What is Mining Engineering?
Mining Engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the science, technology and application of extracting and processing minerals from natural environment. The mining engineering includes the extraction of valuable ores from the ground for processing and utilization. It involves all the phases of mining operations starting from exploration and discovery, feasibility development, production, processing and marketing.
Few lines about B.Tech/BE Mining Engineering
The B.Tech/BE Mining Engineering is an undergraduate course that is divided into 8-semesters. The course aims to boost the knowledge and polishing the skills of students that are applicable in the mining industry. The course encompasses core courses elective and practical sessions related to mining industry.
The course structure is allocated according to the current trends in the mining industry and their requirements. The course trains the students on various aspects of mining like surveying, exploration, planning, cost estimation, extraction and processing of minerals, metals and other natural resources from the earth.
Eligibility
The students who have passed PUC or 10+2 with science background can join to B.Tech/BE courses.The students interested in joining B.Tech/BE courses are required to qualify competitive exams like CET/COMED-K/JEE with high marks in order to get merit seats in various colleges.
Admission Procedures
The students with relevant qualifications can join to B.Tech/BE courses by two modes. The first one is Merit based admission and the second one is direct admission.
Let’s discuss in detail
Merit Admission
The students who are interested to join B.Tech/BE Mining Engineering degree should mandatorily appear for CET/COMED-K/JEE or institutional-based entrance exams and undergo counselling to choose their desired colleges for merit seats. The engineering college allots the merit seats to the students according to their rankings and marks obtained by them in their entrance exams and marks scored in PUC or 10+2.
There are two types of counselling for the B.Tech/BE students
1. Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) Counselling
The students who are interested to join the government engineering colleges and other engineering colleges affiliated to the government should undergo the counselling procedures of Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA).
The students who intend to join for the merit seats under government quota are required to complete the counselling procedures and join for the B.Tech/BE programmes in their chosen colleges. The Engineering colleges under the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) are affiliated to the Visveswaraya Technological University (VTU).
