Established in 1885 to develop mineral industry in the Midwest region of USA, SDSMT has come a long way to emerge as one of the leading technical educational institutions worldwide.

Having a campus in Rapid City, South Dakota housing academic blocks, residence halls, laboratories, playfields and recreational areas, SDSMT is a home to over 2500 students and faculty drawn from 40 states of the US and 27 countries. A favorable faculty to student ratio of 1:14 provides an environment for in-depth student faculty interaction. The school houses sixteen academic departments and offers more than 35 degree programs at the baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral levels. Small, interactive classes equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and laboratories are the characteristic of educational excellence at SDSMT.

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SDSMT has an excellent track record at job placements and has been consistently outperforming several other top US universities like Harvard, Yale and Cornell.

Placement statistics for 2011-12 :

Placement Rate.                  96%
Average Salary Offer(BS)  $62,696

SDSMT beats Harvard at job placements