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PhD Process Systems Engineering at University of Regina

University of Regina, Canada

Programme overview

The PhD in Process Systems Engineering is a research doctorate of 60 credit hours after a master's degree, or 63 credit hours after an MEng degree. Students pursue original research under a supervising professor in areas such as clean energy, catalysis and process optimization.

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

What you will study

Courses include advanced topics in CO2 capture (CO2 utilization, carbon finance), advanced transport phenomena (mass and heat transfer) and petroleum waste management. Research areas include greenhouse gas mitigation, heterogeneous catalysis and catalyst development, and petroleum refinery processes.

Career pathways

Process engineer, lead process systems engineer, control systems engineer, systems safety engineer, test engineer, engineering manager. Graduates are hired by organizations including SaskPower, SaskEnergy, Suncor Energy, Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Stantec, The Mosaic Company and the Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (doctoral): applicants normally must hold a thesis-based master's degree in the discipline and have academic credentials consistent with being fully qualified for doctoral-level graduate work. Applicants lacking the prerequisite background are not admitted as doctoral students and may instead be admitted at the master's level. Admission is competitive.

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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