 The department was established in 1957 for imparting the diploma in Mining and Mine Surveying Engineering (a sandwich course).It was converted to a degree program in 1996 with an annual intake capacity of 20 students.The students with 10+2 as minimum qualification are admitted through RPET (State level admission test, now RPET has been replaced by REAP (Rajasthan Engineering Admission Process)) and AIEEE (National level admission test).