Sustainable Mining and Materials

专业详情

Columbia University is the place to prepare you for a career in which you can make advances in the Sustainable Mining and Materials industries, anywhere in the world. Students gain a better understanding and working knowledge of present-day infrastructures and processing methods for minerals, metals, and materials – their strengths and weaknesses. Formal training is structured to empower you to develop and manage future technologies for a world that requires the use and transformation of earth resources to support our industrialized society in a sustainable manner.

The M.S. concentration in Sustainable Mining and Materials is aimed at professionals whose background includes at least a B.S. degree in an engineering or equivalent science discipline, and who are interested in industry, government or education careers in what is the second largest industrial sector in the world. The MS-ERE degree aims at preparing a new generation of engineering professionals who will be involved with rebuilding the world’s minerals, metals, and materials infrastructure, which today is stretched nearly beyond the limits of its sustainability.

A total of 30 points (credits), optionally including a 3-point research course or a 6-point thesis, are required. For students with a non-engineering B.S. or a B.A. degree, up to 48 points may be required to allow for make-up undergraduate courses. In most cases, non-engineering student applicants should preferably have a science major in their undergraduate studies. Any discussion of requirements or selection of courses should be done in consultation with the student’s advisor. For a list of classes please visit the webpages for Student Orientation and the EEE department Bulletin.