Overview
About the program
Graduate students in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Manitoba enter a vibrant scientific culture and find themselves in a department with a strong sense of identity and community.
Research topics include:
- Mineralogy and crystallography
- Environmental mineralogy and geochemistry
- Sedimentology and quaternary studies
- Invertebrate paleontology
- Crustal and mantle geophysics
- Applied/environmental geophysics; petrology and tectonics
- Mineral deposits
- Arctic, marine and freshwater systems
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Earth Systems of Central Canada
- Geophysics of the Earth's Crust and Mantle
- Remote Sensing in the Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Advanced Petroleum Geology and Geochemistry
- Advanced Seismology
- Isotope Geology and Geochronology
- Hydrothermal Petrochemistry
- Advanced Paleontology
- Advanced Clastic Sedimentology
- Geophysical Imaging and Data Processing
- Advanced Carbonate Sedimentology
- Advanced Instrumental Techniques in Geology
- Electromagnetic Methods in Geophysics
- Environmental Geophysics
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- The normal entry requirement is the equivalent of an MSc in earth sciences. Students with MSc degrees in related fields may be accepted by the Graduate Admissions Committee providing their planned degree program involves studies in the earth sciences.
Applications are submitted online and must include the following before they will be reviewed by the admissions committee:
- $100 application fee (non-refundable)
- Statement of intent
- Statement of funding
- GRE (optional)
- The name of your preferred supervisor
- Three letters of recommendation from academic sources different from advisor
Tuition Fee
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International
5906 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2953 CAD per semester during 48 months. -
National
5906 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2953 CAD per semester during 48 months.
- continuing fee (from year 3 on): $553 per term
Living costs for Winnipeg
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