About New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech and formerly New Mexico School of Mines) is a public university circles in Socorro, New Mexico. It offers higher than 30 bachelor of science degrees in technology, the sciences, engineering, management, and puzzling communication, as well as graduate degrees at the masters and doctoral levels.

Socorro (/səˈkɔːroʊ/, sə-KOR-oh) is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is in the Rio Grande Valley at an height of 4,579 feet (1,396 m). In 2010 the population was 9,051. It is the county chair of Socorro County. Socorro is located 74 miles (119 km) south of Albuquerque and 146 miles (235 km) north of Las Cruces.