Best Universities for Mining Engineering in the World

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Mining Engineering. A graph of 1.19M citations received by 117K academic papers made by 1,031 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. China University of Mining and Technology

China | Xuzhou

For Mining Engineering

#1 in Asia

#1 in China

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 37,000
Founded: 1909

2. Shandong University of Science and Technology

China | Tai'an

For Mining Engineering

#2 in Asia

#2 in China

Enrollment: 45,000
Founded: 1958

3. Central South University

China | Changsha

For Mining Engineering

#3 in Asia

#3 in China

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1914

4. China University of Geosciences Beijing

China | Beijing

For Mining Engineering

#4 in Asia

#4 in China

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1952

5. University of Science and Technology Beijing

China | Beijing

For Mining Engineering

#5 in Asia

#5 in China

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1952

6. Indian School of Mines

India | Jharkhand

For Mining Engineering

#6 in Asia

#1 in India

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1926

7. Chengdu University of Technology

China | Chengdu

For Mining Engineering

#7 in Asia

#6 in China

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1956

8. Colorado School of Mines

United States | Colorado

For Mining Engineering

#1 in North America

#1 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1409
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 98%

9. Anhui University of Science and Technology

China | Huainan

For Mining Engineering

#8 in Asia

#7 in China

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1945

10. Xi'an University of Science and Technology

China | Xi'an

For Mining Engineering

#9 in Asia

#8 in China

Enrollment: 23,000
Founded: 1978

11. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Mining Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#1 in Australia

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

12. University of Texas at Austin

United States | Texas

For Mining Engineering

#2 in North America

#2 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average SAT: 1365
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 89%

13. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Mining Engineering

#1 in Africa

#1 in South Africa

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

14. University of British Columbia

Canada | British Columbia

For Mining Engineering

#3 in North America

#1 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 20,893
Founded: 1908

15. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Mining Engineering

#1 in Europe

#1 in Poland

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

16. Chongqing University

China | Chongqing

For Mining Engineering

#10 in Asia

#9 in China

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 47,000
Founded: 1929

17. McGill University

Canada | Quebec State

For Mining Engineering

#4 in North America

#2 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 37,888
Founded: 1821

18. Shandong University

China | Jinan

For Mining Engineering

#11 in Asia

#10 in China

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 60,000
Founded: 1901

19. Pennsylvania State University

United States | Pennsylvania

For Mining Engineering

#5 in North America

#3 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Average SAT: 1300
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 68%

20. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Mining Engineering

#2 in Europe

#1 in the United Kingdom

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

21. Northeastern University, China

China | Shenyang

For Mining Engineering

#12 in Asia

#11 in China

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 46,000
Founded: 1923

22. University of Alberta

Canada | Alberta

For Mining Engineering

#6 in North America

#3 in Canada

Enrollment: 31,185
Founded: 1908

23. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Mining Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#2 in Australia

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

24. Liaoning Technical University

China | Huludao

For Mining Engineering

#13 in Asia

#12 in China

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 32,000
Founded: 1963

25. Tongji University

China | Shanghai

For Mining Engineering

#14 in Asia

#13 in China

Enrollment: 37,000
Founded: 1907

26. Tarbiat Modares University

Iran | Tehran

For Mining Engineering

#15 in Asia

#1 in Iran

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 9,270
Founded: 1982

27. Taiyuan University of Technology

China | Taiyuan

For Mining Engineering

#16 in Asia

#14 in China

Founded: 1902

28. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Mining Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#3 in Australia

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

29. Wuhan University

China | Wuhan

For Mining Engineering

#17 in Asia

#15 in China

Enrollment: 60,000
Founded: 1893

30. China University of Petroleum - Beijing

China | Beijing

For Mining Engineering

#18 in Asia

#16 in China

Enrollment: 15,445
Founded: 1953

31. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Mining Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#4 in Australia

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

32. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Mining Engineering

#3 in Europe

#1 in the Netherlands

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 24,703
Founded: 1842

33. Amirkabir University of Technology

Iran | Tehran

For Mining Engineering

#19 in Asia

#2 in Iran

Enrollment: 12,468
Founded: 1958

34. Lulea University of Technology

Sweden | Lulea

For Mining Engineering

#4 in Europe

#1 in Sweden

Enrollment: 19,155
Founded: 1997

35. Jilin University

China | Changchun

For Mining Engineering

#20 in Asia

#17 in China

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 68,000
Founded: 1946

36. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Mining Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#5 in Australia

