MSc in Agroecology in Madison United States | University of Wisconsin-Madison

Established in 2007, UW-Madison's Agroecology MS program educates students to investigate and evaluate farming systems through comprehensive environmental and socioeconomic lenses. Based in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, the program collaborates with faculty from nearly 20 different campus departments.

Each year's class typically includes 8-12 students from varied academic backgrounds. These graduate students partner with professors on specialized research projects spanning multiple academic disciplines. The core coursework unites these scholars for cross-disciplinary, agroecological examinations of agricultural systems within expanded frameworks.

This program benefits from the interdisciplinary agroecology cluster, which recruited three foundational faculty members in 2002: Michael Bell (Community and Environmental Sociology), Claudio Gratton (Entomology), and Randall Jackson (Agronomy). These continuing faculty members initiated what has grown into a network of over 50 affiliated professors who mentor students and help guide program development.