Geophysics at Victoria is grouped into two themes - Solid Earth Geophysics and Meteorology. Meteorology courses are taught in conjunction with staff from New Zealand MetService, which is based in Kelburn, only five minutes from campus.
Geophysics research interests include meteorology and forecasting methodologies, geomagnetism, magnetotellurics and palaeomagnetism, earthquake seismology and earthquake recurrence, fault mechanics and the state of stress in the Earth, active source seismology and tectonics, anisotropy or the crust and mantle and lithospheric structure.
The Masters programme comprises two parts and is normally completed in two calendar years.
- Part 1 (the first year) involves course work and a research preparation course.
- Part 2 (the second year) is a full-time research project, leading to a thesis.
