Bachelor's degree in Mineral Resource Engineering and Mineral Recycling
Manresa School of Engineering (EPSEM)
Design the future of technology from the earth with the bachelor's degree in Mineral Resource Engineering and Mineral Recycling. With this bachelor’s degree, you will specialise in the management of the entire life cycle of resources: from exploration and prospecting to exploitation and environmental restoration. You will become an expert in critical raw materials such as rare earths and lithium—essential elements for new technologies and the ecological transition. You will learn to apply the latest computer advances in sector planning and to integrate recycling and sustainability as fundamental pillars of the circular economy. In addition, you will obtain skills in designing and developing underground civil works (tunnels, power plants and other infrastructure), which combine mining engineering with responsible land management. This is the only bachelor’s degree that qualifies you for the use of explosives in civil works, mining and pyrotechnics. You will be a versatile professional who has the ability to take a green and innovative approach to leading public works and resource management projects.
- Professional opportunities
- Supervision of underground and open-cast mining activities. Management of work teams and machinery.
- Management of land restoration.
- Supervision in waste treatment plants.
- Supervision in aggregate treatment plants and cement, concrete and ornamental and industrial rock manufacturing plants.
- Groundwater management
- Blast design in mines and civil works.
- Quality control and characterisation tests of pyrotechnic materials
- Supervision in public and private works (roads, dams, buildings).
- Management of environmental impact studies.
- Management of work teams in surveying and preparation of surface and underground surveys.
- Writing and analysis of geotechnical reports.
- Technical work in spatial planning and management.
- Technical work in occupational safety.
- Technical work in organisation and quality control.
- Technical work in areas of public administration related to the profession.
- Teaching at secondary schools and universities.
- Research for R&D projects.
