The Graduate Program in Mineral Resources and Hydrogeology focusses upon the application of research at the frontier of geological knowledge in order to train students in the areas of natural and hydric resources. The Program offers two concentration areas:

Hydrogeology and Environment and Mineral Resources and Environment. Both areas incorporate methodological development of geotechnologies (geostatistics, geophysics, georeferenced information and remote sensing). The Hydrogeology and Environment area covers hydrogeochemistry, 

isotopic hydrology and the handling, evaluation and use of subterranean hydric resources, as well as the development of methodologies for reducing the risk of contamination and remediation of soils and aquifers and for studies of spatial planning including the use of  geoprocessing techniques.

In the area of Mineral Resources and Environment, studies involve  the geological, geochemical and isotopic characterization of mineral deposits in order to understand their origin and evolution and to assess mineral resources and propose metallogenetic, prospective and exploratory models in important mineral provinces.