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{{short description|Public university in Golden, Colorado, U.S.}}
{{short description|Public university in Golden, Colorado, U.S.}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}'''Colorado School of Mines''' ('''Mines''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Golden, Colorado]], United States. Founded in 1874, the school offers both [[undergraduate degree|undergraduate]] and [[graduate degree]]s in engineering, science, and mathematics, with a focus on energy and the environment. While Mines does offer [[academic minor|undergraduate minor programs]] in the humanities, arts, and social sciences, it only offers degree programs in [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] fields, with the exception of [[economics]]. In the fall 2024 semester, the school enrolled 8,058 students, including 6,204 undergraduate and 1,854 graduate students.<ref name=Enrollment/> It is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=126775 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |date=2022 |accessdate=February 4, 2022 |archive-date=February 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204222721/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=126775 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{{Infobox university
| name                  = Colorado School of Mines
| former_name            = Territorial School of Mines (1874–1876)
| image                  = Colorado School of Mines seal.svg
| image_upright          = 0.7
| motto                  = ''Nil sine numine'' ([[Latin]])
| mottoeng              = "Nothing without God's will."
| established            = {{start date and age|February 9, 1874}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.mines.edu/graduate/generalinformation/|title=General Information < Colorado School of Mines|website=catalog.mines.edu}}</ref>
| type                  = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]
| academic_affiliations  = [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]
| accreditation          = [[Higher Learning Commission|HLC]]
| endowment              = $285.6 million (2020)<ref>As of June 30, 2020. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]] |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref>
| president              = Paul C. Johnson
| provost                = Richard C. Holz
| students              = 8,058 (fall 2024)<ref name=Enrollment>{{cite web|url=https://ir.mines.edu/data-visualizations/student-profiles/|title=Fall Census Student Profiles |publisher=Colorado School of Mines|website=mines.edu}}</ref>
| undergrad              = 6,204 (fall 2024)<ref name=Enrollment/>
| postgrad              = 1,854 (fall 2024)<ref name=Enrollment/>
| city                  = [[Golden, Colorado|Golden]]
| state                  = [[Colorado]]
| country                = United States
| campus                = Large Suburb
| campus_size            = {{convert|373|acre|km2}}<ref name=ByTheNumbers>{{cite web|url=https://www.mines.edu/about/by-the-numbers/|title=Mines by the Numbers|publisher=Colorado School of Mines}}</ref>
| free_label            = Newspaper
| free                  = ''The Oredigger''
| sports_nickname        = [[Colorado Mines Orediggers|Orediggers]]
| mascot                = Marvin the Miner<br />Blaster the Burro<ref name="Blaster">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mines.edu/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420204524/http://www.alumnifriends.mines.edu/fun_stuff/blaster/Default.htm|url-status=dead|title=Colorado School of Mines &#124; A Premier Engineering University|archivedate=April 20, 2008|website=Colorado School of Mines}}</ref>
| sporting_affiliations  = [[NCAA Division II]] – [[Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference|Rocky Mountain]]
| website                = [https://www.mines.edu/ mines.edu]
| coor                  = {{Coord|39|45|4|N|105|13|21|W|type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| faculty                = 603<ref name=Faculty>{{cite web|url=https://ir.mines.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/66/2022/06/CDS22.pdf |title=Faculty|publisher=Colorado School of Mines|access-date=January 5, 2023}}</ref>
| colors                = Blue and silver<ref>{{cite book|url=http://inside.mines.edu/UserFiles/File/pr/Mines-graphics-standards-guide.pdf|title=Mines Graphic Standards Guide|access-date=September 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010054727/http://inside.mines.edu/UserFiles/File/pr/Mines-graphics-standards-guide.pdf |archive-date=October 10, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />&nbsp;
{{align|left|'''{{Color box|#21314D}} {{Color box|#8B8D8E}}'''}}
| logo                  = Colorado School of Mines wordmark (2023).svg
| logo_upright          = 1.2
}}
 
'''Colorado School of Mines''' ('''Mines''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Golden, Colorado]], United States. Founded in 1874, the school offers both [[undergraduate degree|undergraduate]] and [[graduate degree]]s in engineering, science, and mathematics, with a focus on energy and the environment. While Mines does offer [[academic minor|undergraduate minor programs]] in the humanities, arts, and social sciences, it only offers degree programs in [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] fields, with the exception of [[economics]]. In the fall 2024 semester, the school enrolled 8,058 students, including 6,204 undergraduate and 1,854 graduate students.<ref name=Enrollment/> It is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=126775 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |date=2022 |accessdate=February 4, 2022 |archive-date=February 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204222721/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=126775 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==