Graduate Programs
Break New Ground at a Top-100 Research University
University of Arizona mining and geological engineering grad students are industrious, entrepreneurial, forward-thinking individuals with a deep understanding of the need to preserve the earth’s resources and protect the environment for generations to come.
Grad students are developing extraction and processing methods, making mining safer and more efficient, converting mine waste into consumer products and advancing technology for mining operations.
MGE offers master’s and doctoral degrees in mining, geological and geophysical engineering, including mineral processing and extractive metallurgy; a Master of Engineering degree; and certificates in geomechanics, health and safety, mineral processing, and mine information and production technology. Online options include master’s degrees and graduate certificates.
Questions? For more information on the UA MGE graduate program contact Thelma Magallanes at tgabbs18@arizona.edu.
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Wide-Ranging Research
UA mining and geological engineering grad programs provide a number of high-profile research opportunities in the following focus areas:
- Geophysical sensing techniques
- Mine health and safety
- Mineral and chemical characterization
- Mineral processing, geometallurgy and extractive metallurgy
- Mine technology and automation
- Rock strength, fracturing and excavation
- Sustainable mining and development
Water in the Lifecycle of A Mine
Graduate Programs at UA Engineering
Student in the Spotlight
At Home in Paradise
Ana Ingstrom was the first woman to receive a mining engineering undergraduate degree in Mexico. That was 1988. Twenty-six years, three sons, and another degree later, she received a master’s degree in mining engineering from the University of Arizona. Today she works as a mining engineer for the U.S. Forest Service in Colorado.
"The environment in the school felt like paradise. It was like being back in a family."
Rankings
Top 25
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public universities
(U.S. News @ World Report)
4.5 out of 5
best graduate school programs
(Money Magazine)
6th
national ranking, mining engineering program
(QS World University Rankings)