At Mackay, it's understood that education goes beyond just the textbook and classroom. That's why we're not just a school but a state-of-the-art research facility where students have the opportunity to turn knowledge into applied practice.

Mackay Buildings
The Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering is housed in five buildings:

• Mackay School of Mines
  Home of the Mackay Director's office, W.M. Keck Museum and DeLaMare Library.
• Scrugham Engineering/Mines
  Home of the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
• Laxalt Mineral Engineering
  Home of Mining Engineering, Geological Sciences and Engineering, the Nevada Seismological Lab and the Arentz Student Center
• Laxalt Mineral Research
  Home of Mackay faculty offices, classrooms and labs
• Mackay Science
  Home of Geography and the Nevada State Climate Office

Other Facilities
Mackay also has its very own student center, museum and library.

Arentz Student Center
Dubbed the official "Mackay Student Space," the Arentz Student Center provides Mackay students with 24-hour access to a study center complete with computers, microwave oven, space to spread out and space to get comfortable. And, the Arentz Student Center is home to Mackay's Coordinators of Student Services, Elizabeth Ball and Leslie Rumph

W.M. Keck Museum
Voted "The best tourist attraction tourists seldom see" in 2004 by the Reno News & Review , the W.M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum features an impressive collection of minerals, ores, fossil specimens and photographs in addition to mining related relics. The museum is also home to many pieces of the stunning Mackay Silver Collection, completed in 1878 by Tiffany & Co. for John Mackay.

DeLaMare Library
The official library of Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, the DeLaMare Library specializes in materials relating to earth sciences, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, geological, mechanical, metallurgical and mining engineering, and computer science. Additionally, the library houses the Mary B. Ansari Map Library, which includes over 137,000 maps!