• MEng in Mining Engineering at Queen’s University is offered as a 1-year program.
  • This university ranked #5 among medical-doctoral universities in Canada in Maclean's 2019 University.
  • It is an on-campus program offered on a full-time basis only.
  • The Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining at Queen’s has prepared global mining industry leaders for more than 125 years.
  • It is today not only the largest mining department in Canada but among the largest in the world.
  • Queen’s mining engineers account for some 33 percent of all Canadian mining and mineral processing engineers who have graduated from Canadian universities.
  • As technology evolves and the global economy changes, students and researchers play a key role in defining the state of the art in mining.
  • In close collaboration with industry partners, faculty and students work to make mining operations safer, more efficient, more productive, less impactful on the natural environment, and more cost-effective.
  • The Mining Engineering program concentrates on teaching and research involving the broader field of excavation and processing of ore to obtain the mineral products required by contemporary society.
  • The program is designed to produce engineers and specialists qualified to assess, design, and operate both underground and open-pit mines, to design and operate complex processing plants and to evaluate and maintain the mechanical equipment required by these mining or processing facilities.
  • The Masters' program enables qualified students to study advanced courses in their field of interest in the mining industry.