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

A ladybug on the leaf of a tall plant with purple flowers at the top.

'A discipline in which discovery is still very much in order'

Faculty and students in the Hitchcock Center for Chemical Ecology are making great strides in the field

A woman sits facing a computer screen, which has an imaging software open. There are three images with black, green and red.

Neuroscience program continues to build capacity

The program, started less than 20 years ago, has grown into one of the largest on campus

A black and white image of the Keck Museum, with text reading "Mining Museum, 1920" at the bottom. The museum was only one level at the time.

Nevada's rich mining history showcased in the Keck Museum

The museum has been on campus for over a century

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.