Live a Life of Discovery.

At the College of Science, our accomplished faculty, inventive students, leading researchers and scientific pioneers take on complex challenges and unearth groundbreaking solutions for problems we all care about.

Explore science degrees

Happening at the College of Science

Four people stand in front of a research poster, talking.

Nevada NASA Space Grant recipients share progress on projects

Students in three colleges received funding for their research projects

An artist's illustration divides the image with a red barrier in the lower left corner and a dark blue material in the upper right. Red dots are located in both regions, but blue dots are only located in the upper right region.

200-year-old prediction of Fourier confirmed in extreme plasmas for the first time

Discovery reshapes our understanding of heat transfer in extreme materials, with implications for inertial confinement fusion and high-energy-density science

A man wearing a suit holds a model of a molecule outside in bright sunlight.

Mechanisms for silencing duplicated genes revealed in recent article

Biology professor utilizes bioinformatics techniques to advance understanding of genetics

Building a future of discovery, together

We are a college of accomplished faculty and inventive students, leading researchers and scientific pioneers. Every day, these great minds take on complex challenges and unearth groundbreaking solutions for problems we all care about. Imagine where we could go if we work together to support them. Will you join us?

The Mackay School

Explore degree programs and other opportunities within the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, an academic division within the College of Science.

Learn about the Mackay School
Mackay statue in front of the Mackay Mines building on the University campus.