Facts and Figures

Facts

  • The Central Mining Institute is a National Research Institute of the A category
  • It has a modern research infrastructure, including 4 research centres: The Clean Coal Technology Centre, Silesian Centre for Environmental Radioactivity and the Environmental Engineering Centre and Research Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Climate
  • 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-PIB

  • 1 the largest regional science library (360 000 volumes)
  • 1 unique experimental mine in Europe
  • 3 modern research complexes
  • 13 Professors
  • 17 doctors habilitatus of technical sciences
  • 104 doctors of technical sciences
  • 10 units supporting the Institute
  • 16 research laboratories accredited in PCA (Polish Centre for Accreditation) and 2 of them also accredited as calibration laboratories
  • 12 scientific and research departments
  • 416 employees altogether (as at 01.01.2024)

Our Achievements (2023)

  • 1 post-doctoral degree obtained by GIG employee
  • 1 post-doctoral degree obtained by persons from outside GIG
  • 2 doctoral degrees obtained by GIG employees
  • 3 doctoral degrees obtained by persons from outside GIG
  • 127 people with academic degrees and titles
  • 11 awards won
  • 133 publications published
  • 12 applications to obtain exclusive rights (including: 9 inventions, 3 trademarks)
  • 17 exclusive rights
  • 54 projects (including 38 international research projects within the scope of EU Programmes and other programmes, as well as 16 national projects)
  • 4660 research and service assignments realised for industry and administration (for 1679 clients)

Our Achievements (2022)

  • 1 title of professor obtained by GIG employees conferred by the President of the Republic of Poland
  • 1 post-doctoral degree obtained by GIG employee
  • 3 post-doctoral degrees obtained by persons from outside GIG
  • 4 post-doctoral degrees obtained by GIG employees
  • 8 doctoral degrees obtained by persons from outside GIG
  • 10 awards won
  • 3978 research and service assignments realised for industry and administration (for 1825 clients)
  • 60 projects (including 42 international research projects within the scope of EU Programmes and other programmes, as well as 19 national projects)
  • 14 applications to obtain exclusive rights (including: 12 inventions, 2 trademarks)
  • 11 exclusive rights
  • 165 publications published

Our Achievements (2021)

  • 1 title of professor obtained by GIG employees conferred by the President of the Republic of Poland
  • 3 doctoral degrees obtained by GIG employees
  • 15 doctoral degrees obtained by persons from outside GIG
  • 59 projects (including 37 international research projects within the scope of EU Programmes and other programmes, as well as 22 national projects)
  • 15 awards won
  • 3912 research and service assignments realised for industry and administration
  • 210 publications published

Our Achievements (2020)

  • 1 title of professor obtained by GIG employees conferred by the President of the Republic of Poland
  • 1 title of professor obtained by a person from outside GIG conferred by the President of the Republic of Poland
  • 1 post-doctoral degree obtained by a person from outside GIG
  • 3 doctoral degrees obtained by GIG employees
  • 4 doctoral degrees obtained by persons from outside GIG
  • 59 projects (including 39 international research projects within the scope of EU Programmes and other programmes, as well as 20 national projects)
  • 9 awards won
  • 3608 research and service assignments realised for industry and administration
  • 232 publications published

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)
  • 4144 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)

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