University of Manitoba - Clayton Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources - Graduate Students - Advice
Graduate Students - Advice

The Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources offers graduate training in both disciplinary and interdisciplinary formats. Many of these programs have been offered in the past through other academic units, and bring with them well funded, established researchers.

Master's and Ph.D. programs are available in:

All graduate programs in the Riddell Faculty are thesis-based.

For some programs, one of the requirements for admission is finding a supervisor for your studies, and you will only be able to submit your application successfully once a supervisor has been secured. For other programs, it is not a requirement, but still strongly recommended.

Before contacting advisors or applying, we suggest reading this advice about choosing an advisor and a research topic, compiled by faculty members across our departments. 

When contacting potential advisors, ensure that your inquiries are clear and well-written, that you have demonstrated a knowledge of the supervisor’s research, and that you include salient points (e.g. academic qualifications, relevant work experience and publications). If a particular supervisor has been recommended to you by a faculty member at another institution, mention this early in the e-mail. Keep in mind that professors receive hundreds of inquiries annually. If, after several attempts, you do not receive a response, it is a good indication that the prospective supervisor is not interested in accepting another graduate student at this time. 

For Information on application requirements or the graduate admission process, please contact the Department or Units directly:

Department of Environment and Geography
Celia Mellinger
Graduate Program and Alumni Coordinator
riddell.graduate@umanitoba.ca
204.474.6183
      
Department of Geological Sciences
Celia Mellinger
Graduate Program and Alumni Coordinator
riddell.graduate@umanitoba.ca
204.474.6183

Natural Resources Institute
Dalia Naguib
Graduate Program Administrator
Dalia.Naguib@umanitoba.ca
204.474.8373