• Dalhousie University offers a Bachelor of Engineering in Mineral Resource Engineering for a duration of 5 years.
  • It is an on-campus, co-op program offered on a full-time basis.
  • Mineral resource engineers develop economically and environmentally responsible ways of extracting and processing minerals from the Earth. 
  • All first-year students will complete the core engineering program and students will apply to the Mineral Resource Engineering discipline in their second year.
  • Students have the option to choose to complete the 5-year co-op Program or the 4-year non-co-op program.
  • Co-op students take the same academic program as the non-co-op program, however, the co-op option gives students an opportunity to complement their studies with 3 paid work terms.
  • Work terms begin in student’s third year and typically last four months.
  • Years 1 and 2 follow the core Engineering program. A substantial part of the work in the first and second year is made up of courses common to all 10 engineering disciplines. 
  • Bachelor of Engineering Co-operative Education program integrates academic study with university-approved industrial experience. 
  • The Faculty of Engineering has approximately 100 faculty members and 50 staff members across the departments.
  • Job opportunities after BEng Mineral Resource Engineering are Mining Engineers, Mining Supervisors, etc and the average salary goes up to 49,000 USD.