Best Universities for Mining Engineering in the World

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 1.8B 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

China | Xuzhou

For Mining Engineering

#1 in Asia

#1 in China

Acceptance Rate: 13%
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. China University of Geosciences Beijing

China | Beijing

For Mining Engineering

#3 in Asia

#3 in China

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1952

4. Central South University

China | Changsha

For Mining Engineering

#4 in Asia

#4 in China

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1914

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Mining Engineering

#1 in Oceania

#1 in Australia

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

6. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Mining Engineering

#2 in Oceania

#2 in Australia

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

7. University of Science and Technology Beijing

China | Beijing

For Mining Engineering

#5 in Asia

#5 in China

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1952

8. University of British Columbia

Canada | British Columbia

For Mining Engineering

#1 in North America

#1 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Enrollment: 59,659
Founded: 1908

9. Colorado School of Mines

United States | Colorado

For Mining Engineering

#2 in North America

#1 in the United States

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

10. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Mining Engineering

#1 in Africa

#1 in South Africa

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1922

11. Anhui University of Science and Technology

China | Huainan

For Mining Engineering

#6 in Asia

#6 in China

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1945

12. University of Texas at Austin

United States | Texas

For Mining Engineering

#3 in North America

#2 in the United States

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

13. Indian School of Mines

India | Jharkhand

For Mining Engineering

#7 in Asia

#1 in India

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1926

14. Chengdu University of Technology

China | Chengdu

For Mining Engineering

#8 in Asia

#7 in China

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1956

15. Shandong University

China | Jinan

For Mining Engineering

#9 in Asia

#8 in China

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

16. McGill University

Canada | Quebec State

For Mining Engineering

#4 in North America

#2 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 40,036
Founded: 1821

17. Xi'an University of Science and Technology

China | Xi'an

For Mining Engineering

#10 in Asia

#9 in China

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Enrollment: 23,000
Founded: 1978

18. Northeastern University, China

China | Shenyang

For Mining Engineering

#11 in Asia

#10 in China

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

19. Pennsylvania State University

United States | Pennsylvania

For Mining Engineering

#5 in North America

#3 in the United States

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

20. Chongqing University

China | Chongqing

For Mining Engineering

#12 in Asia

#11 in China

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

21. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Mining Engineering

#1 in Europe

#1 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

22. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Mining Engineering

#3 in Oceania

#3 in Australia

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

23. University of Alberta

Canada | Alberta

For Mining Engineering

#6 in North America

#3 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1908

24. Tongji University

China | Shanghai

For Mining Engineering

#13 in Asia

#12 in China

Enrollment: 37,000
Founded: 1907

25. China University of Petroleum - Beijing

China | 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

Poland | Krakow

For Mining Engineering

#2 in Europe

#1 in Poland

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

27. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Mining Engineering

#4 in Oceania

#4 in Australia

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 78,000
Founded: 1958

28. Amirkabir University of Technology

Iran | Tehran

For Mining Engineering

#15 in Asia

#1 in Iran

Enrollment: 12,468
Founded: 1958

29. Chang'an University

China | Xi'an

For Mining Engineering

#16 in Asia

#14 in China

Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 2000

30. Tarbiat Modares University

Iran | Tehran

For Mining Engineering

#17 in Asia

#2 in Iran

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

31. Lulea University of Technology

Sweden | Lulea

For Mining Engineering

#3 in Europe

#1 in Sweden

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 19,155
Founded: 1997

32. Liaoning Technical University

China | Huludao

For Mining Engineering

#18 in Asia

#15 in China

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

33. Taiyuan University of Technology

China | Taiyuan

For Mining Engineering

#19 in Asia

#16 in China

Founded: 1902

34. University of Toronto

Canada | Ontario

For Mining Engineering

#7 in North America

#4 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Enrollment: 95,055
Founded: 1827

