Mining Academy (Banská Štiavnica)

The Mining Academy (German: Bergakademie Schemnitz, Slovak: Banícka akadémia, Hungarian: Selmeci Akadémia), in Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia, was a technological university founded in 1735 by scientist Sámuel Mikoviny (then Kingdom of Hungary).

Its original name was Bergschule (Berg Schola), and it has had formal status as an academy since December 13, 1762, when it was established by Empress Maria Theresa in order to train specialists in silver, gold mining and metallurgy for mines in the surrounding area and the whole country.

Later the Department of Mathematics, Mechanics, Hydraulics and Mining engineering was established.

According to Ferenc Szabadváry, the "Mining Academy at Selmecbánya ... was the cradle of chemical research in Hungary, but its reputation spread beyond the country's border and in the 18th century was one of the main scientific centers of Europe.

"[1] The buildings and monuments of the Mining Academy have been preserved for their historic interest.