Information is presented about the milestones of the establishment and reforms of the Faculty of Mining and Mechanical, and later of the Faculty of Mining and Electrical Engineering. With the establishment of the Mining School in 1773 seven classes were opened there, including mechanical and drawing. The first subjects, taught in the College, were mine mechanics, theoretical mechanics and hydraulics. The faculty of Mining mechanics as an independent structural unit was founded in the autumn of 1919. Its appearance was connected with the necessity to train specialists in mining engineering, special equipment for mines, dressing mills and mining plants. It was the first in the country mining mechanical faculty. The glory of the faculty consisted of famous scientists A.P. Herman, F.N. Shklarsky, L.B. Levenson, V.V. Chernyavsky, A.A. Shchukin, V.I. Gerontiev. The team of teachers, researchers and graduate students aims at closer cooperation with various mining enterprises and companies, which will undoubtedly have a positive impact on improving the quality of training.
