Program Overview
This program will be attractive to students with engineering or science degrees (either recent graduates or those with some years of industry experience) who want to develop a deep understanding of sustainability from a systems perspective and how design choices can affect sustainability outcomes. Graduates of the Sustainable Systems Engineering (SUSE) PhD program will be prepared to identify the factors that lead to negative environmental impacts; envision and evaluate design options that can mitigate environmental impacts or regenerate the environment; and anticipate how these designs will be perceived by stakeholders. This includes systems relating to cities and communities, energy, materials, food, agriculture and biomass. Students will develop new knowledge on how to integrate principles of sustainability and regenerative design into complex systems. This interdisciplinary specialization is currently the only one of its kind in Alberta and in Canada. Completing this program
Key Program Features
- Graduate / Professional level.
Career Opportunities
Upon graduation, students will find themselves equipped with the knowledge and skills to define and identify design solutions to sustainability problems, consider stakeholder inputs in their evaluation and support implementation of solutions. They will also be able to identify where engineering design solutions are inadequate and broader policy interventions are needed. Their skills will support them in roles in government (e.g., modeling, public policy analysis and regulation, community planning), industry (e.g., product and process design, industrial decarbonization, strategic planning, supply chain management), and consulting (e.g., environmental and technology practices: cleantech, renewable energy (solar, wind, geothermal), green communities and infrastructure, sustainable design, sustainable food, agriculture and biomass solutions). A PhD in Sustainable Systems Engineering is usually considered a final degree. Thesis-based program Students are required to prepare a thesis and successfully defend in an open oral defense.
Program Curriculum
Detailed curriculum information is not available. Please check the university website or contact them directly for the most up-to-date course information.
Visit Program WebsiteAdmission Requirements
GPA A minimum of 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 point system, over the past two years of full-time study (a minimum of 10 full-course equivalents or 60 units) of the graduate degree. Minimum education MSc degree, or transfer from MSc program, or, in exceptional cases, BSc or BEng degree or equivalent. Work samples None Documents CV Research Proposal Reference letters Two Test scores None English language proficiency (ELP) An applicant whose primary language is not English may fulfill the English language proficiency requirement in different ways. For accepted criteria, please refer to the “Faculty of Science English Language Proficiency (ELP) Requirements” page in the Academic Calendar. *Please contact your program of interest if you have any questions about ELP requirements. GPA; A minimum of 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 point system, over the past two years of full-time study (a minimum of 10 full-course equivalents or 60 units) of the graduate degree.
Tuition & Financial Information
Detailed tuition information is not available. Please contact the university for the most current tuition and fee information.
Application Deadline
Topic may include Sustainability Principles in Engineering Practice, Systems Modelling, Simulation, and Analysis, Decision Making for Sustainability, Energy Systems Modelling, and Distributed Energy Sources/Remote Systems and Life Cycle Assessment.; An eight-month, full-time or twelve-month, part-ti
About University of Calgary
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
public research university located in Calgary, Alberta
University Profile- Application Deadline Topic may include Sustainability Principles in Engineering Practice, Systems Modelling, Simulation, and Analysis, Decision Making for Sustainability, Energy Systems Modelling, and Distributed Energy Sources/Remote Systems and Life Cycle Assessment.; An eight-month, full-time or twelve-month, part-ti
- Start Date September
- Language English
