Graduate Students

The School of Earth Sciences welcomes your interest in our graduate programs. 

We are committed to educating a new generation of scholars who will reflect the diversity of intellectual perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds represented in society today. We offer disciplinary study within geology, geophysics, Earth system science, and energy resources engineering, and interdisciplinary study spanning the range of research areas within and beyond our school.

We encourage you to explore our departments and programs, and to contact individual faculty in your areas of interest.  WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2012-13 ACADEMIC YEAR.   

Department of Energy Resources Engineering

Degrees awarded: MS, Engineer, and PhD in Energy Resources Engineering; MS and PhD in Petroleum Engineering

• For more information, please see the Energy Resources Engineering Graduate Admission page
• Application deadline:  January 18, 2012

Department of Environmental Earth System Science

Degrees awarded: MS and PhD

• For more information, please see the EESS Graduate Admission page
• Application deadline:  December 13, 2011

Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences

Degrees awarded: MS, Engineer, and PhD

• For more information, please see the GES Graduate Admission page
• Application deadline:  December 13, 2011

Department of Geophysics

Degrees awarded: MS and PhD

• For more information, please see the Geophysics Graduate Admission page
• Application deadline:  December 13, 2011

Earth Systems Program

Degrees awarded:  BS, MS

• For more information, please see the Earth Systems coterminal MS page

Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER)

Degrees awarded: PhD in Environment and Resources; for students in Stanford's Graduate School of Business, Stanford Law School, and School of Medicine, a joint MS in Environment and Resources in conjunction with a professional degree (MBA, JD, or MD)

• For more information, please see the E-IPER admission page
• Application deadline for Ph.D. program:  November 29, 2011
• Application deadline for joint MS program:  Winter Quarter, 2012

For additional information, please contact Roni Holeton, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, at (650) 721-3383 or roni@stanford.edu