Be part of world leading research and discovery. Mining Engineering students learn about extraction, discovery, and exploration thousands of feet below the earth. Students study and work with professionals in one of the most productive and fertile geology in the world. Mining Engineering students learn to consider the environmental, social, and economic impacts that influence decisions in mining and the community. Mining Engineers work in a wide variety of roles such as civil service, mining engineering, mining technologies, entrepreneurship, management, manufacturing, research and development, or move on to pursue graduate studies.