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The Department of Geosciences, along with its cross-disciplinary programs and research centers, forms Princeton University's core hub for studying Earth systems, atmospheric phenomena, ocean science, and environmental research. The department brings together a broad spectrum of scientific knowledge and projects aimed at investigating our planet's interior composition, climate patterns, living ecosystems, atmospheric layers, marine environments, land formations, and their complex interactions across geological time. Offering comprehensive academic coverage, the Department of Geosciences strongly encourages collaborative, multidisciplinary approaches to learning and discovery. Those pursuing studies in structural geology, earthquake science, planetary evolution, chemical geology, geological dating, rock formation, mineral properties, marine biology, microbial ecology, chemical cycles, fossil studies, ancient ocean conditions, historical climate patterns, or environmental earth sciences will discover extensive research and educational resources available in Guyot Hall's laboratories.
To be eligible for admission to the Graduate School applicants must, before they are enrolled, hold a bachelor’s degree or its foreign equivalent from an accredited college or university. (Foreign equivalents may in some cases have a normal program length that is shorter or longer than four years. No degree that has a normal program length shorter than three years will be considered equivalent to a bachelor's degree.)
Admitted students who score below an 8.0 on the speaking subsection of the IELTS will be required to take an English placement test at Princeton.
Masters applicants who are required to take the TOEFL must score a minimum of 28 on the spoken part of the TOEFL in order to be considered for the program.
Application Deadline: January 3.