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About Mines
With 150-year track record of graduating the nation's most in-demand, work-ready engineers and applied scientists, Mines is poised to make an even larger impact as Colorado's premier engineering and applied science university.
Engineering America’s Technology Leadership Mines partners with regional, national and international partners to drive innovation, grow jobs and secure America’s national security.
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Energy/Materials
Mines protects a resilient and secure energy future that includes both traditional and emerging sources, as well as critical mineral resources.
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Security
Mines serves as a hub for collaboration between the United States Geological Survey and industry on critical energy and mineral challenges.
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Policy
Mines advances policy discussion surrounding energy, critical minerals, sustainable economic growth and the environment.
Mines Priorities
Among America's elite R1 research institutions, only Mines builds on 150 years of leadership in earth, energy and environment to advance the science and impact of advanced materials and manufacturing, AI, robotics, space and quantum.
Energy
Energy
Colorado School of Mines is a public R1 research university focused on applied science and engineering, producing the talent, knowledge and solutions to serve industry and benefit society – all to create a more prosperous future.
Critical Minerals / Materials
Critical Minerals / Materials
Colorado School of Mines is a public R1 research university focused on applied science and engineering, producing the talent, knowledge and solutions to serve industry and benefit society – all to create a more prosperous future.
Quantum
Quantum
Colorado School of Mines is a public R1 research university focused on applied science and engineering, producing the talent, knowledge and solutions to serve industry and benefit society – all to create a more prosperous future.
Aerospace / Space
Aerospace / Space
Colorado School of Mines is a public R1 research university focused on applied science and engineering, producing the talent, knowledge and solutions to serve industry and benefit society – all to create a more prosperous future.
Health
Health
Colorado School of Mines is a public R1 research university focused on applied science and engineering, producing the talent, knowledge and solutions to serve industry and benefit society – all to create a more prosperous future.
Inspiring Colorado's Future
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Dedicated to mineral and material characterization and analytical application developments, the facility supports and collaborates with students and researchers from Mines, researchers from state or federal research agencies, and offers services to members from the minerals, materials, energy, and environmental industries.
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The Mines Undergraduate Research Fellowship (MURF) supports research assistants on faculty-led research projects. The First-Year Innovation and Research Scholar Training (FIRST) Fellowship provides up to a $1000 stipend, disbursed hourly, to compensate for your time spent on research. You will develop skills through research and other independent study opportunities in partnership with several research labs across campus, including:
- Advanced Water Technology Center
- Center for Environmental Risk Assessment
- Center for Experimental Study of Subsurface Environmental Processes
- Re-Inventing the Nation’s Urban Water Infrastructure
- Center for Underground Construction and Tunneling
- ConocoPhillips Center for a Sustainable WE²ST