Overview

Key features

Your Geography degree at University of Victoria, British Columbia will be research-focused and supplemented with course work.

Focus your research in the areas of human geography, physical geography, human-environment interactions, or geomatics. UVic’s location on Vancouver Island gives you easy access to marine and alpine ecosystems, freshwater wetlands, rivers, lakes and a temperate rainforest for fieldwork.

The MA and MSc programs are designed to develop your independent research abilities. You’ll focus on a specific area of geography under the supervision of a faculty member. Our research strengths include:

Coastal systems
Geomatics
Human geography
Physical geography
Resources management

Your research will culminate in a thesis, which you’ll defend in an oral exam. You’ll have the opportunity to get out into the field, apply to work as a lab instructor, and attend the department’s colloquium presentations and other departmental events.

Areas of focus

Coastal systems
Human geography
Physical geography
Resource management
Geographic information sciences

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Geographical Research Approaches

Research Design in Geography

Advanced Spatial Analysis and Spatial Statistics

Qualitative Methods in Human Geography

Advanced Quantitative Methods

Directed Studies in Geography

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

60 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Victoria, Canada

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Required

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General requirements

Admission to the departmental graduate program is normally granted only to students having Honours or Major degrees with first or second class standing in geography (at least a B+ average; 6.00 GPA). Students from the British Isles, for example, are expected to have obtained at least an upper second class Honours degree. A promising student lacking such qualifications may be allowed to make up this deficiency, being required to register as an unclassified student.
As part of the application requirements for graduate programs in Geography, all applicants must submit a brief letter of intent outlining their study background and areas of research interest.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

5602 CAD / year

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Citizens or residents

4442 CAD / year

≈ 4442 CAD / year

Living costs

Victoria

Canada

1490 - 2092 CAD / month

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Funding

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