Academics

Our vision…

Colorado School of Mines is a world-class institution, enhancing its leadership in knowledge creation, education, services and solutions to serve its varied constituencies — individual and corporate, public and private — comprehensively and internationally, and especially in its areas of expertise in engineering and applied science related to Earth, Energy, Materials and Environment.

Specialized and focused, Mines is a unique research university with an extensive array of resource-related programs. And the need for Mines’ rare mix of expertise has never been greater. The availability and sustainable use of natural resources is one of the world’s greatest challenges, and our graduates and faculty members are creating solutions.

Our academic environment is:
collaborative… multidisciplinary… committed… practical… rigorous… exciting… diverse… vital… responsible… responsive… supportive… innovative… dynamic… creative… connected… inspiring… inclusive… fun… welcoming… and more.

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