Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences | Jackson School of Geosciences (original) (raw)
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is among the largest and most academically diverse programs in the world, emphasizing global field work and the Jackson School’s world-renowned research institutes, the Bureau of Economic Geology and the Institute for Geophysics.
News
Events
Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar Series
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
DeFord Lecture | Dr. Karen McKinnon
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Boyd Auditorium (JGB 2.324)
Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar Series
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar Series
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar Series
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Research & Education Programs
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences seeks to answer some of the fundamental questions in earth science and address some of the most pressing issues of the 21st century for the benefit of society.
Founded in 1888, UT Austin’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences—the academic unit of the Jackson School of Geosciences—is one of the oldest, largest, and most prestigious geoscience programs in the world. The graduate program in the top ten nationally for Earth sciences, the only program in Texas with this distinction.
With over 45 faculty members and a research program addressing the most pressing issues of the 21st century—climate, water, energy transition,natural resources, or natural disasters—while exploring fundamental questions in Earth and planetary sciences, the Department is among the largest and most academically diverse in the world. The Department offers unparalleled field, computational and analytical laboratory research opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students—one of the largest combined enrollments of any major geosciences program—and has over 5,000 alumni.
Undergraduates
Want to study the Earth? Find your future? Make a difference? We offer an unparalleled undergraduate experience featuring the benefits of a small college within a major university.
Graduate Students
This is an exciting time to pursue a graduate degree with the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. It’s among the largest and most academically diverse programs in the world, with a strong emphasis on global field work.