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Environmental and Geomatic Engineering courses

Lakehead University
Duration : 1 Years
Intake : September, January
IELTS : 6.5
TOEFL : 80
PTE : 58
Level : Postgraduate
Tuition & fees : $ 27,000 CAD Per Year
Lakehead University Contact Details

1 Pace Plaza, New York, NY, 10038, USA
Email: intlgradadmission@pace.edu
Phone: +18667223338

* Please note that fees may vary. Always check the exact cost of the program and bear in mind likely additional expenses.

About Engineering: Environmental in Lakehead University

The MSc in Environmental Engineering provides a common curriculum to train graduates from Engineering and related Natural Sciences in providing effective solutions to environmental challenges faced by industries and communities.

Join the exciting interdisciplinary scientific community at Lakehead University to pursue an advanced study in the frontiers of environmental engineering! This unique Master of Science in Environmental Engineering program provides a dynamic and unique curriculum to train graduates from engineering and related natural sciences in providing effective solutions to environmental challenges faced by industries and communities. Our research-based masters program encourages exploration of the beauty of science and engineering by providing flexibility, supports, and guidance. Graduate students in our program benefit from a small class size, friendly working environment, and close supervision of international-caliber faculty members to achieve their dreams.

Our extensive research capabilities are supported by outstanding laboratory facilities, including a centralized instrumentation laboratory. Our faculty members and graduate students conduct cutting-edge research in both fundamental studies and applied science and engineering to address the global environmental issues, such as climate change, water crisis, and energy crisis etc.

Specific topics include:

Biorefinery and Bioenergy Production

  • Biodiesel, biofuels and biogas productions, lignin and hemicelluloses recovery, purification, and utilization, adsorption, fermentation, flocculation, and membrane separations.  

Geoenvironmental Engineering

  • Characterization, analysis and monitoring and remediation of contaminated sites, including electrokinetic remediation, and design and performance assessment of engineered barriers of waste containment.

Green Cements

  • Advanced cements and waste formulations using industrial waste materials and chemical admixtures to reduce the carbon footprint of construction activities.

Greenhouse Gases Reduction

  • Capture of CO2, Adsorption.

Water Resource Engineering

  • Physically-based modeling in hydrology and hydraulics, applications of advanced soft computing techniques in water resources, climate change impacts, and in-field monitoring, river dynamics, erosion and sedimentation, and hydraulic structures.

Water and Wastewater Purification

  • CFD modeling, electrochemical treatment, freeze-thaw processes, environmental biotechnology, membrane bioreactors, and photocatalytic reactors.

This unique program brings together faculty members from the disciplines of Chemical, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, Forestry, and Geology to enable students to carry out multidisciplinary course and thesis work. This approach helps students achieve an integrated understanding of the multifaceted components of environmental issues.

Academic qualification equivalents

  • A university degree in a related subject.

English language requirements (one of the below):

  • IELTS:  6.5 (no individual score less than 6.0)
  • TOEFL: iBT 80
  • PTE: 58 (no component score less than 50)

Lakehead University Highlights

University type Public
Rank 9th in Canada in undergraduate study
Courses 80 undergraduate and around 20 graduate courses
No. of Campuses 2 (one each in Thunder Bay and Orillia)
Employment rate  Average rate of 94%
Application Fee 101 USD1 for undergraduate courses
Accepted Tests GMAT/GRE
English Language Proficiency Tests TOEFL/IELTS or equivalent
Financial Aid for International Students Available as Scholarships and Bursaries

Lakehead University Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

Estimated idea of other living expenses excluding tuition fee are listed as follows:

Name of Expenditure Cost (in USD per year)
Avg.Tution Fees $17,800
Accommodation 2,250 to 5,475
Books and Supplies 1,875
Transportation (Bus Pass) 150
Groceries 2,250
Mobile 720
Others 1,080
Total 8,325 to 11,550

 

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