Facts
- The Central Mining Institute is a research institute of the A category
- It has a modern research infrastructure, including 3 new research complexes: The Clean Coal Technology Centre, Silesian Centre for Environmental Radioactivity and the Laboratory for Mineral and Waste Processing
- The Institute has the status of a Notified Authority in the field of four directives of the European Union and the authorities of the certification body under the IECEx scheme
- It has implemented the Integrated Management System (quality, health and safety and the environment)
- The Institute has full permissions to grant academic degrees of the doctor of technical sciences and a doctor habilitatus of technical sciences in the following disciplines: mining and engineering geology - since 1961, environment engineering - since 1998.
Inside GIG
- 1 the largest regional science library (360 000 volumes)
- 1 unique experimental mine in Europe
- 3 modern research complexes
- 11 Professors
- 22 doctors habilitatus of technical sciences
- 113 doctors of technical sciences
- 13 units supporting the Institute
- 18 research laboratories accredited in PCA (Polish Centre for Accreditation) and 2 of them also accredited as calibration laboratories
- 16 scientific and research departments
- 20 scientific laboratories
- 25 research laboratories
- 2 service departments
- 400 employees with higher education
- 503 employees altogether (as at 31.12.2019)
Our Achievements (2019)
- 1 title of professor conferred by the President of the Republic of Poland
- 4 post-doctoral degrees obtained by GIG employees
- 3 post-doctoral degree obtained by a person from outside GIG
- 5 doctoral degrees obtained by GIG employees
- 2 doctoral degrees obtained by persons from outside GIG
- 63 projects (including 38 international research projects within the scope of EU Programmes and other programmes, as well as 25 national projects)
- 3966 research and service assignments realised for industry and administration
- 14 awards won
- 29 foreign delegations that visited GIG
Our Achievements (2018)
- 1 title of professor conferred by the President of the Republic of Poland
- 3 post-doctoral degrees obtained by GIG employees
- 1 post-doctoral degree obtained by a person from outside GIG
- 6 doctoral degrees obtained by GIG employees
- 2 doctoral degrees obtained by persons from outside GIG
- 46 projects (including 30 international research projects within the scope of EU Programmes and other programmes, as well as 16 national projects)
- 3900 research and service assignments realised for industry and administration
- 20 awards won
- 21 foreign delegations that visited GIG
- 222 publications published
- 20 applications to obtain exclusive rights (including: 14 inventions, 2 utility models, 2 industrial designs, 1 trademark, 1 invention filed under the PCT international procedure)
- 10 exclusive rights: 5 rights of protection for utility models and 5 patents for inventions
- 4 contracts (3 of joint ownership, 1 of implementation)
