New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1889 |
| Endowment | $16.1 million |
| President | Dr. Stephen G. Wells |
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Academic staff
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171 |
| Undergraduates | 1,532 (Spring 2015) |
| Postgraduates | 489 (Spring 2015) |
| Location |
Socorro, New Mexico, USA 34°04′00″N 106°54′20″W / 34.0668°N 106.9056°WCoordinates: 34°04′00″N 106°54′20″W / 34.0668°N 106.9056°W |
| Campus | Rural, 320 acres (1.3 km²) central, 40 mi² (100 km²) adjoining |
| Focus | Science and engineering |
| Website | www.nmt.edu |
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The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (also called New Mexico Tech, and originally known as the New Mexico School of Mines) is a university located in Socorro, New Mexico.
New Mexico Tech offers over 30 bachelor of science degrees in technology, the sciences, engineering, management, and technical communication, as well as graduate degrees at the masters and doctoral levels. According to Newsweek in 2010, New Mexico Tech was considered one of the best small science and engineering schools in North America. A National Science Foundation study of Baccalaureate Origins of S&E Doctorate Recipients in the U.S. ranked New Mexico Tech as 15th in the nation, as well as the number one ranked public institution.
New Mexico Tech is a relatively small (approximately 2,100 students as of 2012) research- and teaching-oriented university focused on science and engineering. The institution was founded by the New Mexico Territorial Legislature in the year 1889 as the New Mexico School of Mines to both boost the territorial economy and teach mining specialties on the college level. During the 1930s, petroleum engineering and technology also became an important field of study at the institute. In 1946, New Mexico Tech began offering graduate degrees. The institute adopted its current name in 1951, but the change was not legally effective until 1960, when its name was changed by an amendment of the New Mexico State Constitution, Art.XII, Section 11.
New Mexico Tech's well-known areas of research and teaching include hydrology, astrophysics, atmospheric physics, geophysics, information technology, information security, Earth Science, energetic materials engineering, and petroleum recovery. Federal funding from the Department of Homeland Security and other sources has fostered significant training and research programs in this area (even going so far as to allow the university to purchase Playas, New Mexico, a former company town, as a field site). Because of its especially strong research programs, the school offers numerous scholarships and unique research opportunities for students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, with a very high professor to student ratio of approximately one professor per twelve students. In addition to its strong focus on science and technology, New Mexico Tech has seen much recent growth in the humanities and social sciences. Minors are now available in history, Latin American studies, and philosophy, in addition to minors in science and engineering fields. The university's most recent NCA reaccreditation was in October 2004.
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