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  • Numerous Program Options

    Study mine production, sustainable development, mineral processing, geomechanics, health and safety, and more.

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    Researchers designing safety sensors, waste remediation and reuse, equipment automation, and environmentally responsible mining.

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    Tap into long-standing ties with industry partners, and start your career well before graduation.
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Delve Deep, and Advance a Global Industry

Longstanding industry ties, a focus on sustainability, a mine of its own, global connections, expert faculty, and a tight-knit, entrepreneurial environment make this one of the top-ranking mining engineering programs in the nation.

UA mining engineering students hail from Arizona, Mexico, Angola, India, Chile and points in between. Faculty, whose No. 1 job is to help you, keep their doors open.

Come join the family. Learn from and work with the best!

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Sustainable Outcomes

See who is doing what in mining engineering research.

Join SME

Something for everyone – rock drilling, job networking and STEM outreach.
Featured News
Ana Ingstrom, UA alumna and the first woman to receive a mining engineering degree in Mexico, examines a rock during a day on the job as a mining engineer for the U.S. Forest Service in Colorado.

Blasting Through Barriers

May 3, 2018
UA President Robert C. Robbins (left) talks with professor Moe Momayez about the mining sensor network Momayez developed and is bringing to market via the startup Guía. (Photo: Paul Tumarkin/Tech Launch Arizona)

Tech Launch Arizona Honors Inventors

March 20, 2018
The SME student team celebrates in Minneapolis. Left to right: Nathan Kraft, Miguel Pugmire, Garrett Anderson, Sean Klasen, Christopher Deuel and Jorge Loya Lopez.

Students Rock National Design Competition

March 13, 2018
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Small but Vital to University and the State

May 22, 2018
AZ Tech Council Members put on their hard hats and head underground. (Photo: Chris Mooney)
By the Numbers
21
faculty and staff
18 %
female students
12 th
world ranking for mining engineering program
(QS world university rankings)
43 %
students from minority backgrounds
250 feet
depth of the San Xavier Mining Lab
7
graduate program emphasis areas
Upcoming Events

Aug. 17, 2018

UA Engineering Week of Welcome
(All day)

Join the College of Engineering for a fun-filled first week of school: Make new friends, connect with student clubs and organizations, meet college staff, obtain info about UA resources and get pumped for an awesome year!

Aug. 20, 2018

Fall Classes Begin
(All day)

For a full list of important dates, see the UA Catalog Academic Calendar. 

Oct. 21, 2018

Homecoming
(All day)

There's something for everyone at college Homecoming events – and something special for mining and geological engineers! Stay tuned for more information about MGE festivities, including the annual Lacy Lecture.

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Benefits of Industry Ties

“The UA did a great job of exposing us to people from the industry, so it wasn’t a huge culture shock for us.”

Jeff Tysoe, mine engineer at Freeport McMoRan and instructor at Eastern Arizona College

Students Ahead of the Curve

“Many students graduate from college with no real mining experience and do not have the credibility to manage mine operations, but UA graduates are already ahead of the curve.”

Rita Riggs, class of 2010, volunteer with the Peace Corps in Tanzania

Modern Mining at its Best

“Our graduates are ready to carry on the next generation of American mining.”

Associate professor Moe Momayez
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