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MSc Earth Sciences at University of Regina

University of Regina, Canada

Programme overview

A research-based master's in earth sciences supervised closely by faculty. Earth Sciences MSc and PhD focus on hard rock, soft rock, geofluids, mineral and hydrocarbon resources and environmental geoscience, with fieldwork in the Canadian Shield and access to the Saskatchewan Subsurface Core Facility. Graduates are eligible to register with professional geoscientific societies in Canada.

Faculty: Faculty of Science  |  Department: Department of Earth Sciences  |  Duration: 2 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

What you will study

Supervised research plus graduate courses such as GEOL 811 Advanced Mineralogy, GEOL 840 Topics in Sedimentology, GEOL 843 Recent Advances in Petrology, GEOL 850 Topics in Structural Geology and GEOL 874 Geology of Fluids.

Career pathways

Mineral exploration companies, geological surveys, energy and mining, hydrogeology and environmental services, academia.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (Master's): a four-year bachelor's degree (or equivalent) with a graduating average of at least 70% (2.67/4.00 for international credentials); admission is competitive. International applicants need proof of English proficiency unless exempt.

Requirements published at program group level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate terms: Fall (September-December), Winter (January-April) and Spring/Summer (May-August). The application portal opens in the first week of August for Fall, the first week of February for Winter and the first week of April for Spring/Summer, in the year before the start.

Undergraduate terms: Fall (September-December), Winter (January-April) and Spring/Summer (May-August). Indigenous Education and Nursing do not admit to the spring/summer term; Bachelor of Social Work admits to the fall term only.

Faculty of Graduate Studies programmes without their own deadline: Spring/Summer March 1, Fall July 1, Winter November 1. Some programmes have their own deadlines, for example Aging Studies March 31, History March 31, Anthropology January 31 (Fall) and September 30 (Winter), English February 15 (Fall) and October 15 (Winter). Applications are made online through the application portal.

The graduate application fee is $125, paid online before documents can be uploaded.

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