Laurentian University is located in Sudbury, along the southern margin of one of the world's largest and oldest meteorite impact structures, with easy access to a wide variety of other geological environments in northern Ontario and northeastern Quebec, including the supergiant magmatic nickel-copper-platinum group element deposits in the Sudbury Basin, the giant volcanic-associated massive copper-zinc-lead sulfide deposits in the Timmins and Noranda areas, the rich gold veins in the Timmins and Kirkland Lake areas, superbly-preserved Archean volcanic and sedimentary rocks in the Abitibi greenstone belt, the Grenville metamorphic terrain, and Lower to Middle Paleozoic marine sedimentary sequences on Manitoulin Island.
This wide diversity of geological environments offers unparalleled opportunities for field-based instruction and research in economic geology, mineralogy, volcanology, igneous petrology, metamorphic petrology, and environmental geology. The Department offers a range of graduate degree programs focusing in these areas.
Professional Associations - Free membership dues for students
Association of Professional Geoscientists (APGO) - http://www.apgo.net/
Please visit the APGO website for more information on registration requirements.
The Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC) and the Department of Earth Sciences (DES) at Laurentian University in Sudbury have initiated a long-term research program to take a new, modern look at the Sudbury Structure. The program will involve geological, geophysical, and structural mapping of igneous, volcanic, and metamorphic host rocks, country rocks, and ores, including a wide variety of spectacular impact breccias, with subsequent petrographic, mineralogical, geochemical, petrological, and isotopic studies.
We invite applications from outstanding students and recent PhDs with a keen interest in any of the above fields to apply for several MSc, PhD, and post-doctoral fellowships in the program. For more information please click here.
The faculty of the Department of Earth Sciences at Laurentian University invites exceptional students to participate in some outstanding research projects that will expand the boundaries of scientific knowledge in the areas of Mineral Deposits and Precambrian Geology.
For further information visit our Graduate Research Opportunities web page or contact the M.Sc. Coordinator, Dr. Bruno Lafrance, at blafrance@laurentian.ca or the Ph.D. Coordinator, Dr. Michael Lesher (mlesher@laurentian.ca).
Graduate Programs
Graduate Program Forms & Information
Applications for Thesis-based Master of Science, Applied Master of Science in Mineral Exploration, and Ph.D. in Mineral Deposits and Precambrian Geology are all available through Laurentian University's School of Graduate Studies on-line application web page: http://horizon.ouac.on.ca/laurentian/grad/e. Please contact the Office of Admissions (admissions@laurentian.ca) for more information regarding application forms and instructions.
Information for the Geology graduate programs are listed below: