil Engineering hosts the Research Group in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering; ; at the Institute of Advanced Technology, see Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology Laboratory)
	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia   (at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, see the Departments of : Geotechnics and Transportation ; Structure and Materials  and at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, see Materials Science Laboratory)
	Universiti Tenaga Nasional / College of Engineering   (see the Departments of : Civil Engineering ; Mechanical Engineering)
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Universities and Research Groups
	Mexico
	Instituto Politécnico Nacional   (the Escuela Superior de Ingeniería y Arquitectura - Unidad Ticomán offers an undergrad course in Geological Engineering and M.Sc. in Geosciences ; the Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Química e Industrias Extractivas offers an undergrad course in Ingeniería en Metalurgía y Materiales ; also visit the sites of the IPN Advanced Studies and Research Centres : CINVESTAV-Querétaro / Ciencias de Materiales ; CINVESTAV-Saltillo / Ingeniería Metalúrgica)
	Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica   (see the Divisions : Geociencias Aplicadas ; Materiales Avanzados)
	Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Madero   (offers several undergrad courses, among which Ingeniería en Geociencias)
	Instituto Tecnológico de Saltillo   (offers undergrad and postgrad courses in the area of Materials)
	Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua / Facultad de Ingeniería   (undergrad courses offered : Ingeniería en Geología  and  Ingeniería en Minas y Metalurgia ; see also the sites of the Laboratories : Geología ; Metalurgia ; Mineralogía)
	Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila   (see Facultad de Metalurgia ; undergrad courses offered - Ingeniería en Recursos Minerales y Energeticos  and  Ingeniería Quimica Metalurgista y de Materiales)
	Universidad Autónoma de Colima   (offers an undergrad course in Ingeniería Químico Metalúrgica)
	Universidad Autónoma de Guanajuato / Facultad de Minas, Metalurgia y Geología   (see also Centro de Investigaciones en Química Inorgánica)
	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León /Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra   (at Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica undergrad  and  Ph.D. courses in Ingeniería de Materiales are offered ; also see some areas of interest at Facultad de Ingeniería Civil)
	Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí / Facultad de Ingeniería   (undergrad courses offered : Ingeniero Geólogo  and  Ingeniero Metalurgista y de Materiales ; postgrad courses in Geología , Ingeniería de Minerales , Metalurgía y Ingeniería de Materiales)
	Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas   (undergrad courses offered at Unidad Académica de Minas, Metalurgia y Geología : Ingeniero Geólogo and Ingeniero Minero Metalurgista)
	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo / Instituto de Ciencias Básicas y Ingeniería   (see also :  Área Académica de Materiales y Metalurgia ; Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra ; Centro de Investigaciones en Materiales y Metalurgía)
	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Unidad Azcapotzalco / Departamento de Materiales   (offers undergrad course in Ingeniería Metalúrgica and postgrad courses in Ciencias Ambientales y Ingeniería de Materiales)
	Universidad de Sonora   (at the Hermosillo Regional Unit, see the Departments of : Geología ; Ingeniería Civil y Minas ; Ingeniería Química y Minas ; the Navojoa Regional Unit offers undergrad courses in  Geología , Ingeniería Minero Metalurgica and Ingeniería Quimica; for courses at Doctoral level, see Ciencias de Materiales)
	Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo   (see Instituto de Investigaciones Metalurgicas which offers postgrad courses in Geociencias y Planificación del Territorio and Metalurgía y Ciencias de los Materiales)
	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México   (at the Faculty of Engineering, see the Division of Ingeniería en Ciencias de la Tierra, where undergrad courses in Ingeniería Geológica  and  Ingeniería de Minas y Metalurgía are offered; at the Faculty of Chemistry, see the Department of Ingeniería Química Metalúrgica  and the program for the undergrad course in  Ingeniería Química Metalúrgica ; also see the program for  Ciencia e Ingeniería de Materiales. Regarding postgrad courses, see: Ciencias e Ingeniería de Materiales ; Ciencias de la Tierra ; Ingeniería)
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Universities and Research Groups
	New Zealand
	Auckland University of Technology / Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Technology
	University of Auckland / Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering   (at the Department of Civil Engineering, see the Research Group in  Geotechnical Engineering ; also see  School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science)
	University of Canterbury / Department of Geological Sciences   (at the  Department of Civil Engineering, see the Geotechnical Engineering Group ; at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, see the Group in  Materials Engineering)
	University of Otago / Department of Geology
	University of Papua New Guinea / School of Natural and Physical Sciences   (see specifically the  Department of Earth Sciences ; at the Dept. of Chemistry, see info about the undergrad course in Applied Inorganic Chemistry)
	University of Waikato / Department of Materials and Process Engineering   (also see Centre for Advanced Materials ; Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences)
	Victoria University of Wellington / School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences   (also see MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology)
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Universities and Research Groups
	Pakistan
	GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology   (see Faculty of Engineering Sciences ; Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering ; visit the pages of  courses offered  and  Laboratories in the area of Metallurgy)
