PhD - Doctor of Philosophy in Geography

York University

Their program is among the best in Canada, with exceptional faculty and students actively engaged in research both in the Toronto area and around the world. At the PhD level, you will complete courses and comprehensives within two years, leaving the rest of your time focused on your research and publishing.They are one of Canada’s leading graduate programs in Geography. Their recognized strength is in both biophysical processes and in critical human geography.Your fellow students are engaged in fieldwork from the High Arctic to South Africa to Southeast Asia, as well as in York’s hydrology, GIS/remote sensing, climatology and biogeochemistry labs.You’ll join a group of 65 students supervised by more than 30 professors whose area of expertise is linked to research institutes including the City Institute, Global Labour Research Center, the Centre for Refugee Studies, the Centre for Feminist Research, York Centre for Asian Research, and the Centre for Research on Latin America & the Caribbean. All of our graduate student receive financial support in the form of assistantships or scholarships. Most of our students also receive support for their fieldwork from graduate faculty members' research grants.

Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change