Geological engineering

Applicants for the M.S. in geological engineering program must meet the following degree-specific admission requirements:

• Education Level: Bachelor's
• GPA: 3.0
• GRE: No
• TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo: 79/6.5/115 (for applicants whose education was completed in countries where English is not an official language)
• Number of References: Three

Program availability

• Concentration: Thesis
• Semester intake: Fall, Spring, Summer
  • Eligible for international admission
• Deadlines: General application deadlines

Visit Graduate Admissions to learn more and start your application.

Civil and Environmental Engineering contact: Andrew Tranmer; andyt@uidaho.edu

Graduate Admissions contact: graduateadmissions@uidaho.edu, 208-885-4001

Find Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty advisor contacts.

To learn about various ways to fund your graduate degree, check out Graduate Funding.

For detailed information about the cost of attendance, visit Financial Aid.

National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology — Conduct research with faculty in one of the region’s leading transportation institutes, reducing the environmental impacts of transportation-related operations and improving the durability and sustainability of the nation’s transportation infrastructure.

Idaho National Laboratory Graduate Fellowship Program (INL)— Recipients of this competitive fellowship receive full coverage of tuition and fees during their first three years of graduate school. INL covers tuition, fees and a $60,000 annual salary during the final two years of their doctoral research, to be conducted at INL.

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Graduate Fellowship Program — These year-long salaried assignments offer hands-on experience in nuclear security and nonproliferation. Administered by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and open to all engineering disciplines.

NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) — $25,000 fellowship programs that contribute to NASA’s mission of exploration and discovery. Open to full-time graduate and doctoral students.

National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) — For outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees.

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship — Three-year fellowship with full coverage of tuition and all mandatory fees, including a monthly stipend and up to $1,000 a year in medical insurance.

DAAD Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE Professional) programs — RISE Professional offers summer research internships in Germany to master’s and Ph.D. students at companies and non-university research institutions with strong relations to industry.

For more funding options, visit the College of Graduate Studies’ funding website.

This program could be a good fit if you:

• Hold an undergraduate degree in a related field
• Have a strong foundation in math, physics and science
• Are interested in geology
• Enjoy working in the outdoors
• Like to solve complex problems

Areas of emphasis:

• Transportation engineering
• Environmental engineering
• Ecohydraulics and water resources engineering

Clubs and organizations

Our college offers 20+ clubs and organizations tied to international and national engineering organizations, including national competition teams.

Learn about clubs related to your major:

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA)
• Humanitarian Engineering Corps (HEC)
• Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)