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 78,000
Founded: 1958

37. University of Technology Malaysia

Malaysia | Johor Bahru

For Mining Engineering

#21 in Asia

#1 in Malaysia

Founded: 1904

38. Stanford University

United States | California

For Mining Engineering

#7 in North America

#4 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $18,279

39. University of Oviedo

Spain | Oviedo

For Mining Engineering

#5 in Europe

#1 in Spain

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1604

40. Chang'an University

China | Xi'an

For Mining Engineering

#22 in Asia

#18 in China

Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 2000

41. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Mining Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#6 in Australia

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 58,607
Founded: 1966

42. University of Toronto

Canada | Ontario

For Mining Engineering

#8 in North America

#4 in Canada

Enrollment: 27,651
Founded: 1827

43. University of Calgary

Canada | Alberta

For Mining Engineering

#9 in North America

#5 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1966

44. Sichuan University

China | Chengdu

For Mining Engineering

#23 in Asia

#19 in China

Enrollment: 44,200
Founded: 1896

45. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

United States | Virginia

For Mining Engineering

#10 in North America

#5 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 1335
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 71%

46. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Mining Engineering

#6 in Europe

#1 in Norway

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

47. West Virginia University

United States | West Virginia

For Mining Engineering

#11 in North America

#6 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1110
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 97%

48. University of Tehran

Iran | Tehran

For Mining Engineering

#24 in Asia

#3 in Iran

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 52,588
Founded: 1934

49. Queen's University

Canada | Ontario

For Mining Engineering

#12 in North America

#6 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Enrollment: 30,386
Founded: 1841

50. Shahrood University of Technology

Iran | Shahrud

For Mining Engineering

#25 in Asia

#4 in Iran

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1974

51. University of Arizona

United States | Arizona

For Mining Engineering

#13 in North America

#7 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 98%

52. University of Kentucky

United States | Kentucky

For Mining Engineering

#14 in North America

#8 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average SAT: 1180
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 96%

53. Southwest Jiaotong University

China | Chengdu

For Mining Engineering

#26 in Asia

#20 in China

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 44,000
Founded: 1896

54. Laurentian University

Canada | Ontario

For Mining Engineering

#15 in North America

#7 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Enrollment: 9,323
Founded: 1960

55. Nanyang Technological University

Singapore | Singapore City

For Mining Engineering

#27 in Asia

#1 in Singapore

Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1955

56. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Mining Engineering

#7 in Europe

#2 in the United Kingdom

Founded: 1963

57. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Mining Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#7 in Australia

Founded: 1970

58. University of Utah

United States | Utah

For Mining Engineering

#16 in North America

#9 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 99%

59. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

India | West Bengal

For Mining Engineering

#28 in Asia

#2 in India

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

60. Istanbul Technical University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Mining Engineering

#29 in Asia

#1 in Turkey

Enrollment: 15,358
Founded: 1944

61. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Mining Engineering

#30 in Asia

#1 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 18,560
Founded: 1911

62. University of California - Berkeley

United States | California

For Mining Engineering

#17 in North America

#10 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Receiving Aid: 60%
Average Aid: $21,669
Enrollment: 45,307

63. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Mining Engineering

#8 in Europe

#1 in Greece

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

64. Middle East Technical University

Turkey | Ankara

For Mining Engineering

#31 in Asia

#2 in Turkey

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 14,928
Founded: 1956

65. Kunming University of Science and Technology

China | Kunming

For Mining Engineering

#32 in Asia

#21 in China

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1954

66. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Mining Engineering

#9 in Europe

#2 in Poland

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 27,200
Founded: 1945

67. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Mining Engineering

#10 in Europe

#1 in Italy

Founded: 1859

68. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

India | Maharashtra

For Mining Engineering

#33 in Asia

#3 in India

Founded: 1958

69. Hacettepe University

Turkey | Ankara

For Mining Engineering

#34 in Asia

#3 in Turkey

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 16,279
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1967

70. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

India | Uttarakhand

For Mining Engineering

#35 in Asia

#4 in India

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

71. Hunan University of Science and Technology

China | Xiangtan

For Mining Engineering

#36 in Asia

#22 in China

Enrollment: 27,777
Founded: 2003

72. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Mining Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#8 in Australia

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

73. Missouri University of Science and Technology

United States | Missouri

For Mining Engineering

#18 in North America

#11 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1272
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 98%

