Welcome to the School of Environment
The School of Environment is the place to study and research in Geography, Earth Sciences (Geology), Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Geophysics and Geographic Information Science.
Where will coral reef-fringed coastlines become uninhabitable from wave-driven flooding? Scientists have developed an efficient and accessible tool to find out.
Doctoral candidate Benjamin Simons talks about his research community's love of volcanoes, their knowledge of geology and the volcano "World Cup" - a knock-out-style tournament pitting volcano against volcano.
After gaining admission to a programme of study and accepting your offer of place online, you can enrol for courses. Enrol early to get into the courses and class times you want. Find out more.
Our research and teaching addresses the earth surface and subsurface, climate, social, economic and cultural processes that shape our world. Learn more by visiting Our school.
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Meet the new Science Scholars director
06 December 2018Dr Rhys Jones of the Department of Statistics has been named director of the innovative Science Scholars programme at the University of Auckland. -
University of Auckland science research attracts major funding
08 November 2018Three of 15 leading-edge research projects within the Faculty of Science at the University of Auckland have attracted funding from this year’s Marsden fund. Find out more. -
Distinction awards presented to top environment researchers
02 October 2018The School of Environment hosted its annual Research Distinction Awards evening on Tuesday 2nd October 2018. -
Women in science – a celebration of NZ pioneers
19 September 2018Pioneering women scientists who helped pave the way for others are being honoured as part of Women’s Suffrage 125 celebrations by having the University of Auckland’s science departments and schools named after them for one week.
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Around the world in 80 whales Event as iCalendar
10 December 2018, 1 - 2pmIn this seminar, Dr Emma Carroll will talk about her work on the genomic analyses of several globally distributed marine mammals. Her work is aimed at developing better genomic monitoring methods for long lived species.
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Apply now for a 2019 graduate teaching assistant opportunity
03 December 2018The Faculty of Science invites expressions of interest from postgraduate students for Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) positions in 2019. -
Two scholarships available for masters students
14 November 2018The New Zealand Antarctic Research Institute and the RSNZ Marsden Fund are providing scholarships for two new masters projects. Find out more.
