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PhD Industrial Systems Engineering at University of Regina

University of Regina, Canada

Programme overview

The industrial systems engineering graduate programmes at the University of Regina train students to analyze and optimize industrial systems using analytics and mathematics, with specialisations in manufacturing, control, process engineering and energy systems. The PhD is 60 credit hours after a Master's degree or 63 credit hours after an MEng degree. Faculty research covers topics such as CO2 absorption in packed columns and membrane contactors, system risk and reliability, infrastructure management, fossil and bio-fuels processing, and human factors engineering.

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science  |  Duration: 4 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

What you will study

Doctoral students work with faculty on research in areas such as numerical simulation of nonlinear dynamic systems, greenhouse gas mitigation, high efficiency gas separation processes, metallurgy and microstructures, using the faculty's carbon capture, vibration, catalyst development and value-added manufacturing laboratories.

Career pathways

Graduates work at organizations such as the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources, Suncor Energy and SaskTel.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (doctoral programmes): applicants normally hold a thesis-based Master's degree in the discipline and must have academic credentials consistent with doctoral-level study; there is no probationary or qualifying category at doctoral level. Admission is competitive. International applicants need recognised English proficiency test results unless exempt.

Requirements published at faculty 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. Applications are made online through the application portal.

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