	Mehran University of Engineering and Technology / Department of Mining Engineering   (see also  Dept. of Metallurgy & Materials Engineering)
	NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi / Department of Civil Engineering   (where research prorgammes in Geotechnical Engineering  and  Materials Engineering are being carried out; at the  Dept. of Mechanical Engineering are the Laboratories of Materials Testing  and  Materials & Metallurgy)
	University of Balochistan, Quetta / Department of Geology   (also see  Center of Excelence in Mineralogy and the Center of Excelence in Geology)
	University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore   (see the Departments of : Civil Engineering ; Geological Engineering ; Metallurgical & Materials Engineering ; Mining Engineering)
	University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar / Department of Mining Engineering   (also see  Center of Excelence in Geology)
	University of Peshawar / Department of Geology   (see also : National Centre of Excellence in Geology  and  Institute of Chemical Sciences)
	University of the Punjab / College of Engineering and Emerging Technologies   (see : Dept. of Metallurgy & Materials Engineering ; College of Earth and Environmental Sciences ; Institute of Geology ; under construction are the sites of the  Centre for Coal Technology  and of the  Engineering Research Division)
	University of Sistan and Baluchestan   (this University is in Iran - its website is under construction ; see the Departments of Geology ; Materials Engineering ; Mining Engineering)
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Universities and Research Groups
	Peru
	Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru / Sección Ingeniería de Minas   (see also : Instituto de Corrosión y Protección ; INNOVAPUCP - Centro de Consultoría y Servicios Integrados ; Red Peruana de Soldadura)
	Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrión / Escuela de Ingeniería de Minas   (see also : Escuela de Ingeniería Geológica ; Escuela de Ingenieria Metalúrgica)
	Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca   (see summary about Escuela de Ingeniería Geológica)
	Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería / Facultad de Ingeniería Geológica, Minera y Metalúrgica
	Universidad Nacional de Piura   (the websites of the Faculties of Mining Engineering and Geological Engineering are under construction)
	Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa / Escuela de Ingeniería de Minas   (other Schools : Ingeniería Geológica ; Ingeniería de Materiales ; Ingeniería Metalúrgica ; see also M.Sc. program in Metallurgical Engineering)
	Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco   (see the Department of Metallurgical Engineering ; websites for Geological Engineering and Mining Engineering are not working)
	Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga / Facultad de Ingeniería de Minas, Geología y Civil   (the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy belongs to the Postgrad School, but does not have its own website)
	Universidad Nacional de Trujillo   (links to the Schools of Materials Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering and Mining Engineering are obsolete; among the post-grad courses, this University offers an M.Sc. in Mineral Processing and a Doctorate in Materials Science)
	Universidad Nacional del Altiplano Puno   (few Faculties and Professional Schools have their own website; nevertheless, it is worth seeing : Escuela Profesional de Ingeniería Metalúrgica and some research projects ; Facultad de Ingeniería de Minas and some research projects)
	Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú / Facultad de Ingeniería de Minas   (see two other Faculties : Ingeniería Metalúrgica y de Materiales ; Ingeniería Química ; see also the post-grad programs in Gestión Minera and Seguridad y Medio Ambiente en Minería)
	Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann / Facultad de Ingeniería de Minas   (see also : Facultad de Ingeniería Metalúrgica)
	Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos / Escuela de Ingeniería de Minas   (see also : Departamento de Ingeniería Metalúrgica ; Escuela de Ingeniería Geológica)
	Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga de Ica / Facultad de Ingeniería de Minas y Metalurgia
	Universidad Nacional Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo   (see Facultad de Ingeniería de Minas, Geología y Metalurgia ; Facultad de Ingeniería Ambiental)
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Universities and Research Groups
	Philippines,  Singapore  and  Taiwan
	Philippines - Mindanao State University / Iligan Institute of Technology   (the College of Engineering / Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering offers undergrad course in Metallurgical Engineering : site 1  and  site 2)
	Philippines - Saint Louis University / College of Engineering and Architecture   (offers undergrad course in Mining Engineering - has no website in english)
	Philippines - Technological University of the Philippines / College of Industrial Technology   (offers Technical Courses in Foundry Engineering Technology  and  Welding Engineering Technology)
	Philippines - University of Saint La Salle / College of Engineering   (offers undergrad course in Materials Engineering)
	Philippines - University of the Philippines, Diliman / Department of Mining, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering   (see also : Materials Science & Engineering Program ; Institute for Small-Scale Industries ; National Institute of Geological Sciences)
	Singapore - National University of Singapore / Department of Materials Science & Engineering   (see also : Centre for Construction Materials and Technology ; Centre for Superconducting and Magnetic Materials ; Surface Science Laboratory)
	Taiwan - I-Shou University / Department of Materials Science & Engineering   (english version of the website is still under construction ; detailed information is only available at the original site)
	Taiwan - National Central University / Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering   (see also :  Dept. of Earth Sciences ; Graduate Institute of Applied Geology ; Graduate Institute of Materials Science and Engineering)
