The department provides training of mining engineers in the specialty "Development of mineral deposits (according to directions)". Directions of training: "Open pit mining", "Underground mining", "Mine surveying". The educational base of the department includes laboratories in geological disciplines, rock physics, mining processes, automation of production processes, a branch of the department in OAO Belgorkhimprom. Scientific directions of the department: modeling and optimization of the processes of development of mineral deposits; creation and improvement of safe and cost-effective technologies for the development of mineral deposits.