35. Wuhan University

China | Wuhan

For Mining Engineering

#20 in Asia

#17 in China

Enrollment: 60,000
Founded: 1893

36. Stanford University

United States | California

For Mining Engineering

#8 in North America

#4 in the United States

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

37. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Mining Engineering

#5 in Oceania

#5 in Australia

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

38. University of Oviedo

Spain | Oviedo

For Mining Engineering

#4 in Europe

#1 in Spain

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1604

39. University of Arizona

United States | Arizona

For Mining Engineering

#9 in North America

#5 in the United States

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

40. Sichuan University

China | Chengdu

For Mining Engineering

#21 in Asia

#18 in China

Enrollment: 44,200
Founded: 1896

41. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Mining Engineering

#6 in Oceania

#6 in Australia

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 58,216
Founded: 1966

42. University of Technology Malaysia

Malaysia | Johor Bahru

For Mining Engineering

#22 in Asia

#1 in Malaysia

Founded: 1904

43. University of Tehran

Iran | 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

United States | Virginia

For Mining Engineering

#10 in North America

#6 in the United States

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

45. University of Calgary

Canada | Alberta

For Mining Engineering

#11 in North America

#5 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1966

46. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Mining Engineering

#5 in Europe

#1 in the Netherlands

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Enrollment: 24,703
Founded: 1842

47. Laurentian University

Canada | Ontario

For Mining Engineering

#12 in North America

#6 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 9,323
Founded: 1960

48. University of Kentucky

United States | Kentucky

For Mining Engineering

#13 in North America

#7 in the United States

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

49. West Virginia University

United States | West Virginia

For Mining Engineering

#14 in North America

#8 in the United States

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

50. University of Waterloo

Canada | Ontario

For Mining Engineering

#15 in North America

#7 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Enrollment: 35,900
Founded: 1957

