Mining Engineering PhD program

Key facts:

• Working closely with industry partners, our faculty and students work to improve the efficiency, sustainability, safety, and cost of mining operations.

Programme Structure

• All courses must be taken at the graduate level. For this minimum academic requirement, three term courses must be taken within, and one term course must be taken outside the Department of Mining Engineering.
• In certain cases, the number of courses required will be larger than the minimum.
• The department must approve the selected academic program.
• The comprehensive examination, an assessment of the student's understanding of the major areas of Mining Engineering, must be taken by all PhD candidates and may, under special entrance requirements, be required to be taken in two parts.
• Should an entering PhD student's background in mining engineering or related disciplines be deemed insufficient, a designated program of study and/or completion of general knowledge examinations (first level comprehensive examination) will be required.

Admission requirements

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

• TOEFL iBT: 88
• PTE Academic: 65
• IELTS: 7

Other requirements

General requirements

• A master's degree in Mining Engineering. Applicants with a master's degree in a cognate science may be admitted.
• Applicants whose native languages do not include English will be required to obtain satisfactory standing in an English Language Proficiency Test as part of the application process and before final acceptance is granted.

Key information

Duration

• Full-time: 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

• Starting September 2027 — apply before March 2027
• Starting January 2028 — apply before July 2027

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Kingston, Canada

Disciplines

Mining, Oil & Gas