Accredited by the This degree is taught by the University’s Camborne School of Mines (CSM), which has been training mining engineers for over a century and has an international reputation. Many extractive industry operations around the world will have a CSM mining engineer somewhere within their staff and there is an active network of over 1,000 graduates.
At CSM you will be taught by researchers whose interests include blast analysis, advanced surface and underground surveying, health and safety, ventilation networks, rock mechanics and mineral processing.
Our Mining Engineering degree programme provides the knowledge and understanding of geology, rock mechanics, engineering design, economics, surveying, management and associated practical skills that will enable you to make a valuable contribution as soon as you are employed. In larger companies, work often involves the management of multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists. Because of this, mining engineering degrees are very wide ranging and provide an excellent basis for careers in technical management.
The BEng degree is professionally accredited under licence from the Engineering Council, accreditation is pending for the MEng degree. Visit the Professional accreditation webpage for further information.
Our graduate mining engineers are sought after the world over in the extractive industries as well as in exploration, tunnelling and civil engineering. We are one of the best equipped departments of our kind in Europe, with exceptional links with industry. Our students benefit from our leading edge research, extensive placement scheme and our global reputation in industry.
Dr Andy Wetherelt,
Mining Engineering Programme Leader
Exeter is the only University in the UK that runs this course. However I chose to study in the UK rather than abroad because the Camborne School of Mines (CSM) has a fantastic reputation of providing a high quality of teaching and has the connections within the industry, such as the alumni, that provide excellent employment prospects. CSM also has the opportunity to provide hands on experience in mining conditions due to the Holman’s test mine, which many other universities at the time could not provide. I’ve found the experience in industry through the summer vacation invaluable and enjoy the hands-on approach to learning.
Being on Tremough Campus has been a fantastic experience. In addition to the student night-life expected at university there is an abundance of outdoor activities to be enjoyed from sea swimming in winter to surfing the waves in the summer or cycling the old mine tram ways to explore the beauty of Cornwall. The teaching excels in providing hands-on experience that will be essential when I enter the mining industry after university and any member of staff is always more than happy to help re-explain a concept or go through another example to ensure you have the greatest possible understanding of their subject.
Once I finish my degree there are a few options open to me; I could carry on and do either a European Masters in Mining or the CSM Masters in Mining. However at the moment I’m thinking of going straight into industry and doing a graduate programme with a mining company overseas in Canada or Australia, with the aim of becoming a Mine Manager. Doing Mining Engineering at CSM has provided me with the opportunity to do this, as without my study here I would not have the contacts available or the activities and grades on my CV to prove that I’m becoming a competent Mining Engineer.
Charlotte Franklin
BEng Mining Engineering (2nd Year)
