Next stop: Change the world

Celebrating the Class of 2023

Connection across cultures

Mines students form a bond with college students in Ukraine through a unique virtual classroom experience

Pushing the boundaries of music and metallurgy

Mines honored for collaboration with Denver band showcasing the intersection of art and science

Making sense of biological systems

Mines is training next generation of biological engineers skilled in both bioscience and computer science

Colorado School of Mines is a public R1 research university focused on science and engineering, producing the talent, knowledge and innovations to serve industry and benefit society – all to create a more prosperous future.

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95%

OF BACHELOR’S DEGREE GRADUATES

96%

OF MASTER’S DEGREE GRADUATES

99%

OF PHD RECIPIENTS

The Mines Career Center’s 2021-22 Annual Report shows recent graduates are thriving, with nearly all of them employed in industry or government, serving in the military or continuing their education, with starting salaries that rank them among the most highly paid among their peers nationally.

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1st grad program in the world for space resources

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One of the world’s best, in Golden

Mines offers opportunities to engineer solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges, in a setting that’s hard to beat

Future proof your career

We are among the top universities in the U.S. for return on investment, immediately after graduation and decades into the future

A unique name for a unique university

Mines has always been a bit different, so if you’re excited to do something new and big, we should be on your list