Maximize Your Potential
186
Employers in 33 States
$70,036
Average Starting Salary
98%
Job Placement Rate
Research Labs & Centers
Research Opportunities
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.
Metals and Materials
A diverse multi-disciplinary group of engineers and scientists focused on solving
metals material challenges
Engineering and Mining Experiment Station
A centralized multi-user instrumentation facility for the characterization and testing
of minerals, ores, raw materials, manufactured products, waters, and biological materials
Composites and Polymer Engineering
A multidisciplinary research and education center specializing in polymers and polymer
matrix composites
Sanford Underground Research Facility
SURF is the nation's underground lab. The deepest parts of the facility are almost
one mile below the surface.
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
24
Sep
Fall Career Fair
10:00 am - 10:00 am
Main Campus Quad
