UPEI Graduate Assistantship Program 2024

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Host: University of Prince Edward
Open: Two Masters of Science (MSc) Positions in Environmental Sciences (ESC) or Sustainable Design Engineering
Duration: 2 Years
Open To: Postgraduate Students (Masters)
Benefits: 21,000 CAD per year • Mac/Lenovo laptop • Opportunity to travel
Deadline: Not Specified

The MSc degree of the University of Prince Edward Island requires the demonstration of a reasonable mastery of a concentrated field of study. The latter is attested by the achieving of satisfactory standings in the minimum number of graduate courses required by the respective Faculty, the completion of a research project, and the writing of a thesis based upon the research. There will be considerable interaction and co-operation among the departments/faculties to provide courses and research facilities to meet the needs of individual students and their research projects.

A minimum of two graduate-level courses and one seminar are required. The successful candidate will contribute to research on drought, soil moisture monitoring, and environmental changes using imagery and datasets on Planet and Google Earth Engine platforms

The students will be hosted by the UPEI in Charlottetown Campus with some travel to the School of Climate Change and Adaptation in the St. Peter’s Bay area, accessible by free daily shuttles. Some occasional field trips might become necessary.

Required Skills and Prerequisites:

• Excellent English writing skills, capable of learning and communicating ideas clearly
• Background in hydrology, civil engineering, environmental engineering, computer science, or applied statistics and mathematics
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• Strong desire to study regional and global environmental change and modeling approaches
• Strong computer programming skills in R or Python and desire to learn and expand computer skills in AI, LaTeX, Bash commands, and Linux.
• Publish in peer-reviewed journals.

Benefits:

• New Mac or Lenovo/Linux laptop or desktop (student’s choice);
• Opportunity to travel to at least one conference (AGU or EGU) as of the second year to present findings and results;
• Additional entrance scholarship from the School of Climate Change and Adaptation or the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering;
• Graduate students can apply to become Teaching Assistants (TAs);
• Regular group and one-to-one meetings to enhance students’ social and verbal scientific communication skills, to ensure progress, growth, and career planning.

Eligibility:

• You must fulfill the entry requirements for Master’s or Ph.D. studies at the UPEI. In the following it must be understood that the standard of reference is the typical Canadian university curriculum and university system.

Admission to a graduate degree program as a regular student is granted, on recommendation of the Department concerned, to:

The holder of a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree, or a four-year honours or majors baccalaureate or its equivalent, as set out below; or

1. The minimum requirement for admission to graduate studies in the Faculties of Science and Veterinary Medicine is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree, or equivalent; or a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree, or Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) degree, or equivalent, normally of four years’ duration, in an honours or majors program or equivalent from a recognized university or college, the applicant having achieved an average of at least second-class (“B,” i.e., 70% to 79.9%) standing in the work of the last four semesters or the last two undergraduate years.

Students are expected to be proficient in the use of English, both written and oral, when they begin their studies at the University of Prince Edward Island. Please review the English Language Requirements for graduate programs.

Please refer to the UPEI Academic Calendar for complete admissions information.

General inquiries should be addressed to Prof. Sara Sadri at ssadri@upei.ca. For more information about the group, visit https://projects.upei.ca/crc-sara-sadri/

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Application deadline: for Fall intake July 1; for Winter intake November 1; for Summer intake March 1.

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