Hey, everybody, I'm Sheana at
Missouri University of Science

and Technology, the only
university in the nation

to have their very own
mine rescue team.

Let's explore.

Missouri University of Science
and Technology is located

in the rural town of Rolla,
Missouri in the heart

of the Ozarks region.

Rolla's surrounded by some of
the absolute best agriculture

in the world.

You have unlimited opportunities
to canoe, to fish, to hike,

to rock climb.

It is an absolutely
gorgeous place to live.

Missouri S&T is located on
a 284-acre campus near downtown

and is a close walk to several
local establishments.

One of the unique traditions
at Missouri S&T is the fact

that we have one of the world's
largest St. Patrick's Day

celebrations on
a college campus.

And we actually close the campus
for two days each year

and celebrate St. Patrick,
who is the patron saint

of engineers.

Missouri S&T's total enrollment
is just over 6,000 students.

Twenty-three percent are female,
seventy-seven percent male,

ten percent are minorities,
and three percent are

international.

Twenty-six percent of students
come from 47 different states

and 50 foreign countries.

At Missouri S&T, we maintain
a 15:1 student to teacher ratio,

and our average class size is
about 27-29 students per class.

So we really have what
most people would think of

as a private school feel.

Um, we know the faculty are very
involved in helping our students

both while they're on campus,
plus in helping them get

their first jobs
after graduation.

We have a little over 800
organizations and companies

recruiting our graduates
each year.

We have about a 96%
placement rate within 30 days

of graduation.

I think being in a small town
in a smaller university,

it really draws students
together, and they build teams

and friendships
within themselves.

So we do a lot of things
outside of the campus--

outside of the classroom,
as well.

And I really like that,
that we know the students

personally on
a one-to-one level.

Students who have an ACT
composite score of 24 or higher

or whose total SAT total
critical reading and math score

is 1090 or higher, meet
the requirements for admission

to Missouri S&T.

Missouri residents can expect
to pay about $9,000 a year

in tuition, while nonresidents
will pay closer to $20,000.

Room and board will cost
an additional $6,500,

and books and supplies
are around $900.

We're one of the few schools in
the nation that has all 16 areas

of engineering, plus computer
science, the sciences,

and liberal arts offerings.

So students literally can come
here, and if they want to work

in a nuclear reactor, or they
want to be--uh, study pieces

of the Titanic in an electron
microscope, or they want to

come up with a new type of
material that would be used

for medicine or even possibly
curing cancer--

that's what happens
on this campus.

And so the opportunities
really are endless if you have

a killer idea for how to make
the world better.

Plus, due to its start
as a university of mines

and metallurgy,
mining and materials engineering

programs have a strong
reputation internationally.

We offer a mining, engineering,
and--

And we also have this one class
in explosives, where we have

a pyrotechnic team,
and every time we have

a night football game,
they, uh, they're--I guess--

I don't know if it's their
homework or what,

but we have a fireworks show
at each football game.

What this is, I'm actually
out of the Materials Science

and Engineering Department,
which of course is ceramic

and metallurgical engineering.

This is kind of, I think,
a stress relief

for our students.

This is non-technical, you know,
from the standpoint

of uh, a class.

But here, they can come
see what's really happening

with glass,
and we talk about it.

And I think they come over here,
they have this kind of

relaxing... they get
to chit-chat.

And they just get to experience
the material firsthand.

Missouri S&T has approximately
400 faculty members.

Ninety-nine percent are full
time tenured or tenure track,

hold their PhD or the highest
degree in their field.

I met a professor, um,
I didn't even have him.

I just, you know, just meeting
professors left and right.

And he had mentioned
the OURE program,

which is the Opportunity for
Undergraduate Research.

And so it's a really
cool program.

They pay you, like they give you
a stipend to do research.

And you get course
credit for it.

And so I did that with him.

And we kind of just came up
with the project together,

just brainstorming.

It wasn't--it was just fun,
just for a semester.

The S&T Miners compete
at the NCAA Division II level

in 13 different
intercollegiate sports.

Available university housing
includes two residential

colleges, six residence halls,
the Christian Campus house,

more than 20 fraternity
and sorority houses,

and university-owned apartments
for students over the age of 21.

Missouri S&T offers
incredible opportunities,

both in the classroom
and out of the classroom.

Over 200 different student
organizations, 16 different

student design teams,
everything from building

an internationally competitive
solar car, uh, solar houses,

dune buggies, and different
types of human powered vehicles

and robots, to the opportunities
to doing some things that

are really aggressive in terms
of outdoor activities

and sky diving.

And that's one of the really
neat opportunities here

is that by having so many
activities with a small number

of students, students can pretty
much get involved in almost

anything they want to do.

With mechanical engineering,
I've been approached by many

of the design teams for help
with the solar car,

with the SE Formula I team,
the heavy lift plane.

They're always looking
for people to help out.

And it really doesn't matter
what engineering you are,

they're always looking
for people to help.

Mechanical engineering just got
a brand new, gorgeous building

called Toomey Hall.

Um, the state-of-the-art
equipment there has absolutely

knocked me back, and I can't
wait to get into some of my more

hands on classes to really
work on those.

I'm involved in Engineers
Without Borders,

and I just got back actually
from a trip to Honduras.

And we got to--we built a tank.

We put up rainwater collection
systems, and we installed

twenty-one water filters.

It was amazing.

Want to strike gold?

Then lay claim to your future
at Missouri University

of Science and Technology.

Can you dig it?

I'm Shayna, and I'm staying
to explore some more.

See you topside.