Overview

Through the Earth Sciences program of University of New Brunswick students have access to cutting edge labs and facilities; such as, the Laser Ablation inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry, geochemical and spectroscopic analytical facilities, geophysical equipment and software, electron and light microscopy, experimental petrology, sample preparation and thin section preparation (UNB Earth Sciences maintains one of the best thin section preparation facilities in Canada).

Our students work in a collegial environment and have a well-organized graduate student society (AGES). The Planetary and Space Science Centre (PASSC) have some graduate students that are directly studying lunar soil and Martian meteorites affected by the impact of asteroids and comets.

We generally have about 30-40 students that work with research-active faculty with strong links with provincial (NB-DNR) and federal (GSC) geological surveys.

Career paths

Our recent graduates have gone on to work mainly in the mineral exploration and petroleum sectors, geosciences, geophysics, and environmental geoscience consulting, government research in natural resources, academe.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Geological Precis
Directed Studies in Geoarcheology
Advanced Glacial Geology
Directed Studies in Quaternary Stratigraphy
Terrain Evaluation in the Geological Sciences
Directed Studies in Hydrogeology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-03 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-05 00:00:00

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Language

English

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IELTS

7

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Credits

60 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Fredericton, Canada

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

3

English requirements

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65

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7

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Other requirements

General requirements

Before applying, students are required to submit a preliminary application assessment, with a Statement of Interest (about 250 words) outlining the applicant’s research interests. The statement will then be circulated to faculty members. If a faculty member is interested in considering a student for admission, students will be asked to submit an application and submit it to scigrad@unb.ca.
Applicants to the research-based Masters program should hold a bachelor’s degree in geology or equivalent, first or upper second division, minimum GPA of 3.0/4.3 (70% or B). Applicants to the PhD program should have a masters degree with research-based thesis from a recognized university.
International applicants whose first language is not English will be required to submit language scores.

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Tuition Fees

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15606 CAD / year

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8469 CAD / year

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Living costs

Fredericton

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1100 - 2100 CAD / month

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