Saint Petersburg Mining University

Sources

• Core institutional information https://spmi.ru/sveden/common

  The official disclosure page gives the full and short names of Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University and its Saint Petersburg address.

  Used as the primary public source for identifying the university card.

• Information on educational programs https://spmi.ru/sveden/education

  The official section lists bachelor's and specialist programs, study modes, standard durations, and curriculum disciplines.

  It confirms a 4-6 year duration range: for example, 05.03.06 and other bachelor's programs are 4 years, while the 08.05.01 specialist program is listed as 6 years.

• Institute of Basic Engineering Education https://spmi.ru/ibio

  The institute page describes the shared higher-education Core curriculum taken by all first-year students for four semesters.

  After completing the Core, students receive a certificate and may change the previously chosen profile; this supports main-track choice after admission, but not a major-plus-minor model.

• Admission plan for higher engineering education programs, 2026 https://priem.spmi.ru/sites/default/files/manager/PK2026/Plan_priema_2026_%D0%91%D0%92%D0%9E.pdf

  The 2026 admission plan groups intake by enlarged engineering fields and educational programs with 5-6 year durations.

  Used to check the current pilot model of higher engineering education; it confirms broad main pathways, but does not show an independent minor or double major.

• Regulation on elective and optional courses https://spmi.ru/sites/default/files/imci_images/univer/document/2022/polozhenie-ob-elektivnykh-i-fakultativnykh-disciplinakh.pdf

  The internal regulation sets a common procedure for choosing elective courses and separate optional courses; chosen electives become mandatory for study.

  Optional courses are not included in the workload of the relevant educational program, so only curricular electives were counted for the course-choice coordinate.

• Curriculum Planning Department https://spmi.ru/uchplanov

  The Curriculum Planning Department page describes forming sets of elective and optional courses from department and dean-office inputs for working curricula.

  It supports the conclusion that course choice is organized through predefined sets inside curricula rather than through an unrestricted university-wide catalog.

• List of fields by faculty https://priem.spmi.ru/spisok-napravlenii-po-fakultetam

  The admissions office lists faculties, bachelor's and specialist fields, profiles, and specializations, including several specializations in 21.05.04 Mining Engineering.

  Used as additional evidence that the main pathway is defined by a field, profile, or specialization rather than by freely composing programs.

• Basic higher education https://spmi.ru/bazovoe-vysshee-obrazovanie

  The section contains study materials for basic higher education programs and 2026 groups.

  It was checked as the current context for the pilot engineering model; no minor, double-major, or unrestricted cross-program course choice was found there.