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TOP-50 best universities in mining 2026 QS Rankings

Top 50 best universities in the world in [year ]QS: Engineering Mineral and Mining

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

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