Best Universities for Mining Engineering in the World

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Mining Engineering. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 999 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

For Mining Engineering

#1 in Asia
#1 in China
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1909

2. Shandong University of Science and Technology

For Mining Engineering

#2 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
45,000
Founded
1958

3. China University of Geosciences Beijing

For Mining Engineering

#3 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1952

4. Central South University

For Mining Engineering

#4 in Asia
#4 in China
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1914

5. University of Queensland

For Mining Engineering

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Enrollment
48,771
Founded
1909

6. University of Western Australia

For Mining Engineering

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
38%
Enrollment
25,000
Founded
1911

7. University of Science and Technology Beijing

For Mining Engineering

#5 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
25,000
Founded
1952

8. University of British Columbia

For Mining Engineering

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
59,659
Founded
1908

9. Colorado School of Mines

For Mining Engineering

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
98%

11. Anhui University of Science and Technology

For Mining Engineering

#6 in Asia
#6 in China
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1945

12. University of Texas at Austin

For Mining Engineering

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

13. Indian School of Mines

For Mining Engineering

#7 in Asia
#1 in India
Enrollment
2,000
Founded
1926

14. Chengdu University of Technology

For Mining Engineering

#8 in Asia
#7 in China
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1956

15. Shandong University

For Mining Engineering

#9 in Asia
#8 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
60,000
Founded
1901

16. McGill University

For Mining Engineering

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
40,036
Founded
1821

17. Xi'an University of Science and Technology

For Mining Engineering

#10 in Asia
#9 in China
Acceptance Rate
88%
Enrollment
23,000
Founded
1978

18. Northeastern University, China

For Mining Engineering

#11 in Asia
#10 in China
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
46,000
Founded
1923

19. Pennsylvania State University

For Mining Engineering

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,719
Enrollment
40,363

20. Chongqing University

For Mining Engineering

#12 in Asia
#11 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1929

21. Imperial College London

For Mining Engineering

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

22. University of New South Wales

For Mining Engineering

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

23. University of Alberta

For Mining Engineering

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

24. Tongji University

For Mining Engineering

#13 in Asia
#12 in China
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1907

25. China University of Petroleum - Beijing

For Mining Engineering

#14 in Asia
#13 in China
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
15,445
Founded
1953

26. AGH University of Science and Technology

For Mining Engineering

#2 in Europe
#1 in Poland
Enrollment
21,738
Founded
1919

27. Monash University

For Mining Engineering

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

28. Amirkabir University of Technology

For Mining Engineering

#15 in Asia
#1 in Iran
Enrollment
12,468
Founded
1958

29. Chang'an University

For Mining Engineering

#16 in Asia
#14 in China
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
2000

30. Tarbiat Modares University

For Mining Engineering

#17 in Asia
#2 in Iran
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
9,270
Founded
1982

31. Lulea University of Technology

For Mining Engineering

#3 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
79%
Enrollment
19,155
Founded
1997

32. Liaoning Technical University

For Mining Engineering

#18 in Asia
#15 in China
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
32,000
Founded
1963

34. University of Toronto

For Mining Engineering

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
95,055
Founded
1827

35. Wuhan University

For Mining Engineering

#20 in Asia
#17 in China
Enrollment
60,000
Founded
1893

36. Stanford University

For Mining Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

37. University of Wollongong

For Mining Engineering

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
31,313
Founded
1975

38. University of Oviedo

For Mining Engineering

#4 in Europe
#1 in Spain
Acceptance Rate
81%
Founded
1604

39. University of Arizona

For Mining Engineering

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

40. Sichuan University

For Mining Engineering

#21 in Asia
#18 in China
Enrollment
44,200
Founded
1896

41. Curtin University

For Mining Engineering

#6 in Oceania
#6 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
56%
Enrollment
58,216
Founded
1966

43. University of Tehran

For Mining Engineering

#23 in Asia
#3 in Iran
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
52,588
Founded
1934

44. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Mining Engineering

Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
72%

45. University of Calgary

For Mining Engineering

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

46. Delft University of Technology

For Mining Engineering

#5 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
82%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

47. Laurentian University

For Mining Engineering

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
78%
Enrollment
9,323
Founded
1960

48. University of Kentucky

For Mining Engineering

Acceptance Rate
94%
Average SAT
1207
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
94%

