Pushing the boundaries of music and metallurgy

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

Mines breaks ground on new classroom building

A new 50,938-square-foot facility and parking garage is expected to be completed Fall 2024

Making sense of biological systems

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

Managing the future of water

Mines alumni and researchers are at the forefront of U.S. water management challenges

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

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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