Wednesday, January 6, 2016

US Universities offering Masters' in Mining

When compared to Universities offering masters in Computer Science, there are very few (handful) universities which offer masters in mining engineering in United States. The list consists of the universities not according to the rankings.

List of Universities:

1) Southern Illinois University

    Carbondale, IL

Department: Mining and Mineral Resources Engineering

Research Type: Coal

No. of Professors: 03 - 05

2) University of Kentucky
    Lexington, KY

Department: Mining Engineering

Research Type: Coal

No. of Professors: 09 - 11

3) Missouri University of Science and Technology

    Rolla, MO

Department: Mining and Nuclear Engineering

Research areas: Geomechanics and Blasting

No. of Professors: 14 - 20

4) Colorado School of Mines
    Golden, CO


Department: Mining and Earth Systems Engineering
                     Underground Construction and Tunneling

Research Type: Coal, Hard Rock and Tunneling

No. of Professors: 14 - 17 in Mining and Earth Systems Engineering
                              The faculty in the Underground Construction and Tunneling comprises of different departments. Check that out on the website. 

5) South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
    Rapid City, SD

Department: Mining Engineering and Management

Research Type: Coal

No. of Professors: 05 - 08

6) Michigan Technological University
    Houghton, MI

Department: Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences

Research Type: Hard Rock

No. of Professors: Very few faculty are actually in Mining while the others are involved in geology.

7) West Virginia University
    Morgantown, WV

Department: Mining Engineering

Research Type: Coal

No. of Professors: 09 - 11

8) Virginia Tech
    Blacksburg, VA

Department: Mining and Mineral Engineering

Research Type: Coal

No. of Professors: 10 - 11

9) Pennsylvania State University
    University Park, PA

Department: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Program:Mining Engineering

Research Type: Coal, Hard Rock and Geomechanics

No. of Professors: 07 - 12

10) University of Utah
      Salt Lake City, UT

Department: Mining Engineering

Research Type: Hard Rock and Coal

No. of Professors: 08 - 13

11) University of Nevada
      Reno, NV

Department: Mining and Metallurgical Engineering

Research Type: Hard Rock

No. of Professors: 08 - 10

12) University of Arizona
      Tucson, AZ

Department: Mining and Geological Engineering

Research Type: Hard Rock

No. of Professors: 12 - 13

13) University of Alaska Fairbanks
      Fairbanks, AK

Department: Mining and Geological Engineering

Research Type: Hard Rock

No. of Professors: 08

14) New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
      Socorro, NM

Department: Mineral Engineering

Research Type: Hard Rock

No. of Professors: 06 - 12

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