ITU School of Mines ( tr, İTÜ Maden Fakültesi), located in Maslak

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, is one of the faculties in Istanbul Technical University, which has five departments. As of 2013, the dean is Prof. Dr. Fatma Arslan. Among the notable faculty of the ITU School of Mines are Galip Sağıroğlu,

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Aykut Barka Aykut Barka (December 16, 1951, Fatih, Istanbul – February 1, 2002) was a Turkish earth scientist specialized in earthquake research. He is best known for his contributions to understanding the behaviour of the North Anatolian Fault Zone (N ...

, Celal Şengör and

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. The faculty's departments are: *

Mining engineering Mining in the engineering discipline is the extraction of minerals from underneath, open pit, above or on the ground. Mining engineering is associated with many other disciplines, such as mineral processing, exploration, excavation, geology, and ...

* Geological engineering *

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and natural gas engineering * Geophysical engineering * Mineral processing engineering

History

The Faculty of Mines was established March 1, 1953 in Istanbul. In its first years, the faculty was composed of mainly Turkish and German professors, and its program was similar to those days' famous mining schools such as

RWTH Aachen University RWTH Aachen University (), also known as North Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Technical University of Aachen, University of Aachen, or ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hoch ...

, Clausthal University of Technology then in

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and Freiberg University of Mining and Technology in

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. The Faculty of Mines accepted its first students in 1953 with a faculty of eleven scientists.

References

External links

ITU School of Mines

School of Mines anthem

Past deans

ITU Department of Mining engineering

ITU Department of Geological engineering

ITU Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Geophysical Engineering

Mineral Processing Engineering
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