Undergraduate Program
The educational objective of the BSMinE program is to provide graduates who can solve the state of the art problems of the mining industry and to pursue graduate programs.
The mining engineering program at West Virginia University began in 1868 when the first mine surveying course was offered. The mine surveying course is still presently being offered. The program was accredited by ABET's predecessor in 1936 when engineering programs first began the accreditation process in the United States. The accreditation of the mining engineering program has been continuously renewed without interruption since the very beginning.
The mining engineering department is housed in the Mineral Resources Building. The departmental offices and laboratories occupy 9500 square feet. The state of the art laboratories include rock mechanics and ground control, mine ventilation, mine equipment, mine design, health and safety, longwall, coal preparation, and mineral processing.
