WHY MINING ENGINEERING

Africa has the largest minerals industry in the world. The transactional value of foreign investment into Africa’s mining sector amounted to some $47 billion in 2018. Become part of the industry ‒ choose UP! Watch video on the link below

POSTGRADUTE STUDENTS

The Department of Mining Engineering strives for research excellence in the mining industry. Postgraduate students can pursue honours, master’s and doctoral degree programmes in mining engineering and applied science mining

DEPARTMENT FACILITIES

The Department’s commitment to academic and research excellence is backed by facilities of the highest quality. This includes world-class lecture halls, research facilities and discussion rooms that create an academic environment for students. The state-of-the-art Virtual Reality Centre forms the core of the Department’s interactive immersive technology (IIT) drive, which has been expanded to include a blast wall.