Missouri University of Science and Technology

university, Rolla, Missouri, United States

Also known as: Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy

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The Missouri University of Science and Technology, located in Rolla, Missouri, is a public university with a strong emphasis on science and technology. It was founded in 1870 as the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, making it one of the earliest technological institutions in the United States. Almost half of its student body is enrolled in the school of engineering. Key research areas at the Rolla campus include energy resource development, hazardous waste disposal, and global food supply. The city of Rolla itself originated around 1856 as a railway construction site and is situated in the Ozark Mountains.12

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…Mines and Metallurgy (now called Missouri University of Science and Technology), one of the first technological institutions in the United States; it was incorporated into the state university system in 1964. The campus at Kansas City was originally opened in 1933 as the privately owned University of Kansas City; it…
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…Mines and Metallurgy (now called Missouri University of Science and Technology), one of the first technological institutions in the United States; it was incorporated into the state university system in 1964. The campus at Kansas City was originally opened in 1933 as the privately owned University of Kansas City; it…
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