Prospective Students
The Stanford School of Earth Sciences consists of 51 faculty members housed in four departments and two interdisciplinary programs,
which grant Master of Science, Engineer, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. In this environment interactions among faculty, students, and staff across departments and beyond the school are possible and are as important as those within departments.
Student Body
The graduate student body in Earth Sciences is made up of approximately 250 students; 43 percent female and over 45 percent from foreign countries. Our students represent a variety of socio-economic, racial/ethnic, and cultural backgrounds.
To Apply
For an application for graduate studies in the Department of Environmental Earth System Science, visit Stanford's Graduate Admissions website. For additional information, please contact the EESS student services manager, Lynsey Reys.
Using the EESS Database:
- At least 48 hours after you have submitted your application, you may access the EESS admissions database.
- Click on the link under the "Updating Application" section.
- Type the e-mail address entered in your application into the specified field.
- Within 30 minutes, you will receive an automatically generated e-mail, containing a list of application components, their receipt status and one-time links to a page where you can upload your: A. plain text Statement of Purpose; and B. your unofficial transcripts.
Student Transcripts
Note that transcripts with multiple pages must be uploaded as a single PDF. You may upload documents and request receipt status updates more than once, though you will have to once again visit the URL above, enter your e-mail address and await the automatically generated e-mail with a new one-time link.Funding
All Ph.D. candidates within EESS are provided full financial support for the first four years and generally for the duration of their doctoral work. There is limited funding for MS students. Individual health insurance is also subsidized for all graduate students.
Student applicants should have their transcripts mailed to:
- Lynsey Reys
Environmental Earth System Science Student Services
Y2E2 Building, Room 140
473 Via Ortega, Stanford CA 94305-4215.