About MGRI (english)

Founded in 1918, Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State University for Geological Prospecting is one of the oldest universities in the world specializing in geological exploration as well as a leading university in Russia giving instruction in applied geology.  A glorious history of Russian geology is closely associated with the University that first turned the USSR, and later Russia, into a superpower in raw material industry. For several decades Sergo Ordzhonikidze University conducted research and trained professionals in the fields of exploration and commercial development of deposits of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, as well as gold and solid fuel, precious and ornamental gems, uranium, rare and rare-earth metals.