Earth Science and Engineering (ErSE)

In the Earth Science and Engineering (ErSE) ) program at KAUST, Faculty, and their students engage in interdisciplinary research to understand and model geophysical and geological processes of our complex dynamic planet. The ErSE curriculum provides graduate-level education in Earth Sciences and their applications in four distinct specializations represented by four tracks:

Geophysical Fluids and Climate System Science
Geophysics
Geology
Machine Learning in Geosciences

The program offers opportunities for MS and PhD students, focusing on modern computational and advanced data analysis methods, and laboratory and field experiments to study geoscience problems. Depending on the chosen track, students in the ErSE program receive broad training in numerical methods, mathematical modeling, geophysics and/or geology. MS students can participate in scientific research activities, including computational and mathematical modeling or field- and lab study projects (MS with Thesis). PhD candidates in the program conduct original research to be publised in high-ranking international peer-reviewed journals.

Program Chair

Sigurjon Jonsson- sigurjon.jonsson@kaust.edu.sa

Graduate Program Coordinator (GPC)

Karema Alaseef- karema.alaseef@kaust.edu.sa

Earth Science and Engineering Degrees