School of mines 577559 225821982 2008-07-15T15:47:23Z Plazak 3588462 /* examples */ sp [[Image:Gorny.jpg|thumb|275px|[[St. Petersburg School of Mines]], founded in 1773.]] A '''school of mines''' (or '''mining school''') is a term used for many [[engineering school]]s established in the 18th and 19th centuries that originally focused on [[mining engineering]] and [[applied science]]. Most no longer primarily teach [[mining]]-related subjects, although some have retained the name. ==examples== * The [[Western Australian School of Mines]] in [[Kalgoorlie]], Australia * The [[Bendigo School of Mines]] in [[Bendigo, Victoria]], Australia * The [[Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering]] in [[Vancouver]], Canada * The [[Indian School of Mines]] in [[Dhanbad]], India * The [[Camborne School of Mines]] in [[Cornwall]], United Kingdom * The [[Royal School of Mines]] in London, United Kingdom * [[University of Tehran, Department of Mining Engineering]], Tehran, Iran * [[Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais]], Department of mining engineering, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil * The [[Colorado School of Mines]] in [[Colorado]], United States * The [[Mohammadia School of Engineering]] , Department of Mineral Engineering, Morocco * The [[Montana Tech School of Mines and Engineering]] in [[Montana]], [[United States]] ==Universities offering degrees in mining engineering== ===North America=== ====United States (ABET Accredited Mining Engineering)==== * [[University of Alaska Fairbanks]], College of Engineering and Mines, Fairbanks, Alaska * [[University of Arizona]], Tucson, AZ * [[Colorado School of Mines]] in [[Colorado]], United States * [[University of Kentucky]], Lexington, KY * [[Missouri University of Science and Technology|Missouri S&T]] (Formerly The Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy), [[Rolla, Missouri|Rolla]], [[Missouri]] * [[Montana Tech of The University of Montana]] (Formerly Montana School of Mines), Butte, MT * [[University of Nevada, Reno]] (Formerly The Mackay School of Mines),--[http://www.unr.edu/Mackay/] Reno, NV * [[New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology]], Socorro, NM * [[Pennsylvania State University]], University Park, PA * [[Southern Illinois University at Carbondale]] Carbondale, IL * [[University of Utah]], Department of Mining Engineering in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States * [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]], in Blacksburg, VA, United States * [[West Virginia University]], in Morgantown, WVA, United States * [[South Dakota School of Mines and Technology]], in Rapid City, SD, United States ====United States (non-ABET Accredited or Other Programs)==== * The "School of Mines" is the former name of the [[Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science]] at [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]], which offers a degree in [http://www.eee.columbia.edu/index.html Earth and Environmental Engineering]. * [[Michigan Technological University]], Houghton, Michigan, offers a graduate program (MS and PhD) in Mining Engineering * [[South Dakota School of Mines and Technology]] in [[South Dakota]], [[United States]] offers a degree in [http://mining.sdsmt.edu/Default.htm Mining Engineering and Managment]. ====Canada==== * [[McGill University]], Montreal Canada * [[The University of British Columbia]], British Columbia, Canada, Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering * [http://mine.queensu.ca Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada] * [http://www.laurentian.ca/engr Laurentian University], Sudbury, Ontario, Canada * [[University of Alberta]], School of Mining & Petroleum Engineering [http://www.engineering.ualberta.ca/civil/smpe.cfm] in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]] * [[Dalhousie University]], Halifax Nova Scotia ===Europe=== * [[Imperial College London]] * the Paris [[Ecole des Mines]] * University of Mining and Technology "TU Bergakademie Freiberg", Freiberg, Germany, the oldest still teaching Academy of Mining in the world, founded in 1765 * [http://www.rgf.bg.ac.yu/ Faculty of Mining and Geology] , [[University of Belgrade]], [[Serbia]] * Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, [[University of Zagreb]], [[Croatia]] * Faculty of Mining and Geology, [[Silesian University of Technology]] in [[Gliwice]], [[Poland]] * Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology, [[Wroclaw University of Technology]] in [[Wroclaw]], [[Poland]] * The Welsh School of Mines, in [[Pontypridd]], [[Glamorgan]] - now the [[University of Glamorgan]] * The ''[[Instituto Superior Técnico]] da [[Universidade Técnica de Lisboa]]'', in [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]] * Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas de Madrid, [[Universidad Politécnica de Madrid]], Madrid, Spain * Helsinki University of Technology in Helsinki, Finland * [[Katholieke Universiteit Leuven]], Department of Natural Resources, [[Leuven]], [[Belgium]] * [http://www.metal.ntua.gr/index.pl/home_en Faculty of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy] , National Technical University of Athens , Greece ===Africa=== * University of Pretoria; Pretoria South Africa * University of the Witwatersrand; Johannesburg South Africa * University of Dar-es-salaam; Tanzania East Africa ===South America=== [[Image:UNAL-Bloque M5-Facultad de Minas-Medellin3.JPG|thumb|right|230 px|'''Bloque M5''' Faculty of Mines - [[Universidad Nacional de Colombia]], Designed by [[Pedro Nel Gómez]]]] * [[Escola Politécnica]] - Universidade de São Paulo([[USP]]), São Paulo-SP, Brazil * Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Department of mining engineering, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil * Escola de Minas de Ouro Preto(''EMOP''), Minas Gerais, Brazil, started as a school of mines, and later expanded into the Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto(''UFOP''). * University Federal of Pernambuco ( UFPE ), Department of mining engineering,[http://www.ufpe.br/minas] Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. * [[Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul]], Department of mining engineering, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Departamento de Ingeniería en Minas, [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], [[Chile]] * [[Centro de Minería, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile]] in [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], [[Chile]] * Faculty of Mines, [[Universidad Nacional de Colombia]] - Sede Medellín; [http://www.minas.unalmed.edu.co/]. It was founded in 1887 by [[Pedro Nel Ospina]]. * [[University of Chile]], Mining Engineering Department, [http://www.minas.cec.uchile.cl], [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], [[Chile]] * Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Engenharia (FaEnge), João Monlevade, Brazil ===Asia=== * [[Indian School of Mines University]], Dhanbad, India * [[IIT Kharagpur]], Kharagpur, India * [[Banaras Hindu University, Department of Mining Engineering]], Varanasi, India * [[NIT Raipur]], Raipur, India * [[Guindy Engineering College]], [[Anna University]], Chennai, India * [[Kothagudem School of Mines]], Kothagudem, India * [[University of Tehran, Department of Mining Engineering]], Tehran, Iran * [[Bengal Engineering & Science University]],Howrah, India * [[International University of Imam Khomeini]],Qazvin, Iran ===Australia=== * [[University of Adelaide]], School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering * [[University of Wollongong]] * [[University of New South Wales]], School of Mining Engineering * [[University of Queensland]], School of Mining Engineering * [[University of Ballarat]], School of Science and Engineering [[Category:Schools of mines | Mining|]]