	Taiwan - National Cheng Kung University / Department of Earth Sciences   (see also :  Dept. of Resources Engineering)
	Taiwan - National Chiao Tung University / College of Engineering   (see also :  Center for Nano Science & Technology ; Nano Facility Center)
	Taiwan - National Chung Hsing University / Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (see also Center for Nano Science & Technology)
	Taiwan - National Dong Hwa University / Department of Materials Science & Engineering
	Taiwan - National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences / College of Engineering   (see the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering)
	Taiwan - National Sun Yat-Sen University / Department of Materials and Optoelectronic Science   (at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, see the Laboratories of :  Fatigue and Fracture ; Metal Forming Technology ; Thin Film Process ; Tribology - Lab A ; Tribology - Lab B ; also visit the Institute of Environmental Engineering which houses a Research Group in Remediation of Contaminated Sites)
	Taiwan - National Taipei University of Technology / Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering Department
	Taiwan - National Taiwan University / Department of Geosciences   (see also :  Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering ; Center for Advanced Nano-Materials ; Functional Materials Laboratory)
	Taiwan - National Taiwan University of Science and Technology / Institute of Materials Science and Technology   (also see the Laboratories of the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering)
	Taiwan - National Tsing Hua University / Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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Universities and Research Groups
	Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro / Department of Geosciences   (see also Dept. of Ceramics and Glass Engineering - sites only in portuguese)
	Universidade de Coimbra / Department de Earth Sciences   (see also Geoscience Centre ; Institute of Science and Engineering Materials and Surfaces  and the site in portuguese of the  Centre for Study of Materials by X-Ray Diffraction, which belongs to the Physics Department)
	Universidade de Évora   (see Department of Geosciences)
	Universidade de Lisboa / Department of Geology   (see also the Research Centres for: Molecular Sciences and Materials ; Geology - site in portuguese ; Mineral Resources, Mineralogy and Crystallography)
	Universidade do Minho / Earth Sciences Department   (see also Dept. of Mechanical Engineering which houses the Groups in Metals Science & Technology and Applied Metallurgy, and the Centre for Mechanical & Materials Technologies)
	Universidade do Porto / Department of Mining Engineering   (see also other Departments: Metallurgical & Materials Engineering ; Geology - site only in portuguese, and the Research Centres for : Geo-Environment and Resources ; Materials - site only in portuguese and the Metallic Materials Group)
	Universidade Nova de Lisboa / Department of Earth Sciences   (see also Centre for Geological Studies ; Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences ; Department of Materials Science - most sites are in portuguese)
	Universidade Técnica de Lisboa / Instituto Superior Técnico / Department of Mining Engineering and Georesources   (see also Geo-Systems Centre ; Centre for Geotechnics ; Dept. of Materials Engineering ; Institute for Materials and Surfaces Science & Engineering - most sites are in portuguese)
	Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro / Departamento de Geologia   (site only in portuguese)
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Universities and Research Groups
	Russia  (including  Belarus,  Kazakhstan and  Ukraine)
	Belarus - Belarusian State University   (see Faculty of Geography)
	Kazakhstan - Karaganda State Technical University   (see Geo-Ecological Faculty ; Mining Faculty and the Chairs of all Faculties)
	Russia - Bauman Moscow State Technical University   (the Faculty of Materials & Technology houses interesting Research Groups, such as Casting Technology and Equipment, Metal Pressing and Forging Engineering , Welding Technology , Metallurgical Machines - nevertheless, their websites are only available in russian)
	Russia - Far Eastern National University   (located at the Arseniev Branch are the Institute of Chemistry and Applied Ecology , its  Dept. of Applied Ecology and Resource Management  and also the Institute of Physics and Information Technologies)
	Russia - Irkutsk State University   (see Geological Department - website in russian)
	Russia - Kazan State Technical University   (the Dept. of Materials Science & Technology, belongs to the Institute of Aviation, Land Vehicles and Energetics but there is no link to its website in english)
	Russia - Kazan State University   (see summary, in english, of the Faculty of Geology)
	Russia - Lomonosov Moscow State University   (see Department of Chemistry ; Faculty of Geology ; Faculty of Materials Science, this latter site only in russian)
	Russia - Moscow State Geological Prospecting Academy   (see summary, in english, of the School of Prospecting and Mining Engineering)
	Russia - Moscow State University of Mining   (this webpage, in english, provides the research lines being carried out ; the detailed website is only available in russian)
	Russia - Murmansk State Technical University   (see summary in english about the structure of this University ; there are Departments for Metals Technology , de Geology and Mineral Resources and Mining but their websites are only available in russian)
	Russia - National University of Science and Technology   (also known as Moscow State Institute of Steel and Alloys)
	Russia - N.I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod   (see Centre for Scanning Probe Microscopy)
	Russia - Nizhni Novgorod State Technical University   (at the Faculty of Material Science and High Temperature Technologies see the Chairs of :  Adaptive Metallurgy ; Casting, Foundry Processes and Alloys ; Foundry Engineering - Machinery and Technology ; Furnace Thermophysics and Ecology ; Materials Science and New Substance Technologies ; Technology of Metals ; Welding Engineering - Machinery and Technology ; at the Polytechnical Institute, there is a course in Chemical Engineering of Mineral Substances)
