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.

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Happening at the College of Science

Four students smile in front of a building with their arms around one another.

Nevada ENDURE students shine after graduating

The program provides a paid stipend to undergraduate researchers

A person holds a lizard in their hands while a child strokes the lizard's back with their finger.

Museum of Natural History preserves Nevada's flora and fauna for future generations

'We are small but mighty'

An aerial shot of the Truckee River east of Reno.

The Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology nears its centennial year

Outgoing director Jim Faulds shares some of the bureau’s impressive accomplishments

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.

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