GIVEN THE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF 2020, GRE SCORES ARE OPTIONAL FOR NON-THESIS AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAM APPLICANTS FOR THE FALL 2021 TERM.
Fall Term Deadlines
Fall Application Fees
- U.S. Citizens and U.S. Permanent Residents: Application fee – $75
- International Citizens: Application fee – $95
- The application fee is waived for current Mines students, alumni and staff
- There is no application fee for non-degree applicants
- GEM Fellowship applicants and students participating in the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, please contact grad-admissions@mines.edu to verify your status and have your application fee waived
Fall Application Deadlines
*Applicants requesting financial support are strongly encouraged to submit applications by this date. Applications will be considered for financial support for as long as support is still available, but applications submitted after the priority deadline will be processed only after we have completed processing of applications submitted prior to this date.
**All materials and letters of recommendation, should be submitted by the deadline.
Contact the departments to inquire if it is possible to submit an application after these deadlines have passed. Contact the Office of Admissions if you have other questions about the application process.
Fall 2021 Application Deadlines
| Degree Program | *Priority | International | Domestic | Online |
| Advanced Energy Systems | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Advanced Manufacturing | March 1 | July 1 | July 15 | |
| Applied Chemistry | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Applied Mathematics & Statistics | January 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Applied Physics | December 15 | December 15 | December 15 | |
| Business Analytics | March 1 | July 1 | ||
| Chemical Engineering | PhD – December 15 | Masters – March 1 | ||
| Chemistry | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Computer Science | January 5 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Cyber Security for Cyber Physical Systems | March 1 | July 1 | July 1 | |
| Data Center Engineering | March 1 | July 1 | ||
| Data Science | March 1 | July 1 | ||
| Data Science for Signals & Systems | March 1 | July 1 | ||
| Data Science: Computer Science | July 1 | July 1 | July 15 | |
| Data Science: Earth Resources | July 15 | |||
| Data Science: Foundations | July 1 | July 1 | July 15 | |
| Data Science: Statistical Learning | July 1 | July 1 | July 15 | |
| Earth Resources Development Engineering | January 1 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Economic Geology | March 1 | July 1 | ||
| Electrical Engineering | January 5 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Engineering & Technology Management | January 1 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Entrepreneurship | March 1 | July 1 | ||
| Environmental Engineering Science | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Environmental Geochemistry | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Environmental Modeling | July 1 | July 1 | July 15 | |
| Exploration Methods | March 1 | July 1 | ||
| FEA Professional | July 15 | |||
| Geochemistry | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Geological Engineering | December 15 | February 1 | February 1 | |
| Geology | December 15 | February 1 | February 1 | |
| Geophysical Engineering | January 1 | January 1 | January 1 | |
| Geophysics | January 1 | January 1 | January 1 | |
| GIS & Geoinformatics | March 1 | July 1 | July 15 | |
| GIS & Geoinformatics: Geospatial Information Technology | March 1 | July 1 | July 15 | |
| GIS & Geoinformatics: GIS for Environmental Studies | March 1 | July 1 | July 15 | |
| GIS & Geoinformatics: GIS for Geohazards Evaluation | March 1 | July 1 | July 15 | |
| GIS & Geoinformatics: GIS for Natural Resources Assessment | March 1 | July 1 | July 15 | |
| Humanitarian Engineering & Science | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Hydrology | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Materials @ Mines | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Mechanical Engineering | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Mineral & Energy Economics | January 1 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Mineral Exploration | March 1 | July 1 | ||
| Mining Engineering | January 1 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Mining Engineering & Management | July 15 | |||
| Natural Resources & Energy Policy | January 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Nuclear Engineering | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Operations Research with Engineering | January 5 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Petroleum Data Analytics | July 15 | |||
| Petroleum Engineering | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Petroleum Geophysics | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | July 1 |
| Petroleum Reservoir Systems | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Physics | December 15 | December 15 | December 15 | |
| Product Management | March 1 | July 1 | ||
| Professional Computer Science | March 1 | July 1 | July 1 | |
| Quantitative Biosciences & Engineering | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Quantum Engineering | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Resource Commodity Analytics | March 1 | July 1 | ||
| Robotics | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Smart Manufacturing | July 15 | |||
| Smart-Grid Power Electronics & Electrical Power Systems | January 5 | March 1 | July 1 | |
| Space Resources | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | July 1 |
| Underground Construction & Tunnel Engineering | December 15 | March 1 | July 1 | July 15 |
| Non-Degree | Application is open | March 1 – August 15 | ||
| Master’s Along the Way Application | May 1 |