For Those Who Dig Deep.

Go to Mines!

The best way to picture your future at South Dakota Mines is to visit in person. Our Go to Mines open house offers a full experience where you can explore academics, connect with students and faculty, and see what life is really like here on campus.

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Work with our renowned faculty and collaborate on groundbreaking projects that address real-world challenges. The hands-on experience and expertise you will acquire here will not only contribute to your academic growth but also prepare you for successful careers in academia, industry, or government agencies.

1. Arbegast Materials and Processing and Joining Lab (AMP)

AMP Laboratory: Metals and Materials

Creating advanced metals processing technologies to bolster manufacturing industries.

Center for Solid-State Electric Power Storage

Developing eco-friendly, safe, and economically feasible solid-state energy storage technology.

CNAM-Bio: Where Innovation Meets Sustainability.

Solving bioprocessing challenges with biopolymers and specialty chemicals from renewable resources.

Center for Sustainable Solutions

Finding solutions for water quality, emerging contaminants, agriculture, carbon capture, biofuels, and more.

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Find Your People

My dad went here and all of his best friends, to this day, are all the friends that he made at South Dakota Mines. I still refer to my dad's friends as my uncles and aunts.

Find Your Path

South Dakota Mines does a really great job of letting you customize your major. In addition to your major courses, you have senior electives where you get to pick and choose what specialties you like.