The Russian Academy of Sciences is a state organization of science, which manages scientific research of the Russian Federation. The Academy is also a legal entity – a non-profit organization created in the form of a federal state budget institution.

Institute of Comprehensive Exploitation of Mineral Resources of the Russian Academy of Sciences for more than thirty-five years is a center of basic research in the field of mining sciences in Russia. In the Institute worked and still work many outstanding scientists and experts whose names are known around the world and that have made a major contribution to the development of Earth sciences.

The National University of Science and Technology MISIS is one of Russia’s leading research and educational centers that provides a first-class professional education for over 14,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The University combines advanced educational technology with fundamental and applied research in the field of metallurgy, materials science, mining and mineral processing.