Colorado School of Mines is a public research university focused on science and engineering, where students and faculty together address the great challenges society faces today—particularly those related to the Earth, energy and the environment.
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On Top of the World (and the Bottom, Too)
In Antarctica, Greenland and the Canadian Arctic, Geophysics Assistant Professor Matt Siegfried studies how glaciers and ice sheets move and evolve.
MORE: NASA space laser missions map 16 years of ice sheet loss
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Humanitarian Engineering:Â Engineers serving communities and individuals
Mining Engineering: #1 ranked mining school in the world
Data Science: Impacting all core engineering and science disciplines
Advanced Manufacturing: Creating leaders in an emerging field
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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
Focused on your future
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