51. Nanyang Technological University

Singapore | Singapore City

For Mining Engineering

#24 in Asia

#1 in Singapore

Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1955

52. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Mining Engineering

#6 in Europe

#1 in Norway

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

53. Jilin University

China | Changchun

For Mining Engineering

#25 in Asia

#19 in China

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

54. Shahrood University of Technology

Iran | Shahrud

For Mining Engineering

#26 in Asia

#4 in Iran

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1974

55. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Mining Engineering

#27 in Asia

#1 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 18,560
Founded: 1911

56. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

India | West Bengal

For Mining Engineering

#28 in Asia

#2 in India

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

57. Istanbul Technical University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Mining Engineering

#29 in Asia

#1 in Turkey

Enrollment: 15,358
Founded: 1944

58. Queen's University

Canada | Ontario

For Mining Engineering

#16 in North America

#8 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 30,386
Founded: 1841

59. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Mining Engineering

#7 in Oceania

#7 in Australia

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1853

60. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States | Massachusetts

For Mining Engineering

#17 in North America

#9 in the United States

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

61. University of California - Berkeley

United States | California

For Mining Engineering

#18 in North America

#10 in the United States

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

62. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

United States | Illinois

For Mining Engineering

#19 in North America

#11 in the United States

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

63. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Mining Engineering

#7 in Europe

#2 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1963

64. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Mining Engineering

#8 in Oceania

#8 in Australia

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1970

65. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Mining Engineering

#8 in Europe

#1 in Germany

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 44,517
Founded: 1870

66. Middle East Technical University

Turkey | Ankara

For Mining Engineering

#30 in Asia

#2 in Turkey

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

67. Hacettepe University

Turkey | Ankara

For Mining Engineering

#31 in Asia

#3 in Turkey

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

68. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

India | Maharashtra

For Mining Engineering

#32 in Asia

#3 in India

Founded: 1958

69. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Mining Engineering

#9 in Oceania

#9 in Australia

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

70. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Mining Engineering

#9 in Europe

#1 in Italy

Founded: 1859

71. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Mining Engineering

#10 in Europe

#1 in Switzerland

Enrollment: 12,576

72. Southwest Jiaotong University

China | Chengdu

For Mining Engineering

#33 in Asia

#20 in China

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

73. Kunming University of Science and Technology

China | Kunming

For Mining Engineering

#34 in Asia

#21 in China

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1954

74. University of Science and Technology of China

China | Hefei

For Mining Engineering

#35 in Asia

#22 in China

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1958

75. University of Utah

United States | Utah

For Mining Engineering

#20 in North America

#12 in the United States

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

76. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Mining Engineering

#11 in Europe

#2 in Poland

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

77. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Mining Engineering

#12 in Europe

#1 in Greece

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

78. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Mining Engineering

#13 in Europe

#2 in Switzerland

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 23,420

79. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Mining Engineering

#14 in Europe

#3 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

80. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

China | Shanghai

For Mining Engineering

#36 in Asia

#23 in China

Enrollment: 47,000
Founded: 1896

81. Texas A&M University - College Station

United States | Texas

For Mining Engineering

#21 in North America

#13 in the United States

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

82. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Israel | Beersheba

For Mining Engineering

#37 in Asia

#1 in Israel

Enrollment: 17,225
Founded: 1969

83. Hunan University of Science and Technology

China | Xiangtan

For Mining Engineering

#38 in Asia

#24 in China

Enrollment: 27,777
Founded: 2003

84. Banaras Hindu University

India | Uttar Pradesh

For Mining Engineering

#39 in Asia

#4 in India

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

85. Southwest Petroleum University

China | Nanchong

For Mining Engineering

#40 in Asia

#25 in China

Enrollment: 34,755
Founded: 1958

86. Ohio State University

United States | Ohio

For Mining Engineering

#22 in North America

#14 in the United States

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

87. University of Tokyo

Japan | 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

United States | Missouri

For Mining Engineering

#23 in North America

#15 in the United States

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

89. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Mining Engineering

#2 in Africa

#2 in South Africa

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 56,483
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 1908

90. University of Oklahoma - Norman

United States | Oklahoma State

For Mining Engineering

#24 in North America

#16 in the United States

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

91. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

United States | New Mexico

For Mining Engineering

#25 in North America

#17 in the United States

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

92. Cornell University

United States | New York State

For Mining Engineering

#26 in North America

#18 in the United States

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

93. University of Vigo

Spain | Vigo

For Mining Engineering

#15 in Europe

#2 in Spain

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 18,577
Founded: 1989

94. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Mining Engineering

#16 in Europe

#4 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

95. Kuzbass State Technical University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Mining Engineering

#17 in Europe

#1 in Russia

Founded: 1950

96. Nanjing University

China | Nanjing

For Mining Engineering

#42 in Asia

#26 in China

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Enrollment: 56,068
Founded: 1902

97. Seoul National University

South Korea | Seoul

For Mining Engineering

#43 in Asia

#1 in South Korea

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 28,378
Founded: 1946

98. 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

99. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

India | Uttarakhand

For Mining Engineering

#45 in Asia

#5 in India

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

100. VSB - Technical University of Ostrava

Czech Republic | Ostrava

For Mining Engineering

#18 in Europe

#1 in the Czech Republic

Founded: 1849

Engineering subfields in the World

Acoustical Engineering4182

Aerospace Engineering4024

Agricultural Engineering1019

Applied/Engineering Physics1229

Architectural Engineering1368

Architecture1110

Automation and Control engineering1679

Automotive Engineering1961

Aviation1036

Biochemical Engineering1017

Biomedical Engineering1500

Biotechnology2869

Chemical Engineering4034

Civil Engineering3150

Computer Engineering1878

Computer Networking4175

Construction Management1012

Electrical Engineering4680

Electronic Engineering3144

Engineering Management1190

Environmental Engineering2524

Firefighting and Fire Science1048

Geotechnical Engineering3062

Human-Computer Interaction2467

Industrial Engineering1019

Landscape Architecture1097

Marine Engineering1004

Materials Science5568

Mechanical Engineering4969

Metallurgical Engineering4637

Nanotechnology3831

Nuclear Engineering1002

Operations Research1864

Optical Engineering4982

Petroleum Engineering1126

Polymer science and Plastics engineering1000

Product and Industrial Design1014

Reliability and Quality Engineering1750

Remote Sensing1992

Renewable Energy Engineering1886

Robotics1348

Structural Engineering3570

Systems Engineering2931

Technical Drawing1004

Telecommunications4316

Transportation Engineering1493