Overview

Study and research are in numerous disciplinary cores including geophysics and tectonics, marine and environmental geology, volcanology/geochemistry/petrology, mineral physics and earth materials, remote sensing, planetary science, and space technology are pursued with advisors in the Dept. of Earth Sciences or the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology. Students have access to a wide array of field sites, and world-class laboratory, computing, and ship-based research facilities.

Career

Students with Earth and Planetary Sciences graduate degrees from University of Hawaii at Manoa pursue careers in industry, government, or in colleges and universities. Geoscience frontiers and challenges of the future including assessing the causes and risks of natural hazards (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, land and beach degradation, sea level rise); understanding past and future climates, unraveling the evolution and composition of Earth's core, mantle, and crust; gaining knowledge about and managing natural resources (water, mineral, energy, beaches); and discovering processes of planetary bodies within, or well beyond, our solar system.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Master's Plan B/C Studies

Earth and Planetary Sciences Workshops

Equations of Geophysics

Explosive Volcanism

Theoretical Petrology

Petrology of Ocean Lithosphere

Disaster Management: Understanding the Nature of Hazards

Lava Flow Rheology and Morphology

Current Events in Volcanology

Submarine Volcanoes

Isotopes and Trace Elements

Graduate Teaching Geology

Graduate Seminar

Accelerated Geology

Statistics and Data Analysis

Advanced Field Study

How to Write a Scientific Paper

Coastal Geology

Electron Microprobe Analysis

Advanced Environmental Geochemistry

Numerical Modeling of Physical Systems

Geophysics–Solid, Fluid, and Wave Mechanics

Geophysics–Gravity, Magnetics, and Heat Transfer

Earth System Science and Global Change

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Honolulu, United States

Disciplines

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General requirements

Hold or expect to hold prior to matriculation a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited U.S. college or university, or an equivalent degree from a recognized non-U.S. institution of higher education.

Submit a copy of the passport identification pages, or a copy of the national identification card if a passport is not available.

Submit one transcript or academic record from each institution of higher education attended, including any study abroad or exchange programs, summer programs, and non-degree work and extension programs.

Applicants whose native language is not English are required to take English Language Proficiency.

Show proof of sufficient funding to cover all educational and living expenses, including expenses for any accompanying spouse or children.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

44864 USD / year

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Out-of-State

44864 USD / year

≈ 44864 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

20800 USD / year

≈ 20800 USD / year

Living costs

Honolulu

United States

1640 - 2500 USD / month

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