
Overview
Key Features
The program’s curriculum, built and led by influential figures in the mining industry alongside UA’s accomplished faculty, presents both a scientific and financial examination of mineral extraction and refinement to offer students a complete perspective on the challenges of geological processing.
As a student of the Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy (Certificate NDP) program from University of Arizona, you can also explore hydrometallurgy, leaching, and water chemistry, building on your expertise to master aqueous extraction. While the program also explores several other methods of mineral processing, acquiring this particular skill can help you use one of the most newly developed methods in the field.
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Courses include:
- Mineral Processing
- Surface Chemistry of Flotation
- Elements of Solution Mining
- Hydrometallurgy
- Water Chemistry for Engineers
- Methods of Surface and Materials Analysis
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Duration
- Full-time
- 6 months
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General requirements
- Twelve or more graded units obtained as a graduate student
- Applicant's undergraduate record comprised of their most recent 60 graded units
- Or a combination of the last 60 units of undergraduate and graduate coursework (2 year, full-time equivalent for non-US or non-semester type credit hours) when fewer than twelve units of graduate coursework have been completed
- On very rare and exceptional circumstances will a student be accepted through the graduate college with a GPA below a 2.75
- Prospective students holding a comparable bachelor's degree but not meeting the minimum 2.75 GPA requirement may still be eligible for admission as a Graduate Non-Degree seeking student.
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International
33600 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 33600 USD per year during 6 months. -
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33600 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 33600 USD per year during 6 months. -
In-State
13400 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 13400 USD per year during 6 months.
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Funding
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