The Colorado School of Mines developed the Humanitarian Engineering and Science graduate program. Colorado School of Mines is for technical students and professionals who aspire to work with communities to co-create sustainable and just solutions to the problems they face. We recognize that impactful engineering requires not just technical expertise, but contextual knowledge of the interrelationships among technology, society, and the environment. Our program, therefore, offers a deep integration of theory and practice in social science, engineering, and applied science in everything we do. This unique training will change the way you think about how engineers and scientists define and solve some of our most pressing problems.
We inspire our students to be innovators both in the classroom and the real world, as you can read about in the profiles of our students and graduates. Many of our current students, for example, are partnering with MIT’s D Lab and rural Colombian communities to co-design locally appropriate technologies to help increase food security and make small-scale artisanal mining more sustainable. We offer a competitive fellowship program to recognize and nurture student leadership in the field of humanitarian engineering and science. All students choose a disciplinary track in environmental engineering, geological engineering, or geophysics.
To learn more, read a recent news release about our new graduate program, visit our website, follow our Instagram (@humanitarian_engineering) or email our faculty.