	Russia - Novosibirsk State Technical University   (see the Research Group in Current Problems of Materials Science)
	Russia - Novosibirsk State University   (see Dept. of Geology and Geophysics - website only in russian)
	Russia - Perm State University   (see summary, in english, of the Faculty of Geology ; the  Faculty of Chemistry offers specialized courses about: Corrosion and Protection of Metals , Inhibitors of Corrosion , Structural Corrosion , Physical-Metallurgical Science)
	Russia - Petrozavodsk State University   (although summarized, see the Chairs of Geology and Geophysics  and  Mining at the Faculty of Physical Engineering and the Chair of Technology of Metals and Repair at the Faculty of Forest Engineering)
	Russia - Rostov State University   (also known as Southern Federal University ; the Faculty of Geology and Geography has several Departments of interest to this directory, but there are no links to their websites in english)
	Russia - Samara State Aerospace University   (offers a postgrad course in Metal Engineering & Thermal Working of Metals, but there is no link to its website in english ; the sites of the Departments of Metals Technology for Aviation  and  Metals under Pressure are in russian)
	Russia - Saratov State University   (see the summaries, in english, of main Chairs  and  Doctoral Programs at the Dept. of Geology)
	Russia - South Russian State Technical University   (also known as Novocherkassk Polytechnical Institute ; see Faculty of Mining and Geology)
	Russia - South Ural State University   (no link to the Physical and Metallurgical Faculty is provided in the english version of this site)
	Russia - St.Petersburg State Mining Institute   (alternative website)
	Russia - St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University   (see summary, in english, of the Faculty of Material Science & Technology and also the websites of Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute  and  Laser Technology Centre)
	Russia - St. Petersburg State University   (the site of the Faculty of Geology is only available in russian)
	Russia - Tambov State Technical University   (see summary of the Chair about Manufacturing Engineering, Metal-Cutting Machines and Tools, which is part of the Technological Institute ; Materials and Technologies, which is part of the Faculty of Power Engineering)
	Russia - Tomsk Polytechnic University   (see the summarized webpages, in english, of the Departments of :  Chemical Engineering ; Mechanical Engineering ; also see  Geological Analytic Centre "Zoloto-Platina" ;  Institute of Geology and Oil & Gas Industries ;  Research and Development Centre of Advanced Technologies ;  Research Institute of Non-Destructive Testing ;  Yurga Institute of Technology)
	Russia - Tomsk State University   (see the list of Departments ; the Dept. of Geology and Geography is only available in russian)
	Russia - Ural State Technical University   (see summary, in english, about the Faculty of Metallurgy ; only available in russian are the details about the Divisions/Chairs : Aluminium ; Foundry and Hardening Technology ; Heavy Non-Ferrous Metals ; Metallurgy and Iron Alloys ; Metrology, Standardization and Certification ; Physical Metallurgy ; Physics and Computer Science in Metallurgy ; Technology for Artistic Treament of Metals ; Theory of Metallurgical Processes ; Thermal Treament of Metals ; Treatment of Metals under Pressure ; the site of the Nizhnetagilsky Institute of Technology is also and only in russian)
	Russia - Volgograd State Technical University   (see the main Chairs and the summaries about the  Faculty of Engineering Materials Technology , the  Krasnoarmeysky Mechanical-Metallurgical Faculty)
	Russia - Voronezh State University   (see the  Faculty of Geology  and a summary of the Research Centres and Laboratories)
	Russia - Yakut State University   (original site in russian ; detailed site of the Mineral Exploration Department is only available in russian; see also the summaries about Institute of Geological Sciences and Mining Institute of the North)
	Ukraine - Donetsk National Technical University   (there are several Faculties and Departments of interest to this directory; nevertheless only few have webpages in english - we reccommend you to visit the original site in russian)
	Ukraine - Ivan Franko National University of L'viv   (see Geology Department  and  Faculty of Chemistry / Inorganic Chem. Dept.)
	Ukraine - Kharkiv Polytechnical Institute   (specialized in R&D of equipment and heavy machinery for various industrial sectors)
	Ukraine - Lviv Polytechnic National University   (although summarized, see Institute of Chemistry & Chemical Technologies)
	Ukraine - National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev   (the site of the Faculty of Geology is not available in english)
	Ukraine - Odessa National Polytechnic University   (see Departments)
	Ukraine - Sumy State University   (see Faculty of Engineering)
	Ukraine - Zaporizhzhya National Technical University   (only few Departments have sites in english - see website map)
	NOTES : there are other important universities in Russia, but their detailed websites are all in russian and, whenever translations into english or german are provided, they are only summarized webpages. The other universities are : Altai State Technical University ; International University of Engineering, Moscow ; Kemerovo State University ; Krasnoyarsk State Technical University ; Kuban State University ; Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology ; Moscow State Evening Institute of Metallurgy ; Moscow State Industrial University ; Moscow State University of Civil Engineering ; Novgorod State University ; Omsk State University ; Saratov State Technical University ; Tula State University ; Tyumen State University ; Ufa State Aviation Technical University ; Ulyanovsk State Technical University ; Ural State Mining University ; Vladimir State University. In order to complement this list we suggest you may search the links provided by the Russian Association for Engineering Education.
