On April 23, 2026, a coordination meeting of the Advanced Mineral Resources Development (AMRD) took place at Montanuniversität Leoben (Austria), bringing together representatives from the consortium’s partner universities.

During the meeting, the new AMRD partners were introduced, and strategic issues related to the future of the programme were discussed, in the context of consolidating and further developing the international education offer in the field of mineral resources.

The meeting also provided an opportunity to exchange perspectives on current challenges and opportunities for improvement, strengthening cooperation among the participating institutions and reinforcing AMRD’s positioning as a leading programme at European level.

List of participating institutions:

• Technical University of Leoben (TUL), Austria
• TU Bergakademie Freiberg (TU BAF), Germany
• Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical University (ASKTU), Kazakhstan
• China University of Mining and Technology Beijing (CUMTB), China
• Dnipro University of Technology (DUT), Ukraine
• Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil
• Georgian Technical University (GTU), Georgia
• Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad (IIT (ISM) Dhanbad), India
• Instituto Superior Técnico of the Universidade de Lisboa (IST), Portugal
• McGill University, Canada
• Navoi State University of Mining and Technology (NSUMT), Uzbekistan
• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain
• University of Geological Sciences (UGS), Uzbekistan
• University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Ghana