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Mining, Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering Education in Croatia – Historical Overview and Future Challenges

The Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering – University of Zagreb is the only higher education institution in Croatia in the field of mining engineering. The Faculty was established in 1964 as an independent entity even though mining, geology and petroleum engineering had been studied since 1939 as part of the Faculty of Technology. Since the beginning of the Faculty, study programs related to mining, geotechnical and environmental engineering have experienced several major educational reforms, the last of which, called the Bologna Process, was introduced into the Croatian higher education system in the academic year 2005/2006. By reforming the study programs, constant effort has been directed towards the improvement of attractiveness and quality of programs. In the academic year 2015/2016, i.e. exactly ten years after the implementation of the Bologna Process, a thorough analysis of the study programs was made. The internal evaluation made by employees and students of the Faculty, together with the opinions of external evaluators obtained during the accreditation process and the results of surveys from future employers were used for the analysis. Although the Faculty itself has already undertaken some measures like: introduction of new teaching methods and techniques, pedagogical education of teachers, different types of student surveys, intensifying the work of study councils etc., a lot of work has to be done in the near future to fulfil the requirements of all stakeholders - accreditation bodies, students, employers and the general public. In this article, some interesting facts and major conclusions from the recent analysis are presented.

mining, geotechnics, environmental engineering, curriculum, Bologna process, mobility, accreditation

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