Montana Tech of the University of Montana

Educational Resources

Libraries

United States Patent and Trademark Depository Library (USPTDL); U.S. Government Depository Library (Partial); Montana State Government Depository Library (Partial); Foreign and State Government Documents related to mining and geology; US Geological Survey Collection; US Bureau of Mines Collection; Montana Bureau of Mines Collection; Montana Superfund Collection; 188 volumes of Montana History and mining history; Roger V. Pierce Memorial Art Collection; Pealow Ivory Collection;

• Member of library consortia.
• 161,187 books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents.
• 495 current serial subscriptions.
• 368,000 microforms.
• 38 Audio/Visual items.

Museums & Art

Mining Museum, Mineral Museum

Computing

Requirements

• Students are required to take a computer course.
• Students are not required to own or lease a computer.
• Recommended computer operating system: Microsoft

Campus Resources

• 500 computers for student use in locations such as computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center
• 20 Internet connections in libraries.
• 300 Internet connections in Laboratories.
• 100 Internet connections elsewhere on campus.

Student accommodations

• Email accounts are available to all students.
• Internet access is available to all students.
• Student web-pages are permitted.
• Online class registration is available.
• 90% of college-owned hosting units are available for internet access.

Wireless Internet Hotspots

• Wifi is available in some classrooms, in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing
• Campus wireless internet hotspots are not available.
• Approximately 1,500 students can be on the network at once.

Services

Basic

placement service, health service, health insurance

Remedial

math

Counseling

career, personal, veteran student, academic, older student

Career

co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 28% of students live in school housing.
• The school does not provide assistance for off-campus housing.

Types of housing available

• 15% of housing units are Singles.
• 47% of housing units are Doubles.
• 16% of housing units are Triples.
• 22% of housing units are Apartments.
• 0% of of housing units are some other type.
• In total, there are 3 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 33% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 90% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 65% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: International Dinner; Homecoming; M-Days; Commencement ; Campus Talent Show ; Club Rush ; Career Fairs, Bed Races
• Student activities: pep band, radio station, student government, student newspaper, yearbook
• In total, there are about 53 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Theta Tau; Tau Beta Pi; Sigma Rho, Sigma Beta Delta
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Baptist Student Union, Catholic Campus Ministry
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) International Club
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Associated Students of Montana Tech (ASMT); Students Activities Committee (SAC); Ski/snowboarding club ; Society of Petrolum Engineers ; Society of Minning Engineering ; American Society of Civil Engineers
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) Technocrat (every 2 weeks)

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Butte, Burt Moody Airport (5), Bozeman (83)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Shelby (237)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Butte (2)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 80% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 20% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 2,000
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

• There are 0 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• 0% of students are fraternity members
• There are 0 sororities
• 0 sorority houses
• 0% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Offered on campus
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Not offered

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, smoking prohibited