{"id":154560,"date":"2023-01-18T13:40:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T05:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/?page_id=154560"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:21:17","slug":"postgraduate-physical-science-geoscience-and-mathematics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/study-areas\/physical-sciences-geoscience-mathematics\/postgraduate-physical-science-geoscience-and-mathematics\/","title":{"rendered":"Postgraduate physical sciences, geoscience and mathematics\u202f"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explore our postgraduate courses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our postgraduate courses will help you to upskill to progress your current career or move into a new career that suits your aspirations. These include enduring areas of demand in physical sciences, geoscience and mathematics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Actuarial and Financial Science<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/curtin.edu.au\/study\/offering\/course-pg-master-of-science-actuarial-and-financial-science--mc-actfns\/\">Master of Science (Actuarial and Financial Science)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 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It enabled me to update my knowledge of economic geology topics related to the discovery and evaluation of ore deposits. <\/p>\n<p>(Senior Geologist \u2013 Exploration AngloGold Ashanti) <\/p>\n\n\n            <div class=\"testimonial__meta\">\n                                    <h4 class=\"testimonial__author\">Kofei Osei &#8211; Master of Science (Geology) <\/h4>\n                \n                                    <div class=\"testimonial__title\"><\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div>\n            <div class=\"testimonial\">\n                                    \n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\"\n             alt=\"A portrait image of the testimonial author\"\n             srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/cristian-aspect-ratio-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/cristian-aspect-ratio-1-1-406x370.jpg 406w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/cristian-aspect-ratio-1-1.jpg 406w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/cristian-aspect-ratio-1-1.jpg 406w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/cristian-aspect-ratio-1-1.jpg 406w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/cristian-aspect-ratio-1-1.jpg 406w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/cristian-aspect-ratio-1-1-406x240.jpg 406w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/cristian-aspect-ratio-1-1.jpg 406w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/cristian-aspect-ratio-1-1.jpg 406w\"\n             sizes=\"(min-width: 2560px) 2560px, (min-width: 1920px) 1920px, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px, (min-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 768px) 768px\" loading=\"lazy\">\n    \n            <div class=\"testimonial__content\">\n            <p>I chose to study a Master of Science in Geophysics at Curtin because I was looking for a university with an excellent academic reputation \u2026 Curtin was ranked number two in the world for minerals and mining engineering.  <\/p>\n<p>I have found the course very valuable with its strong industry links and access to first-class laboratories. <\/p>\n<p>Living in Perth has also been an unexpected bonus. The city is warm and welcoming and offers an incredible outdoor lifestyle. <\/p>\n\n\n            <div class=\"testimonial__meta\">\n                                    <h4 class=\"testimonial__author\">Cristian Camilo Moreno Gomez &#8211; Master of Science (Geophysics) <\/h4>\n                \n                                    <div class=\"testimonial__title\"><\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>    \n<\/mimas-block>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore our postgraduate courses Our postgraduate courses will help you to upskill to progress your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"parent":120713,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154560","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154560"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182678,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154560\/revisions\/182678"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}