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We offer an overview of the TOP 50 best universities in the world in mining according to QS World University Rankings for foreign students. If you dream of becoming a mining engineer, choose one of the leading mining schools in the world!
Mining programs provide students with the skills and training necessary for successful employment. Mining has always played a significant role in the existence of mankind: people have long used stone and ceramics, and later metals found on the surface of the Earth or close to it.
A mining engineer can manage any stage of mining operations – from exploration, mineral discovery to feasibility studies, mine design, planning, production, operations to the closure of the mine.
Graduates of programs with the study of mining are in demand in the labor market, they occupy such positions as:
- Geological engineers
- Geophysical Engineers
- Mineral engineers
- Mining Safety Engineers
- Seismic engineers.
Explore our list of the best universities in the world with mining according to QS World University Rankings.
Top 50 best universities in the world in [year ]QS: Engineering Mineral and Mining
| Rank | University | Overall Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado School of Mines | 93.5 |
| 2 | Curtin University | 85.2 |
| 3 | University of New South Wales | 80 |
| 4 | The University of Queensland | 79.6 |
| 5 | McGill University | 79.3 |
| 6 | Saint-Petersburg Mining University | 78.1 |
| 7 | King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals | 76.6 |
| 8 | Universidad de Chile | 75.7 |
| 9 | University of Toronto | 75.1 |
| 9 | University of British Columbia | 75.1 |
| 11 | University of Alberta | 74.9 |
| 12 | Pennsylvania State University | 74.8 |
| 13 | Camborne School of Mines | University of Exeter | 74.6 |
| 14 | Delft University of Technology | 73.6 |
| 15 | University of Witwatersrand | 72.6 |
| 16 | Monash University | 72.5 |
| 16 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | 72.5 |
| 18 | University of Adelaide | 71.7 |
| 19 | Queen's University at Kingston | 70.8 |
| 20 | China University of Mining and Technology | 70 |
| 21 | Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg | 69.8 |
| 22 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | 69.6 |
| 22 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) | 69.6 |
| 24 | The University of Melbourne | 69.4 |
| 25 | The University of Sydney | 69.1 |
| 26 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) | 68.5 |
| 27 | The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) | 68.3 |
| 28 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | 67.3 |
| 29 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 66.9 |
| 30 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 66.8 |
| 30 | Norwegian University of Science And Technology | 66.8 |
| 32 | Universidade Federal de São Paulo | 66.7 |
| 33 | Western University | 66.5 |
| 33 | University of Pretoria | 66.5 |
| 35 | Université PSL | 66 |
| 36 | Politecnico di Torino | 65.7 |
| 36 | University of Colorado at Boulder | 65.7 |
| 38 | The University of Hong Kong | 65.6 |
| 38 | Indian School of Mines (ISM) University, Dhanbad | 65.6 |
| 40 | The University of Arizona | 64.6 |
| 41 | Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) | 64.3 |
| 42 | University of Aberdeen | 63.9 |
| 43 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) | 63.8 |
| 44 | University of Kentucky | 63.6 |
| 45 | University of Leeds | 63.4 |
| 46 | University of Oklahoma | 63.2 |
| 46 | Lomonosov Moscow State University | 63.2 |
| 48 | University of Nevada - Reno | 63.1 |
| 49 | University of Utah | 63 |
| 50 | Chulalongkorn University | 62.8 |
