In October and November 2022, as part of the academic mobility for students, undergraduates and doctoral students of the metallurgical direction of the Karaganda Industrial University, Professor Onuralp Yücel of the Istanbul Technical University gives lectures and conducts practical classes and seminars. Istanbul Technical University is one of the oldest universities in the world, founded in 1773. Professor Onuralp Yucel works at the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science of the Faculty of Chemistry and Metallurgy. The professor deals with a wide range of issues, including: mineral processing, smelting of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, recycling of technological processes of metallurgical production, etc. The most pressing problems that the professor deals with are issues related to non-waste metallurgical production, namely: circular economy metallurgical production. Professor Onuralp Yucel is the co-author of more than 170 scientific publications in peer-reviewed international journals included in the Scopus scientometric database. The relevance of scientific research conducted by the professor is confirmed by the citation of his publications, whose h-index is 17. Also, during his stay at our university, the professor will conduct advanced training courses for teachers of our university.