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Universities and Research Groups
	South Africa,  Namibia  and  Zambia
	Rhodes University / Department of Geology
	University of Cape Town / Department of Geological Sciences   (see also : Centre for Materials Engineering ; Centre for Minerals Research ; Crystallization and Precipitation Research Unit)
	University of Fort Hare / Department of Geology
	University of Johannesburg / Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment   (see the Departments of : Engineering Metallurgy ; Extraction Metallurgy ; Mine Surveying ; Mining Engineering ; at the Faculty of Sciences, see the Department of Geology)
	University of KwaZulu-Natal / School of Geological Sciences
	University of Port Elizabeth / Department of Geosciences
	University of Pretoria / Department of Mining Engineering   (alternative site ; see also other Departments: Geology ; Materials Science & Metallurgical Engineering)
	University of Stellenbosch / Department of Process Engineering   (see also the Department of Geology, Geography and Environmental Studies)
	University of the Free State / Department of Geology
	University of the Western Cape / Department of Earth Sciences
	University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg / School of Mining Engineering   (see also other Schools/Faculties: School of Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering ; School of Geosciences ; among the R&D Centres, it is worth visiting : Centre of Excellence in Strong Materials ; Centre of Material and Process Synthesis ; Economic Geology Research Institute and also the Research Groups : CATOMMAT, which belongs to the School of Chemistry ; Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, which belongs to the School of Civil Engineering)
	University of Namibia / Faculty of Science   (Departmental sites are under construction)
	University of Zambia / School of Mines
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Universities and Research Groups
	Spain
	Escuela Politécnica Superior de Ingeniería de Manresa (Cataluña) / Departamento de Ingeniería Minera y Recursos Naturales   (see also the Department of Ciencia de Materiales y Ingeniería Metalúrgica)
	Mondragon Unibertsitatea / Escuela Politécnica Superior   (see the Research Groups in : Modelización del Comportamiento Mecánico de Materiales ; Procesos Avanzados de Conformación de Materiales ; Tecnologías de Superficies)
	Universidad Carlos III de Madrid / Instituto Tecnológico de Química y Materiales "Álvaro Alonso Barba"
	Universidad Complutense de Madrid / Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica   (see also the Departments of : Cristalografía y Mineralogía ; Geodinámica ; Petrología y Geoquímica ; Química Inorgánica  and  the  Instituto de Geología Económica)
	Universidad de Alcalá de Henares / Departamento de Geología
	Universidad de Alicante / Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y del Medio Ambiente   (see also Instituto Universitario de Materiales)
	Universidad de Almería / Departamento de Física Aplicada   (see also the Department of Hidrogeología y Química Analítica)
	Universidad de Barcelona / Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales y Ingeniería Metalúrgica   (see also the Departments of : Cristalografía, Mineralogía y Depósitos Minerales ; Geodinámica y Geofísica ; Geoquímica, Petrología y Prospección Geológica)
	Universidad de Cádiz / Depto. de Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica   (see also the Department of Ciencias de la Tierra)
	Universidad de Castilla La Mancha / Departamento de Ingeniería Geológica y Minera
	Universidad de Córdoba / Departamento de Mecánica   (see also the Research Groups in Química y Electroquímica de Materiales Inorgánicos ; Química Inorgánica)
	Universidad de Gerona / Centre de Geologia i Cartografia Ambiental   (see also the R&D Group in Metalls i Medi Ambient - websites only in catalan)
	Universidad de Granada / Departamento de Mineralogía y Petrología
	Universidad de Huelva / Departamento de Ingeniería Minera, Mecánica y Energética   (see also the Departments of : Geología ; Química y Ciencia de los Materiales)
	Universidad de Jaén / Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica y Minera   (see also the Departments of : Geología ; Ingeniería Química, Ambiental y de los Materiales)
	Universidad de La Coruña / Instituto Universitario de Geología
	Universidad de León / Escuela Superior y Técnica de Ingenieros de Minas   (see the Department of Tecnología Minera, Topografía y de Estructuras  and  also Asociación de Investigación Energética y Minera)
	Universidad de Málaga / Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Cristalografía y Mineralografía   (see also the Department of Ingeniería Civil, de Materiales y Fabricación)
	Universidad de Oviedo / Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas   (see also the Departments of : Ciencia de los Materiales y Ingeniería Metalúrgica ; Explotación y Prospección de Minas ; Geología ; visit the alternative websites of some Research Groups : Ciencia de los Materiales y Ingeniería Metalúrgica ; Explotación y Prospección de Minas ; Geología)
	Universidad de Salamanca / Departamento de Geología
	Universidad de Sevilla / Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros   (see the Department of Ingeniería Mecánica y de los Materiales and, specifically Materiales y Ingeniería Metalúrgica ; at the Faculty of Chemistry, see the Department of Cristalografía, Mineralogía y Química Agrícola)
	Universidad de Valencia / Departamento de Geología   (see also Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales)
	Universidad de Valladolid / Departamento de Ciencias de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica   (see also the Department of Física de la Materia Condensada, Cristalografía y Mineralogía - websites are under construction; see also the Research Groups in : Espectroscopía Raman e Infrarrojo de Cristales y Minerales ; Ingeniería de Materiales)
	Universidad de Vigo / Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas   (see the Department of Ingeniería de los Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente ; the area of Materials Science still does not have its own site ; the School of Industrial Engineers offers a post-grad course in Welding)
	Universidad de Zaragoza / Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra   (see also the Group in Ciencia de Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica and the Institute of Engineering Research)
	Universidad del País Vasco / Escuela Universitaria de Ingeniería Técnica de Minas y de Obras Públicas   (see the Department of Ingeniería Minera, Metalúrgica y Ciencia de los Materiales at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Bilbao; at the Faculty of Science & Technology, see the Department of Mineralogía y Petrología)
	Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - UNED / CristaMine   (offers online courses in Crystallography, Gemmology and Mineralogy)
	Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena / Departamento de Ingeniería Minera, Geológica y Cartográfica   (see also the Department of Ingeniería de Materiales y Fabricación ; at Escuela Universitaria de Ingeniería Técnica Civil, see the Department of Ingeniería Técnica de Minas)
	Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña / Departamento de Ingeniería Minera y Recursos Naturales   (see also the Department of Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica ; Resistencia de Materiales y Estructuras a la Ingeniería   and the following Research Groups : Caracterización de Materiales ; Diseño de Aleaciones Ligeras y Tratamiento de Superfícies ; Estructuras y Mecánica de Materiales ; Innovación Tecnológica de Estructuras y Materiales ; Ingeniería de los Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente ; Integridad Estructural y Fiabilidad de los Materiales ; Procesos de Conformación de Materiales Metálicos)
	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid / Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas   (see also the Departments of : Explotación de Recursos Minerales y Obras Subterráneas ; Física Aplicada a los Recursos Naturales ; Ingeniería Geológica ; Ingeniería de Materiales ; Matemática Aplicada a los Recursos Naturales)
	Universidad Politécnica de Valencia / Instituto de Tecnología de Materiales   (see also the Research Groups about : Materiales ; Materiales de Construcción ; Mecánica de Rocas ; Metalurgia y Materiales Compuestos)
	Universidad Pública de Navarra / Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Energética y de Materiales
	Universidad Rey Juan Carlos / Departamento de Ciencia e Ingeniería de Materiales
	Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona / Departamento de Geología   (see the program for the undergrad course in Geology, and also visit Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales)
	Universitat de les Illes Balears / Applied Physics
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Universities and Research Groups
	Thailand
	Asian Institute of Technology   (see specifically  Geosystem Exploration and Petroleum GeoEngineering Program)
	Burapha University   (at Bangsaen Campus, the  Faculty of Science offers an undergrad course in Material Science and Gemological Technology ; at Chantaburi Campus, the  Gems College offers undergrad courses in Gemology)
	Chiang Mai University   (at the  Faculty of Engineering, only a summary of the  Department of Mining Engineering is available in english ; see the various  Laboratories and Research Groups of the Faculty of Sciences)
	Chulalongkorn University   (at the  Faculty of Engineering see the Departments of :  Metallurgical Engineering ; Mining and Petroleum Engineering ; at the  Faculty of Science see the Departments of  Geology  and of  Materials Science - website not available in english; also see  Metallurgy and Materials Science Research Institute)
	Kasetsart University   (see the Departments:  Chemical Engineering ; Materials Engineering  and the Research Centers in : Geotechnical Engineering  and  Nanotechnology)
	Khon Kaen University   (see Faculty of Engineering)
	King Mongkut´s Institute of Technology, Ladkrabang   (see summaries of the Faculty of Engineering and of the Faculty of Science - complete sites are only available in thai)
	King Mongkut´s Institute of Technology, North Bangkok   (see Welding Institute of Thailand ; websites of the  Dept. of Material Handling Engineering  and of the  Division of Welding Engineering Technology are in thai)
	King Mongkut´s University of Technology, Thonburi   (see : post-grad programs ; Center for Mechanics and Materials ; Pilot Plant Development and Training Institute ; most Departmental websites of the  Faculty of Engineering  and of the  Faculty of Science  are in thai)
	Mahidol University   (see Faculty of Engineering ; Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies)
	Prince of Songkla University   (at the  Faculty of Engineering see  Dept. of Mining & Materials Engineering - its detailed website is only available in thai ; at the Faculty of Sciences, see  Department of Chemistry  and the  Material Science Program, offered by the Physics Department)
	Ramkhamhaeng University   (see Faculty of Science ; the website of the  Faculty of Engineering is not available in english)
	Rangsit University   (the site of the  College of Engineering is not available in english)
	Silpakorn University   (see Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology - only in thai  and  Faculty of Science)
	SrinakharinWirot University   (in english, only summaries of the Faculty of Engineering and of the Faculty of Science are provided ; detailed websites of the Faculty of Engineering  and of the Faculty of Science are in thai)
	Suranaree University of Technology   (see Institute of Engineering ; Institute of Science ; School of Metallurgical Engineering)
	Walailak University   (see School of Engineering and Resources Management)
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Universities and Research Groups
	United Kingdom  and  Ireland
	Cranfield University / School of Applied Sciences / Materials Department   (also see Welding Engineering Research Centre)
	National University of Ireland, Galway / Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences   (also see Crystallography Centre)
	Newcastle University / School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials   (also see : Centre for Process Innovation ; Corrosion Research Group ; Institute for Research on Environment and Sustainability ; School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences)
	Queen's University Belfast / School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering   (see Innovative Molecular Materials Group ; other websites that might be of interest : Centre for Nanostructured Media ; Centre for Theory and Application of Catalysis ; Environmental Engineering Research Centre ; Materials Research Group)
	Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen / Materials Research Group
	Swansea University   (see Materials Research Centre and other Research Centres & Institutes)
	University of Aberdeen / Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology   (also see Dept. of Geography and Environment ; the Research Group in Mechanics of Materials  and  the  Scottish Offshore Materials Centre)
	University of Birmingham / Department of Metallurgy and Materials   (also see : Castings Centre ; Centre for Electron Microscopy ; Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Materials Processing)
