Presented is background knowlege of the institutions of the world involved in mineral industry education and research, including detailed information on the professional staff, research activities, and capabilities of the various mineral industry departments of these institutions. Also included is information on special interest within a department, number of students graduating each year, a listing of all dissertations of the past five years, and technical or scientific publications edited by each university or department. Areas covered include applied geology, applied physics, mineral deposits, mining engineering, fuel technology, and metallurgy. There are entries for 512 institutions of higher learning in 68 countries, with references to over 4,000 current research projects, 300 university periodicals and 4,000 dissertations. Information can be located by use of several indexes in the appendices. (PR)