Build your knowledge and strengthen your skills with the convenience of online learning!

From undergraduate summer courses to professional development and graduate programs, we offer a wide variety of online learning options.

Undergraduate Programs

Certificate in Mining Technologies

Whether new to the industry or a seasoned professional, the CMT can help you hone the competencies you need to succeed in today’s modern mining sector. This 6-course undergraduate program is offered entirely online in an asynchronous format. It is designed for engineers and professionals, science and engineering students, and graduates just entering the mining sector.

Undergraduate Courses

Summer Courses Online

Complement your degree or get ahead in your studies this summer with one of our online summer course offerings.

For a full listing of undergraduate online courses offered, please refer to the Academic Calendar.

To apply for Smith Engineering undergraduate online courses:

Graduate and Professional Programs

Graduate Diploma in Water and Human Health

The Graduate Diploma in Water and Human Health, hosted by the Beaty Water Research Centre, is designed to give recent graduates and professionals an enhanced understanding of the role of water in driving health outcomes and ultimately the sustainability of populations and communities.

Social Performance Management in the Extractive Industries

Social Performance Management in the Extractive Industries is an online graduate diploma program that supports collaboration between communities and extractive industries. In this program, you will explore the fundamental relationships that develop around the extractive industries, namely the relationships between industry, (Indigenous) communities, government, and the environment.

Graduate Courses

All graduate course listings are available on the departmental websites:

Professional Development Courses

Queen's Mining Online Professional Development Courses

Queen’s Mining offers self-paced online courses that allow you to deeply explore a single topic relevant to today’s mining industry—ideal for professionals working in, or adjacent to, the mining sector. These professional development courses are made for the modern mining workforce with unparalleled access to subject matter experts and industry leaders with significant expertise in online course delivery.

The Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining offers a wide array of online professional development and customized corporate training programs.

Resources for online learning at Queen’s