Discover What Virginia Tech Mining Engineering is All About

Join us for the 2019 Mining and Minerals Engineering Career Fair
October 2 & 3, 2019. 

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For more details regarding student recruitment and hiring, visit Hire Our Hokies page.

News and Events

Society of Mining Professors Establishes the Michael Karmis PhD Fellowship Award

Kevin Crutchfield, Mining and Minerals Engineering Class of 1986, Inducted into College of Engineering Academy of Engineering Excellence

Karmis Presented with Ludwig Wilke Award from the Society of Mining Professors

Read the Summer 2019 Issue of News from Holden Hall

WHY CHOOSE MINING & MINERALS ENGINEERING--BY THE NUMBERS!

IF IT'S NOT GROWN, IT'S MINED!

Mining and the sustainable development, extraction and production of mineral and energy resources is as important today as ever.  Virginia Tech’s Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering is helping students become the next generation of mining engineering leaders! Its nationally recognized program provides the know-how, experience, and opportunities to pursue rewarding careers in the mineral, mining, and energy fields, with a strong emphasis on sound environmental practices, social responsibility, and the application of cutting edge technologies.

What We Do

Where We Work

Why Our Program

MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER! - MINING ENGINEERING IN THE NEWS

A fleet of 20 autonomous Cat® 793F trucks will soon be hauling ore at the Rio Tinto Koodaideri iron ore mine

Today’s mining industry is high-tech, efficient, and safe.

Tesla expects global shortages of nickel, copper and other electric-vehicle battery minerals due to underinvestment in the mining sector.

The B.S. program in Mining Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org. Learn more about the department's accreditation, mission and educational objectives.