49. West Virginia University

For Mining Engineering

Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1130
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
95%

50. University of Waterloo

For Mining Engineering

#7 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
35,900
Founded
1957

51. Nanyang Technological University

For Mining Engineering

#24 in Asia
#1 in Singapore
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1955

52. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Mining Engineering

#6 in Europe
#1 in Norway
Acceptance Rate
39%
Enrollment
42,031
Founded
1996

53. Jilin University

For Mining Engineering

#25 in Asia
#19 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
68,000
Founded
1946

54. Shahrood University of Technology

For Mining Engineering

#26 in Asia
#4 in Iran
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1974

55. Kyushu University

For Mining Engineering

#27 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
18,560
Founded
1911

56. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

For Mining Engineering

#28 in Asia
#2 in India
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1951

57. Istanbul Technical University

For Mining Engineering

#29 in Asia
#1 in Turkey
Enrollment
15,358
Founded
1944

58. Queen's University

For Mining Engineering

#8 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
30,386
Founded
1841

59. University of Melbourne

For Mining Engineering

#7 in Oceania
#7 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

60. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Mining Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

61. University of California - Berkeley

For Mining Engineering

Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

62. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Mining Engineering

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
85%

63. Newcastle University

For Mining Engineering

#7 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
87%
Founded
1963

64. James Cook University

For Mining Engineering

#8 in Oceania
#8 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
1970

65. RWTH Aachen University

For Mining Engineering

#8 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
44,517
Founded
1870

66. Middle East Technical University

For Mining Engineering

#30 in Asia
#2 in Turkey
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
14,928
Founded
1956

67. Hacettepe University

For Mining Engineering

#31 in Asia
#3 in Turkey
Acceptance Rate
79%
Enrollment
16,279
Male:Female
44:56
Founded
1967

69. University of Adelaide

For Mining Engineering

#9 in Oceania
#9 in Australia
Enrollment
25,000
Founded
1874

72. Southwest Jiaotong University

For Mining Engineering

#33 in Asia
#20 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
44,000
Founded
1896

73. Kunming University of Science and Technology

For Mining Engineering

#34 in Asia
#21 in China
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
1954

74. University of Science and Technology of China

For Mining Engineering

#35 in Asia
#22 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1958

75. University of Utah

For Mining Engineering

Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
89%

76. Silesian University of Technology

For Mining Engineering

#11 in Europe
#2 in Poland
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
27,200
Founded
1945

77. National Technical University of Athens

For Mining Engineering

#12 in Europe
#1 in Greece
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1836

78. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Mining Engineering

#13 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
23,420

79. University of Cambridge

For Mining Engineering

#14 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

80. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Mining Engineering

#36 in Asia
#23 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

81. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Mining Engineering

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
78%

82. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

For Mining Engineering

#37 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Enrollment
17,225
Founded
1969

83. Hunan University of Science and Technology

For Mining Engineering

#38 in Asia
#24 in China
Enrollment
27,777
Founded
2003

84. Banaras Hindu University

For Mining Engineering

#39 in Asia
#4 in India
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
32,000
Founded
1915

85. Southwest Petroleum University

For Mining Engineering

#40 in Asia
#25 in China
Enrollment
34,755
Founded
1958

86. Ohio State University

For Mining Engineering

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

87. University of Tokyo

For Mining Engineering

#41 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
28,133
Founded
1877

88. Missouri University of Science and Technology

For Mining Engineering

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
98%

89. University of Pretoria

For Mining Engineering

#2 in Africa
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
56,483
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1908

90. University of Oklahoma - Norman

For Mining Engineering

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
100%

91. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

For Mining Engineering

Acceptance Rate
97%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
97%

92. Cornell University

For Mining Engineering

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

93. University of Vigo

For Mining Engineering

#15 in Europe
#2 in Spain
Acceptance Rate
69%
Enrollment
18,577
Founded
1989

94. University of Nottingham

For Mining Engineering

#16 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

96. Nanjing University

For Mining Engineering

#42 in Asia
#26 in China
Acceptance Rate
87%
Enrollment
56,068
Founded
1902

97. Seoul National University

For Mining Engineering

#43 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
28,378
Founded
1946

98. Kyoto University

For Mining Engineering

#44 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Male:Female
76:24
Founded
1897

99. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

For Mining Engineering

#45 in Asia
#5 in India
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1847