	University of Bristol / Interface Analysis Centre   (also see Earth Sciences Department  ;  Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Group)
	University of Cambridge / Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy   (also see : Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre  ;  Mechanics, Materials and Design Division of the Dept. of Engineering  ;  Earth Sciences Department   and specifically its 2 Research Groups - Igneous, Metamorphic and Volcanic Studies  ,  Mineral Sciences  ; also worth visiting Microelectronics Research Centre  ;  Nanoscience Centre and the Physics Department which has interesting Research Groups)
	University College Cork / Department of Geology
	University College Dublin / School of Geological Sciences
	University College London / Institute for Archaeo-Metallurgical Studies
	University of Dublin, Trinity College / Department of Geology   (at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, see the Research Groups : Fracture and Fatigue of Materials ; Tribology)
	University of Exeter / Camborne School of Mines
	University of Glasgow / Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences   (at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, see the Research Groups in Materials Engineering ; at the Department of Civil Engineering, see the Group in Mechanics and Materials ; also visit the Kelvin Nanocharacterisation Centre)
	University of Leeds / School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering   (see Mining Engineering : undergrad and postgrad programmes; also explore : Earth, Energy and the Environment Institute ; Earth Surface Science Institute ; Electron Microscopy & Spectroscopy Centre ; Energy and Resources Research Institute ; Institute for Materials Research ; Institute of Particle Science and Engineering ; NanoManufacturing Institute)
	University of Leicester / Department of Geology   (also see the Advanced Microscopy Centre)
	University of Limerick / Department of Materials Science and Technology   (also see the Materials and Surface Science Institute)
	University of Liverpool / School of Engineering   (also see: Centre for Materials Discovery ; Surface Science Research Centre and two interesting projects with various e-learning resources: MATTER, resulting from a consortium of UK Materials Science Departments and Steel University, in partnership with the World Steel Association)
	University of London / Birbeck College / School of Crystallography   (also see the School of Earth Sciences)
	University of London / Imperial College / Royal School of Mines   (see the Departmental sites : Chemical Engineering and Technology  ;  Earth Science and Engineering  ;  Materials  ;   Mechanical Engineering ; and also the  Geotechnics Research Cluster)
	University of London / Queen Mary College / Department of Materials
	University of London / Royal Holloway College / Department of Earth Sciences   (see also the Electron Microscopy Unit)
	University of Manchester / School of Materials   (also see : Corrosion and Protection Centre ; Materials Performance Centre ; Metallic Materials Group)
	University of Nottingham / Mining and Minerals Centre   (also see : Advanced Materials Group ; Centre for Environmental Management ; Centre for Geomechanics ; Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering ; Dept. of Inorganic and Materials Chemistry ; Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre ; Institute for Materials Technology)
	University of Oxford / Department of Materials   (see the Groups in : Chemical Crystallography ; Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis ; Material Science-Based Archaeology ; Scanning Optical Microscopy ; Solid Mechanics & Materials Engineering and also the Department of Earth Sciences)
	University of Sheffield / Department of Engineering Materials   (also see the Research Groups in : Geotechnical Engineering ; Steel and Composite Structures)
	University of Southampton / Engineering Materials and Surface Engineering Group   (also see the School of Ocean and Earth Science)
	University of Surrey / School of Engineering   (also see : Centre for Engineering Structures and Materials ; Materials Institute)
	University of Wales, Aberystwyth / Materials Research Group
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Universities and Research Groups
	United States of America
	California Institute of Technology / Mineralogy Group   (also see Materials Science Group)
	Cleveland State University / Dept. of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences   (see the Groups working in Environmental Geosciences: Group 1 ; Group 2)
	Colorado School of Mines   (also see : Advanced Steel Processing and Products Research Center ; Center for Welding, Joining and Coatings Research ; Excavation Engineering and Earth Mechanics Institute ; Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy - website 1 and website 2)
	Cornell University / Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering   (also see : Center for Materials Research)
	Drexel University / Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering   (also see : Engineering Geology Program)
	Georgia Institute of Technology / School of Materials Science and Engineering   (also see : Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Institute)
	Illinois Institute of Technology / Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering Department   (also see : Geotechnical Engineering Group ; Powder Materials Laboratory ; Thermal Processing Technology Center)
	Iowa State University / Center for Nondestructive Evaluation - CNDE   (also see : Dept. of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences ; Materials Preparation Center / Ames Laboratory and the Research Groups in : Geotechnical & Materials Engineering ; Solidification & Crystal-Melt Interfaces)
	Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT / Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (alternative website ; see specifically : Center for Materials Science and Engineering ; H.H. Uhlig Corrosion Laboratory ; Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies ; Magnetic Materials and Devices Group ; Materials Processing Center ; NanoEngineering Group ; NanoStructures Laboratory ; Technology Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Structures ; it is also worth visiting the Laboratories of : Earth Resources ; Experimental Petrology)
	Michigan State University / Department of Geological Sciences   (also see the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science)
	Michigan Technological University / Geological and Mining Engineering & Sciences   (see specifically the sites on Minerals Processing ; Mining Engineering and also Institute of Materials Processing ; Materials Science & Engineering Dept.)
