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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
| # | University | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado School of Mines | 95.8 |
| 2 | McGill University | 84.1 |
| 3 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | 82.7 |
| 4 | Curtin University | 82.3 |
| 5 | The University of Queensland | 80.1 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania State University | 78.8 |
| 7 | University of British Columbia | 77.9 |
| 8 | Imperial College London | 77.3 |
| 9 | The University of Western Australia | 77 |
| 10 | University of Alberta | 76.8 |
| =11 | Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University | 76.2 |
| =11 | Monash University | 76.2 |
| 13 | University of Toronto | 75.9 |
| 14 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 75.2 |
| 15 | KFUPM | 75 |
| 16 | Universidad de Chile | 74.7 |
| 17 | Delft University of Technology | 74.5 |
| 18 | Adelaide University | 73.3 |
| =19 | Queen's University at Kingston | 73.1 |
| =19 | The University of Arizona | 73.1 |
| 21 | Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad | 73 |
| =22 | Columbia University | 72.4 |
| =22 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) | 72.4 |
| 24 | Universidade de São Paulo | 72.2 |
| 25 | University of Witwatersrand | 71.7 |
| 26 | University of Exeter | 71.6 |
| =27 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 71.4 |
| =27 | Université PSL | 71.4 |
| 29 | China University of Mining and Technology | 71.2 |
| 30 | Lulea University of Technology | 71.1 |
| 31 | The University of Melbourne | 70.7 |
| 32 | The University of Hong Kong | 70.5 |
| 33 | Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg | 70.4 |
| 34 | University of Colorado Boulder | 70 |
| 35 | Tongji University | 69.9 |
| 36 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) | 69.8 |
| =37 | Central South University | 69.7 |
| =37 | The University of Sydney | 69.7 |
| =39 | Norwegian University of Science And Technology | 69.5 |
| =39 | RWTH Aachen University | 69.5 |
| =39 | University of Utah | 69.5 |
| 42 | Middle East Technical University | 69.4 |
| 43 | Istanbul Technical University | 69.3 |
| =44 | The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) | 69.2 |
| =44 | University of Leeds | 69.2 |
| 46 | Nanjing University | 68.7 |
| 47 | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) | 68.5 |
| 48 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) | 68.4 |
| 49 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | 68 |
| 50 | Politecnico di Milano | 67.9 |
