Doctoral

Discover ways to manage, mitigate, and avoid environmental issues

Doctoral level programs are offered through the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, the School of Public Health, and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Administered by the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs:

Environmental Policy (Ph.D.)

Gain research and analytical skills to produce knowledge and helps address complex problems including climate change, clean energy, manufacturing and chemical regulations, and policies related to poverty and justice.

Environmental Science (Ph.D.)

In an interdisciplinary research setting, train in basic and applied sciences with the objective of improving society’s understanding of environmental issues and helping to manage, mitigate, and avoid those issues.

Administered by the School of Public Health:

Environmental Health (Ph.D.)

Learn to conduct original lab- or field-based research and to share your research by publishing in professional journals and presenting at conferences, and work closely with faculty whose research addresses some of the most urgent environmental health issues today.

Administered by the College of Arts & Sciences:

Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior (Ph.D.)

Train in the evolutionary, ecology, and behavioral processes that underlie patterns of life and diversity while focusing on discoveries in basic science and their research applications.

Geography (Ph.D.)

Learn geographic theory and technical and methodological skills necessary for research, while concentrating on Climate and Environmental Change; Food and Agriculture; Geographic Information Sensing and Remote Sensing; Cities, Development and Justice; or Water Resources.

Geological & Atmospheric Sciences (Ph.D.)

A four or five year research focused degree in atmospheric sciences, climate science, and geoscience, on topics such as weather forecasting, green energy and solutions, big data science, air quality, environmental impacts and risk management, geoengineering, or climate modeling, as well as the study of past, present, and future climates.

Geological Sciences (Ph.D.)

Work with faculty on multidisciplinary research interests, including Biogeochemistry; Geobiology, Geoanthropology, and Geoarchaeology; Sedimentology and Stratigraphy; Geophysics, Structural Geology and Tectonics; Near-Surface Processes and Environmental Geosciences; Economic Geology; and Mineralogy.

Sustainable Energy Science (minor)

Study the physical science that under-pins energy use and supply while drawing on interdisciplinary expertise to understand the scientific basis of sustainability and the implications of energy use.