Know your planet
Every student should leave Stanford knowing something about the planet they live on and how it can be sustained for their lifetime and future generations. Undergraduates may take just one course, register for a field trip, or go on to major.
Many of the most pressing problems facing humanity today involve Earth and its resources. At Stanford Earth, you can learn about processes and issues surrounding energy, freshwater and food, the impacts of climate change and natural hazards, the distribution of natural resources, and the history of our planet. You will also gain valuable data analytic skills along the way.
Meet Stanford Earth
Our students make up a welcoming, diverse, and collaborative community.
Undergraduate degree programs
At Stanford Earth, students may major in one of four undergraduate degree programs.
What we offer
At Stanford Earth, undergraduates can engage in field learning on all 7 continents. They have access to a wide range of opportunities from one-credit intro classes to advanced computational geoscience instruction and research with faculty.
A sampling of our introductory courses
Challenges we tackle
For more information...
...about the Earth Systems Program, the largest undergraduate degree program in the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, contact student services officer Anahid Babekian at anahids@stanford.edu or +1 650-725-7427.
For more information...
...about our undergraduate majors in Geophysics, Geological Sciences, or Energy Resources Engineering, or our graduate degree programs, contact Audrey Yau, Educational Affairs Program Director in the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences at audyau@stanford.edu or +1 650-497-0942.