• Be passionate about research interests and have a background in remote sensing.
• Have a bachelor’s degree in Physics, Geophysics, Engineering or a related field. 
• Have solid programming skills (including C++ and Python)
• Possess strong scientific writing skills and high motivation to produce publishable results
• Have a very good command of English, both spoken and written. Internet-based TOEFL (93 with minimum of 20 in each category), Paper-based TOEFL (580 and TWE 5), IELTS academic (overall band score of 7.0 of the academic (NOT general) test with a minimum of 6.5 in each section).
• NB: Applicants with an English background or those from English-speaking countries are exempted from TOEFL/IELTS

The Simon Fraser University Scholarship offers the following benefits;

• Highly competitive 4-year funded Research Assistantship (RA) starting at CAD$20,000/yr (MSc) / CAD$24,000/yr (PhD) and increasing up to CAD$25,000/yr (MSc) / CAD$30,000/yr (PhD) e.g., after publishing a first paper.
• Through the School of Engineering Science’s Graduate Fellowship (GF) and/or Teaching Assistantship Program (TA), applicants generally receive an additional CAD$13,000/yr or more (this additional amount alone is sufficient to cover tuition fees).
• Exceptional creative freedom in research and potential collaborations across SFU departments and other universities
• Free access to all RADARSAT-2 satellite data and many other exclusive remote sensing data sets
• Top-notch equipment such as a high-powered experimental GPU server and our own airborne SAR sensor
• Passionate mentoring and supervision
• Optional: direct project based collaboration with MDA, with the potential of future career possibility