If you are applying for a master's or doctoral position with LRIGS follow the steps listed immediately below in the order shown.
STEP 1
Review the terms of reference for graduate students found here. If accepted into the program you will be asked to sign a copy of the document to demonstrate your agreement with all that it says.
STEP 2
Contact the LRIGS Coordinator to discuss your eligibility for admittance to LRIGS, potential supervisors and research projects.
STEP 3.
Find a supervisor who agrees to accept you as a graduate student. The LRIGS Coordinator will have discussed potential supervisors with you and the list can be viewed here. Find someone conducting research that matches your interests and then consider working with the LRIGS Coordinator to make contact or contacting that person directly yourself. In both instances the purpose of the initial conversation will be to introduce yourself, to determine if your research interests are compatible and to determine if the potential supervisor can accept you as a student because he or she has space on his or her research team and research funding to support you. If making initial contact on your own, let the potential supervisor know that you are interested in working with him or her through LRIGS. Only proceed to STEP 4 once you have a supervisor with whom you've discussed a research project that will satisy the criteria found here.
STEP 4
If your supervisor is in Renewable Resources follow these instructions:
Complete an online application with the University of Alberta Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (FGSR).
You can apply online here.
On the program page select the following options:
- Select “Renewable Resources” when asked “What department are you applying to?”
- Select either “Master of Science (Thes)” or “Doctor of Philosophy” when asked “What program are you applying to?”
- Select “Land Reclamation & Remediation” when asked “What specialization or study field are you applying to?”
The rest of the process should be completed as per your individual circumstances.
If your supervisor is in Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES) follow these instructions:
Graduate student applicants to the LRIGS program through REES are typically already enrolled in REES and are close to completing their course requirements. Please skip ahead to STEP 5 below.
If your supervisor is in Biological Sciences follow these instructions:
Complete an online application with the University of Alberta Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (FGSR).
You can apply online here.
On the program page select the following options:
- Select “Biological Sciences” when asked “What department are you applying to?”
- Select either “Master of Science (Thes)” or “Doctor of Philosophy” when asked “What program are you applying to?”
- Select whatever your supervisor tells you to select when asked “What specialization or study field are you applying to?”
The rest of the process should be completed as per your individual circumstances.
STEP 5
As soon as possible after completing the online application with FGSR (including payment of any fees) put together an application package that consists of the following:
- LRIGS application form (available here). Fill out most of this form online then print a copy to sign and date in ink. (The LRIGS application form is an editable pdf document. To fill it out, you may need the most recent version of Adobe Reader which you can download free from http://get.adobe.com/reader/. If your computer cannot support this software please contact us at michal.guzowski@ualberta.ca.)
- Responses to questions on the LRIGS application form.
- Transcripts from all post secondary institutions attended. The transcripts can be official or unoffical copies.
- Up to date curriculum vitae.
- Two letters of reference from current or past employment supervisors or academic instructors or supervisors. Both letters must be current, targeted specifically to LRIGS, and must include the referee's assessment of how the applicant ranks, percentage wise, in comparison to the referee's past and current students or employees.
- One letter from the proposed LRIGS supervisor. It needs to confirm that research funds are in place for the applicant, comment on the research proposal, describe the interactions and communications that the proposed supervisor has had with the applicant to date and describe the proposed supervisor’s general assessment of the applicant’s strengths.
- A scanned or forwarded copy of the email you received from FGSR that confirms the successful submission of your online application to the University of Alberta for admission to graduate studies.
You can scan and email your completed LRIGS application materials from STEP 5 to the LRIGS Coordinator, at michal.guzowski@ualberta.ca, or mail the application materials to the LRIGS Coordinator at:
Mr Michal Guzowski
Coordinator, Land Reclamation International Graduate School (LRIGS)
855E General Services Building
Department of Renewable Resources
Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H1
Please email or mail the LRIGS application materials from STEP 5 on the same day that you complete STEP 4, the online application with FGSR.
Applications will be accepted throughout the year.
Applications are encouraged from all interested individuals. Those individuals satisfying the selection criteria found here are most likely to be admitted to available positions in the program. LRIGS follows the procedure found here when making selection decisions.
If you would like to begin the program on September 1 then the LRIGS Coordinator needs to receive your application package by February 1 of the same year. We will reply with an acceptance decision by April 1 or the next business day.
If you would like to begin the program on January 1 then the LRIGS Coordinator needs to receive your application package by June 1 of the previous year. We will reply with an acceptance decision by August 1 or the next business day.