The Mining Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno offers a Bachelor and Masters of Science degree in Mining Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering as well as a Ph.D. in Mineral Resource Engineering. The Ph.D. in Mineral Resource Engineering is an interdisciplinary degree that combines studies from the Mining and Metallurgical Engineering and Geological Sciences, with applications in mine ventilation, mine environmental, reclamation, remediation and restoration studies, mine automation and robotics, rock mechanics, drilling and blasting, materials handling, ore reserve characterization, geostatics and mineral economics, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality in Mining. Mining Engineering trains students to perform the various functions typically exercised by mining engineers: plan, design, operate, and close mines.
University of Nevada-Reno GRE score and admission requirements for graduate programs in Engineering