At University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, PhD in Chemical and Materials Engineering is offered as a doctorate in Chemical Engineering programme. The programme is delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 10,519 per year.
This PhD in Chemical and Materials Engineering combines advanced coursework, seminars, ethics training, and a defended thesis across three specializations: Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, and Process Control, with students able to pursue more than 13 research areas including energy, corrosion, nanomaterials, and reaction engineering. The defended thesis is the capstone requirement, culminating in independent research intended to produce an original contribution to the field. Fall admission deadlines are April 1 for international applicants and August 15 for Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with winter deadlines of October 1 and December 1 respectively. The program is research-intensive and full-time, with one-on-one faculty mentorship and interdisciplinary, industry-linked collaboration, delivered on campus at the University of Alberta's Edmonton campus in the Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering. It suits candidates with strong research interests seeking academic research careers, industry research and development, government laboratory work, or technical leadership roles in energy, materials, or sustainability.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:3.00 / 4.0
Admission Requirements: This PhD in Chemical and Materials Engineering follows the department's minimum admission GPA of 3.0 on the University of Alberta's 4-point scale, calculated over the last 60 units of graded coursework or the equivalent of the last two years of full-time study; applicants entering directly from a bachelor's degree without a master's must instead present an average of at least 3.5 over the same period. Qualified applicants holding degrees in other fields of engineering are considered. English Language Proficiency, required unless exempted: IELTS Academic 7.0 overall with no band below 6.0, TOEFL iBT 92 overall with no section below 21 for tests before 21 January 2026 (5.0 overall with no section below 4.5 on the revised scale thereafter), CAEL 65 overall with no subtest below 60, or PTE Academic 62 overall. Fall (September) applications close 1 April for international and 15 August for Canadian/permanent-resident applicants; Winter (January) applications close 1 October and 1 December respectively.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply directly to the University of Alberta, not through a provincial service: for Fall 2027 entry the application window opens 1 October 2026 and the deadline for most programmes is 1 March 2027, though several limited-enrolment programmes close earlier (Juris Doctor, 1 December 2026; Dental Hygiene, 1 November 2026) or later (Bachelor of Design and BFA programmes, 1 May 2027); Spring and Summer 2027 admission also opens 1 October 2026, while Winter intake is limited to a few programmes. International applicants use the identical published dates and online application; the university states no separate international closing date. The 1 March deadline is firm and late applications are not accepted, but admission decisions are then issued on a rolling basis, and offers made before 1 April must be accepted by 1 May 2027. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
