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Our programs are 100% STEM-focused. Here, you will break things, build things, and invent tomorrow.

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South Dakota Mines places among the top universities in the state and nation, affirming we are a best-in-class STEM university.

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South Dakota Mines Honors Students for Academic Excellence

South Dakota Mines named 569 students to the Fall 2022 Dean’s List, and 64 part-time students received Academic Recognition for the Fall 2022 semester.

Mines in Minecraft: Student Renders University Campus Inside Popular Video Game

South Dakota Mines computer engineering major Jaxxen Cheney has built a model of the university campus inside the popular video game Minecraft.

South Dakota Mines adds Wisconsin and Illinois to List of States with In-State Rates

A decision by the South Dakota Board of Regents (BOR) allows South Dakota Mines to offer in-state rates to incoming freshmen and transfer students from Wisconsin and Illinois starting in the summer of 2023.

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South Dakota Mines Takes Over State Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday

South Dakota Mines Students Help Design and Build Photon Monitoring System for DUNE

Mines Students Mobilize to Give Back on MLK Day Holiday

The Making of DUNE: Excavating One of the Largest Deep Underground Caverns in History—for Science

Mines’ Spring 2023 STEAM Café Lineup Features Dark Skies, Early Radio, Local Pottery, Survival Skills and More

Vision Realized: Innovation District Booms Around South Dakota Mines

South Dakota Mines Honors Students for Academic Excellence

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