About the department
Located in the heart of Montreal, we are home to a diverse and dynamic community of faculty, staff, undergraduate students, graduate students and alumni. Bridging the natural and social sciences, we provide a distinctive and incisive perspective on the world through our research, teaching and graduate training in three core areas: geography, urban studies and urban planning, and environmental science.
Faculty, staff, students and alumni pose for a group photo to celebrate the Department's fiftieth anniversary.
Faculty members
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Staff, news & events
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Department features
Skills-based programs
You will learn techniques and skill building in cartography, computer design, geographic information systems, statistics, and field work
Multidisciplinary
Not only do we teach and study three disciplines, our programs will connect you to many related departments across the university.
Top 10
According to the Canadian Association of Geographers Directory, we are the 3rd largest undergraduate geography program in Canada and have the largest number of Master's students of any Geography department in Canada
New PhD
In 2016-2017 our first cohort of students entered our PhD program in Geography, Urban Studies and the Environment.