• PhD in Renewable Resources at the University of Alberta allows students to complete this course in 2 years.
  • It is an on-campus, thesis-based program offered on a full-time basis.
  • The program discovers and disseminate new knowledge about forests, rangelands, crops, wildlife, soils, and water.
  • The different degrees offered the department of the university is:
    • Master of Agriculture (Course-based)
    • MBA-MAg (Course-based)
    • MBA-MF (Course-based)
    • Master of Forestry
    • Master of Science (Thesis-Based)
    • Doctor of Philosophy (Thesis-based)
  • Graduate students can select from 18 thesis-based or course-based degrees in five different topic areas.
  • The topics areas are Conservation Biology, Forest Ecology and Management, Agriculture and the Environment, Reclamation and Restoration of Land and Water, and Environmental Soil Science.
  • The student-faculty ratio for this program is 21:1.
  • The major research areas of the Renewable Resources program are:
    • Biodiversity Conservation 
    • Enhanced Forest Management 
    • Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture
    • Land Reclamation, Remediation, and Restoration 
    • Soil Science
  • The University of Alberta offers many scholarship opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students with outstanding academic potential. 
  • The Renewable Resources Distributed Learning Centre is a multi-use, high-tech, smart video classroom designed to facilitate distributed learning, research collaboration, and professional education. 
  • The Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Alberta provides solutions to global challenges in the areas of agriculture, nutrition, the environment, and human ecology.
  • It conducts a robust research program that provides solutions to global challenges in the areas of agriculture and food, the environment, community and individual well-being, and bioresource innovation.
  • Job opportunities after PhD in Renewable Resources are Green Construction Manager, Renewable Energy Consultant, etc and the average salary goes up to 42,000 USD.