74. Wuhan University of Technology

China | Wuhan

For Mining Engineering

#37 in Asia

#23 in China

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 540,000
Founded: 1946

75. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Mining Engineering

#11 in Europe

#1 in Ireland

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 33,321
Founded: 1854

76. Kuzbass State Technical University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Mining Engineering

#12 in Europe

#1 in Russia

Founded: 1950

77. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Mining Engineering

#13 in Europe

#3 in the United Kingdom

Founded: 1948

78. Banaras Hindu University

India | Uttar Pradesh

For Mining Engineering

#38 in Asia

#5 in India

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 32,000
Founded: 1915

79. North China Institute of Science and Technology

China | Sanhe

For Mining Engineering

#39 in Asia

#24 in China

Enrollment: 17,000
Founded: 1984

80. University of Tokyo

Japan | Tokyo

For Mining Engineering

#40 in Asia

#2 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,218
Founded: 1877

81. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Mining Engineering

#14 in Europe

#1 in Germany

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

82. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

China | Shanghai

For Mining Engineering

#41 in Asia

#25 in China

Enrollment: 47,000
Founded: 1896

83. Texas A&M University - College Station

United States | Texas

For Mining Engineering

#19 in North America

#12 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1270
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 74%

84. Dalian University of Technology

China | Dalian

For Mining Engineering

#42 in Asia

#26 in China

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1949

85. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Mining Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#9 in Australia

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1853

86. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Mining Engineering

#15 in Europe

#3 in Poland

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 27,388
Founded: 1945

87. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Mining Engineering

#16 in Europe

#2 in Sweden

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 35,556
Founded: 1477

88. University of Oklahoma - Norman

United States | Oklahoma State

For Mining Engineering

#20 in North America

#13 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 99%

89. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Mining Engineering

#2 in Africa

#2 in South Africa

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

90. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Mining Engineering

#17 in Europe

#1 in Switzerland

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

91. Hohai University

China | Nanjing

For Mining Engineering

#43 in Asia

#27 in China

Founded: 1915

92. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Mining Engineering

#44 in Asia

#3 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,455
Male:Female: 76:24
Founded: 1897

93. Southwest Petroleum University

China | Nanchong

For Mining Engineering

#45 in Asia

#28 in China

Enrollment: 34,755
Founded: 1958

94. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Israel | Beersheba

For Mining Engineering

#46 in Asia

#1 in Israel

Enrollment: 17,225
Founded: 1969

95. VSB - Technical University of Ostrava

Czech Republic | Ostrava

For Mining Engineering

#18 in Europe

#1 in the Czech Republic

Founded: 1849

96. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

United States | New Mexico

For Mining Engineering

#21 in North America

#14 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $10,293
Enrollment: 1,689

97. Seoul National University

South Korea | Seoul

For Mining Engineering

#47 in Asia

#1 in South Korea

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 28,378
Founded: 1946

98. University of Waterloo

Canada | Ontario

For Mining Engineering

#22 in North America

#8 in Canada

Enrollment: 35,900
Founded: 1957

99. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Mining Engineering

#19 in Europe

#4 in the United Kingdom

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

100. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Mining Engineering

#20 in Europe

#5 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

Engineering subfields in the World

Acoustical Engineering4449

Aerospace Engineering4303

Agricultural Engineering1031

Applied/Engineering Physics1260

Architectural Engineering1513

Architecture1232

Automation and Control engineering1820

Automotive Engineering2183

Aviation1020

Biochemical Engineering1129

Biomedical Engineering1654

Biotechnology3140

Chemical Engineering4260

Civil Engineering3470

Computer Engineering2056

Computer Networking4414

Construction Management1055

Electrical Engineering4893

Electronic Engineering3360

Engineering Management1383

Environmental Engineering2765

Firefighting and Fire Science1053

Geotechnical Engineering3318

Human-Computer Interaction2706

Industrial Engineering1025

Landscape Architecture1249

Marine Engineering1019

Materials Science5728

Mechanical Engineering5246

Metallurgical Engineering4859

Nanotechnology4040

Nuclear Engineering1013

Operations Research2129

Optical Engineering5230

Petroleum Engineering1251

Polymer science and Plastics engineering1013

Product and Industrial Design1024

Reliability and Quality Engineering1970

Remote Sensing2188

Renewable Energy Engineering2152

Robotics1498

Structural Engineering3835

Systems Engineering3216

Technical Drawing1008

Telecommunications4557

Transportation Engineering1696