Apply for Free This Fall!
Take the next step toward your future at South Dakota Mines! Applications are free for students from SD Advantage states during October and November, making it the perfect time to apply and join one of the nation’s leading universities.
Maximize Your Potential
259
Employers in 38 States
$77,067
Average Starting Salary
97%
Job Placement Rate
Research Labs & Centers
More Labs & Centers
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.
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.
Experience Community
Find Your People
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
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.
Find Your Career
Find Your Career
They (South Dakota Mines) understand the industry, and they understand what employers
are looking for.
Seek Adventure
Student Life
I drive by, and it's such a powerful feeling knowing that so much of my inspiration started here in the Black Hills, the heart of everything that it is to the Lakota people right here on the track at the School of Mines and took me around the world.
I drive by, and it's such a powerful feeling knowing that so much of my inspiration started here in the Black Hills, the heart of everything that it is to the Lakota people right here on the track at the School of Mines and took me around the world.
I drive by, and it's such a powerful feeling knowing that so much of my inspiration started here in the Black Hills, the heart of everything that it is to the Lakota people right here on the track at the School of Mines and took me around the world.
News and Events
14
Nov
Fall Band Concert
6:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Music Center
18
Nov
STEAM Cafe' - Two to Twelve Inches: Forecasting Snow in the Black Hills
5:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Hay Camp Brewing Company
21
Nov
Orchestra and Honors Brass Fall Concert
6:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Music Center
