Master’s Opportunities in Remote Sensing in New Zealand

Simon Fraser University in Canada is offering fully funded MSc and PhD positions in remote sensing through the Synthetic Aperture Radar Laboratory in the Faculty of Applied Sciences. The research focuses on synthetic aperture radar, remote sensing, satellite data, programming, and radar-sensor research. Successful students may contribute to publishable research involving radar observations, satellite-data processing, and computational methods. Applicants should have a background in remote sensin...

The Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University is seeking a graduate research assistant for a PhD or two Master’s positions focused on cinnamon teal movement ecology. The project will track approximately 100 cinnamon teal using GSM-GPS units after capture at Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge in southern Nevada, a major bottleneck in the interior Pacific Flyway. Research objectives include estimating migration strategies and time spent at Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge, li...

University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences is offering a GeoSciences (Individual Project - Taught Pathway) MScR for full-time, on-campus study starting in September 2027 . This is a Masters by Research programme designed for students who want to develop an independent research project in Earth Science , Environmental Science , Geography , Geology , Geophysics , and related GeoSciences areas. Research themes mentioned include atmospheric and environmental sciences, geology and geophysics, huma...

New Master of Science in Forestry (MScF) opportunity at the University of New Brunswick in Canada . The project is titled High-throughput phenotyping black spruce stress resilience and is co-supervised by Dr. Funda Ogut (Canadian Forest Services) and Dr. Christopher Wong (ForEM). The research focuses on how climate change-driven drought and spruce budworm disturbances affect forest health and productivity, with an emphasis on improving resilience in black spruce populations. The successful candi...

Fully funded PhD and Master's positions are available in Coastal Engineering at the University of South Alabama , within the Coastal Hazards and Dynamics Group in the Department of Civil, Coastal, and Environmental Engineering. The research focus is on coastal hazards , coastal dynamics , coastal processes , remote sensing , and numerical modeling . This opportunity is a strong fit for students interested in engineering and geosciences applications to shoreline change, hazard assessment, and coa...

PhD and MS positions are available in Coastal Engineering at the University of South Alabama in the Civil, Coastal, and Environmental Engineering area, within the Coastal Hazards and Dynamics Group led by Dr. Hannah Spero . The research focus includes coastal hazards , hydrodynamics , remote sensing , field observations , and numerical modeling . These openings are a good fit for students with interests in coastal processes and geoscience/engineering applications. Eligibility mentions an undergr...

Texas State University is advertising a Graduate Assistantship (PhD/MS) with Dr. Konrad Hafen in spatial hydrology or riverscape assessment . The position is based in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and is aimed at a highly motivated student who wants to develop an original thesis or dissertation topic in water science. Research themes include riverscape mapping and analysis (e.g., lidar, UAS, river network topology, geomorphic assessments), spatial hydrologic modeling (GIS...

Graduate Student Opportunity (Ph.D. or M.S.) in the COMPOUND Flood Lab at The University of Texas at Austin , within the Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering. The lab is seeking one motivated graduate student to join in Fall 2027 . Research interests include compound flooding , debris–structure–wave interactions , and/or flood risk assessment , with methods spanning numerical modeling , machine learning , and remote sensing . Applicants from Civil Engineering ,...

M.S. and PhD graduate research opportunities are available at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (USA) in hydrology and Earth system science . The research group works on topics including hydrologic and land surface modeling , soil moisture and soil hydrology , evapotranspiration (ET) including satellite-based ET, satellite remote sensing and Earth observations , drought and hydroclimate , and applications in agriculture , forestry , and ecosystem science . Funding may be available for sele...