Course in Raw Materials Engineering Applied to Industrial Minerals – Extraction and Management

The course in Raw Materials Engineering applied to industrial minerals is an advanced training programme, not a master, dedicated to the extraction and management of industrial minerals, materials that are essential to many production chains. The programme considers the cycle of extraction and processing activity, with constant attention to sustainability in its three dimensions, environmental, economic and social, and prepares participants to work in a sector in which the rules and the expectations of society are evolving rapidly. Industrial minerals are fundamental raw materials for construction, ceramics, glass, chemicals and many other industries. Managing their extraction responsibly means reconciling the demand of the markets with the protection of the environment and of local communities, and the course addresses this balance by presenting methods, technologies and evaluation criteria used by companies and by supervisory bodies.

Teaching comprises 170 hours: 86 online, with synchronous lessons, 44 in person in Turin and 24 of laboratory work at the DIATI department. To these are added 120 hours of curricular internship at specialised companies and five technical visits to extraction sites, which make it possible to observe plants and processes in the field. The course lasts six months, takes place online and in person and is in Italian, which participants are required to know. The cost is €2,000. The page does not give the credits, the start and enrolment dates or the detail of the modules. The distribution of hours between online lessons, in-person activities and laboratory work makes it possible to combine flexibility with practical moments. The DIATI department laboratories offer the chance to work on samples and analysis instruments, while the technical visits to extraction sites make it possible to see operations in the field and to talk with plant managers.

The aim is to train technicians and engineers for extraction companies, processing plants and supervisory bodies. The course is aimed at bachelor's or master's graduates in engineering or in scientific disciplines, holders of a three-year university diploma, mining technicians with at least five years of experience and those with a foreign qualification recognised as suitable. It is suited both to young graduates and to professionals already working in the sector who wish to update their skills. The Polytechnic University of Turin is ranked 241st in the 2025 QS world rankings and 103rd in the European ones. The 120-hour curricular internship, carried out at specialised companies, completes the programme and offers a first contact with the world of work. Among the access requirements is also the diploma of mining technician with five years of experience, a sign of the course's attention to technical figures already working in the sector, who can obtain a qualified update.