Prospective Graduate Students

Thinking About Graduate Studies?

Our graduate programs combine outstanding academic preparation with specialized technical and research skills to put you at the top of your field post-graduation. Engage in original research, develop a network of professional contacts, and learn to collaborate across disciplines as you work to address some of the world's most pressing social and environmental problems. Leading-edge research and teaching faculty contribute to a welcoming and collegial graduate experience, where individual mentorship and rigorous academic preparation go hand-in-hand.  

Research themes in climate change, critical geographies of race & indigeneity, environmental change, feminist geographies, geographical information sciences. geographical political economies, innovation in geography teaching, spatial health, the city, and water in the earth system allow you to delve deeper into areas of specific interest.

*Times Higher Education’s (THE) 2022 University Impact Rankings (read SFU article)

Programs

Choose from the following graduate level programs:

Graduate Careers

Our alumni work across many different sectors in positions related to public policy development, land use planning, resource management and conservation, environmental consulting, GIS, and urban and regional planning, among others. Graduates of our programs are also employed in academic positions at post-secondary institutions and research institutes around the world.