Program Overview

Geology, PhD

180 credits - Ph.D. degree

The program is a three-year academic graduate program (research-based graduate program) in geology at the Faculty of Earth Sciences. The program has a minimum of 180 credits and is a valid exam for the degree philosophiae doctor, PhD.

About studies

A doctoral program mainly consists of a study that ends with a doctoral thesis, which must be 180 credits. The doctoral program committee can require that a student in a doctoral program also complete courses. Credits for courses are added on top of the credits awarded for the doctoral project.

Admission requirements

• Graduate studies: MS degree from the Faculty of Earth Sciences or equivalent.
• More about the study in the syllabus.

Syllabus

The program is 180 units and is a validated exam for the degree philosophiae doctor, PhD.

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