The school

Mission

To train mining engineers who are competent, principled, innovative and entrepreneurial, with a solid scientific, technological and humanistic grounding, able to plan, design, manage and optimise mining operations and projects, meeting the demands of the mining industry and contributing to sustainable development, safety, productivity and social responsibility.

Vision

To be a leading Professional School of Mining Engineering, recognised nationally and internationally for the quality and relevance of the education of its graduates, its capacity for innovation and its contribution to a competitive, safe, technological, sustainable and socially responsible mining industry.

Objectives

• To train mining engineers with quality and relevance who apply the knowledge of scientific theory, engineering fundamentals and improved technology to develop the mining of mineral resources.
• To develop the competencies to direct work in the mining industry with leadership and professionalism.
• To form whole, responsible and autonomous people and citizens.

Values

• Professional ethics
• Safety
• Responsibility
• Leadership
• Discipline
• Initiative
• Warmth

History

Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga reopened under Law 12828, of 24 April 1957. The school was born then as the Institute of Mining and Geological Engineering, within the Faculty of Sciences.

The reopened university held its first entrance examination on 15 March 1959, and classes began on 17 April of that same year.

Since December 1983 the school has been part of the Faculty of Mining, Geological and Civil Engineering.

Leadership

Faculty