Underground Construction and Tunnel Engineering
Online at Colorado School of Mines
Underground Construction and Tunnel Engineering Graduate Certificate
Underground Construction and Tunnel Engineering (UCTE) is an established area of engineering that is growing in popularity both in the US and internationally.
Mines provides a unique graduate certificate that no other university in North America can offer. The UCTE grad certificate program pulls coursework from our traditional UCTE graduate degree program and makes it available to professionals in industry. Students will gain real-world experience from the Underground Construction and Management, Underground Construction Engineering in Soft Ground and Underground Construction Engineering in Hard Rock courses.
The UCTE grad certificate program also provides an opportunity for recent graduates to pursue a specialization in UCTE. There are many strong mining, civil and geological programs in the US and internationally, but the vast majority of them do not have expertise in UCTE.
Certificate Requirements
Graduate Certificate
- Bachelor’s Degree: Required
- GRE: Not Required
- Letters of Recommendation: Not Required
- Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV): Required
- Statement of Purpose: Not Required. Suggested if GPA is less than 3.0/4.0
- Transcript(s): Required. Must be submitted for all schools attended (unofficial transcripts accepted for admissions review and must show successful completion of any required prerequisite course(s).
- For international applicants or applicants whose native language is not English, please review the English Proficiency requirement
Tuition
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Fees
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Admissions Deadlines
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Investment You Can Count On
$7.55 Billion
Projected Value of Tunnel Boring Machine Market by 2027, Allied Market Research
$105,497
2021 Average Annual Salary for Tunnel Engineers, ZipRecruiter
#1
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Underground Construction and Tunnel Engineering Faculty
Mike Mooney
Rank - Grewcock Chair Professor
Program Director
Email - mmooney@mines.edu
Phone - 303-384-2498
Jamal Rostami
Rank - Professor and Alacer Gold / Haddon Endowed Chair
Email - rostami@mines.edu
Phone - 303-273-3041
Grad School Insights
- A fascinating look at tunneling and railroad history
Did you know that until 1910, rail passengers traveling to New York City from points west had to disembark in Jersey City, New Jersey, and take ferries across the Hudson River for the final leg of the … - A history of tunneling and underground construction and the factors driving current and future demand
Tunneling and underground construction—likely first performed by prehistoric humans who sought to make their cave homes larger—has a long and varied history. In time, all major ancient civilizations d … - What makes underground construction and tunnel engineering different from advanced programs in civil, mining and geological?
Underground construction and tunnel engineering is truly an interdisciplinary practice, involving knowledge and skills primarily in civil engineering, geological engineering and mining engineering and …
Value in Action
The annual salary survey consistently demonstrates the value of a Mines degree.