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Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University was visited on a working trip by Olivier Houzé, President of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). This organization is engaged in identifying advanced technologies in the field of hydrocarbon field development and operation, as well as attracting managers and engineers of the oil and gas industry to work on projects worldwide — including graduates of specialized universities. The purpose of the visit was to develop mutually beneficial cooperation.

Why should African students study ecology and petroleum engineering in Russian universities? Why do Chinese students come to Saint Petersburg to study economics? And most importantly, why does our country need this?

The admissions campaign to Russian universities has concluded. This year, Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University enrolled 2,355 new students. For the second year in a row, its applicants entered not bachelor’s programs, but programs of “Higher Engineering Education”, specifically designed to replace the now nearly abolished Bologna system.

In recent years, artificial intelligence has become a familiar phenomenon and has firmly entered everyday life. A bot can answer almost any question, explain a difficult topic, paint a portrait, create a music video, and even compose a song or a poem. Education has not remained untouched by this trend. In fact, neural networks first appeared in the mid-20th century and have been evolving for several decades.

What does a student expect from industrial training? Experience, the opportunity to become acquainted with real production conditions, and new, unforgettable impressions that will remain with them for a lifetime. When it comes to the most challenging climatic conditions of the Far North and a company of global renown, such expectations are justified one hundred percent.

On Friday, August 1, Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University held the closing ceremony of the Summer Schools, organized in collaboration with the International Competence Centre for Mining Engineering Education under the auspices of UNESCO. Since May, participants have been engaged in educational programs specially designed by faculty from Russia’s oldest technical university. Each session lasted two weeks.

The 16th General Conference of the Association of African Universities was held from July 19 to 25, 2025, at the main campus of the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Rabat, Morocco.

As part of its Summer Schools program, Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University has welcomed its twelfth group of international students, postgraduate researchers, and faculty members for the current academic year.

The oldest technical university in Russia celebrated its 249th graduation ceremony—just one year before its landmark anniversary. The graduates included bachelor’s, specialist, and master’s degree holders. Family members and professors gathered to congratulate the former students, now highly qualified engineers. As tradition dictates, the event began with the anthem of the Mining University.

Two groups of students and postgraduate researchers from the Indian Institutes of Technology in Kharagpur and Dhanbad completed a short-term training program at Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University as part of the international summer schools. The academic programs focused on current trends in the oil and gas industry and petroleum geology. The classes were organized by the Department of Petroleum and Gas Geology and conducted in English.