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Earth Sciences (PhD)

Advance your knowledge of earth and environmental sciences.


Why choose this program?

Launch a professional career in resource or environmental industries, a research or technical position, or advance your studies in earth sciences, engineering, law, education, and other professional fields. The cooperative atmosphere among Dalhousie’s science departments offers you unique advantages for collaboration.

Careers

You will be equipped for research or teaching careers in the university, government, or resource sectors. Many of our PhD students go on to post-doctoral research at Dalhousie and many other institutions around the world.

Admission requirements

You'll need to meet the Faculty of Graduate Studies minimum requirements as well as any program-specific admissions requirements before you can apply.


Financial information

At Dalhousie, we want our students to focus on their studies, rather than worry about their personal finances. We offer competitive tuition rates and funding programs to support graduate students in almost all of our degree programs.

Program options

Thesis: Pursue independent and original research guided by a supervisor to develop and defend your thesis. 

All graduate programs at Dalhousie are collaboratively delivered by a home Faculty and the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

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