Main navigation
- Programs
- Subjects
- Universities
- Destinations
- Advice
The ESE doctoral program educates students to address core challenges in environmental science and engineering. These challenges transcend conventional academic disciplines and operate across spatial dimensions from planetary to community levels. Participants develop comprehensive understanding of Earth's environmental systems, encompassing atmospheric, oceanic, and biological spheres. They specialize in selected concentration areas, advancing toward original dissertation research. Mirroring the program's cross-disciplinary approach, faculty collaborate across the Divisions of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Engineering and Applied Science, and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.
Applicants must have completed a bachelor's degree or the equivalent before beginning graduate study.
Applicants whose native language is not English and those who have had no formal instruction in English will be required to take a test to evaluate English proficiency. Please refer to "Required Tests" for a list of the GRE reporting requirements and the English proficiency exams currently accepted. The admissions committee may also consider research papers, publications and other original work.