	Missouri University of Science ad Technology / Mining Engineering Department   (see Geological Sciences & Engineering Dept. ; Materials Science & Engineering Dept. and the Metallurgical Engineering Program ; see also Advanced Materials Characterization Laboratory ; Applied Microwave Nondestructive Testing Laboratory ; Center for Cold Formed Steel Structures ; Intelligent Systems Center ; Laser Aided Manufacturing Processes Laboratory ; Materials Research Center  and   Rock Mechanics & Explosives Research Center)
	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology   (see the Departments : Earth and Environmental Science ; Materials and Metallurgical Engineering ; Mineral Engineering)
	Northwestern University / McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science   (see Center for Catalysis and Surface Science and the Departments: Earth and Planetary Sciences ; Materials Science & Engineering)
	Pennsylvania State University / College of Earth and Mineral Sciences   (see the Departments : Energy and Mineral Engineering ; Geosciences ; Materials Science & Engineering)
	Rice University / Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science   (also see : Crystallography Group ; Dept. of Earth Science ; Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology)
	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
	Southern Illinois University at Carbondale / Dept. of Mining and Mineral Resources Engineering   (also see Dept. of Geology)
	Stony Brook University / Department of Materials Science and Engineering
	University of Alabama / Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (also see Dept. of Geological Sciences)
	University of Alaska at Fairbanks / College of Engineering and Mines   (see the Departments : Geological Engineering  ;  Mining Engineering  and the  Mineral Industry Research Laboratory)
	University of Alberta / School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering   (see specifically : Geotechnical Engineering  ;  Mining Engineering  ;  Advanced Materials and Processing Laboratory)
	University of Arizona / College of Engineering   (see the Departments : Geosciences  ;  Materials Science and Engineering  ;  Mining and Geological Engineering)
	University of California at Berkeley / Materials Science and Engineering Department   (also see : Earth and Planetary Science Dept.)
	University of Carnegie Mellon / Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (also see : Center for Iron and Steelmaking Research  ;  Materials Research Science and Engineering Center)
	University of Connecticut / Institute of Materials Science   (also see : Center for Integrative Geosciences)
	University of Delaware / Geotechnical Engineering   (also see : Center for Composite Materials  ;  Faculty of Materials Science & Engineering Dept.)
	University of Hawaii at Manoa / Department of Geology and Geophysics
	University of Idaho / Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (also see : Department of Geological Sciences  ; Institute for Materials & Advanced Processes)
	University of Illinois / Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (at Urbana-Champaign Campus, also see : Dept. of Mechanical Science and Engineering  ;  Center for Microanalysis of Materials  ;  Continuous Casting Consortium  ;  Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory  ;  Mechanical Science and Engineering Labs.  and  at  Chicago Campus, see : Advanced Materials Research Laboratory  ; and the Departments of Civil and Materials Engineering  ;  Earth and Environmental Sciences)
	University of Kentucky / Department of Mining Engineering   (also see : Center for Aluminum Technology ; Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences ; Materials Engineering Program)
	University of Maryland / Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering   (also see: Materials Research Science & Engineering Center ; NanoCenter)
	University of Minnesota Morris / Geology Program
	University of Montana / Montana Tech / School of Mines and Engineering   (see the Programs : Geological Engineering ; Metallurgical and Materials Engineering ; Metals Fabrication Technology ; Mine Waste Technology ; Mining Engineering and also : Center for Advanced Mineral and Metallurgical Processing ; Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology)
	University of Nevada, Reno / Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering   (see two other Departments : Geological Sciences & Engineering ; Mining Engineering and also : Center for Research in Economic Geology ; Earth Sciences and Mining Research Information Center ; Laboratory for Exploration Geophysics ; Materials Science and Engineering Program ; Mining Life-Cycle Center ; Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology)
	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / Department of Geological Sciences   (also see : Institute for Advanced Materials, Nanoscience and Technology)
	University of Oklahoma / School of Geology and Geophysics   (also see : Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Programs ; Oklahoma Geological Survey)
	University of Pittsburgh / Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science   (see the various Laboratories and also the Basic Metals Processing Research Institute)
	University of Tennessee, Knoxville / Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (also see : Center for Materials Processing ; Scintillation Materials Research Center)
	University of Texas at El Paso / Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Program   (also see : Department of Geological Sciences ; Materials Research and Technology Institute)
	University of Utah / College of Mines and Earth Sciences   (see the Departmental sites : Geology and Geophysics ; Metallurgical Engineering ; Mining Engineering)
	University of Washington / Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (also see : Geotechnical Engineering Program)
	University of Wisconsin-Madison / Department of Geoscience   (also see : Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering ; Materials Science Center and the Research Groups in : GeoEngineering ; Structural Engineering)
	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University / Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering   (see other Departments : Geosciences ; Materials Science & Engineering and the Programs in Geotechnical Engineering ; Structural Engineering & Materials)
	West Virginia University / College of Engineering and Mineral Resources   (see specifically Dept. of Mining Engineering ; Longwall Mining and Ground Control Center)
	Western Carolina University / Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management
	NOTES : Here listed are the main Universities of each country, which have R&D Centres, Institutes, Departments, Groups, Sections, Units and/or Laboratories of interest to Geosciences, Mining Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials. Envisaging to complement information provided in this directory, we suggest that you may also search other directories : Graduate School Programs in Metallurgical and Mining Engineering - USA and other countries ; INFOMINE - several countries ; UNIVERSIA Portals for Iberoamerican countries (Argentina ; Chile ; Colombia ; Mexico ; Peru ; Portugal ; Porto Rico ; Spain ; Uruguay ; Venezuela and many other countries of Africa , Asia , Central & South America , Europe and Oceania.
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