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 Geographical Information Science.
Visit us in Alfred Nathan House for information and advice on your degree, your enrolment, fee payments, how to find your way around the campus, Campus Card, visa renewals and more.
The effects of climate change on the lands of the Pacific are more complicated than tiny islands disappearing into the sea. Professor Paul Kench and his team have discovered some atolls are actually growing in size.
According to the 2018 QS World University Rankings by subject, geography at the University of Auckland is ranked 29th in the world. 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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Curious kids explore the super STEM Fair at MOTAT
23 April 2018MOTAT was inundated with a gaggle of excited and curious young scientists in early April at the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) Fair -
New PhD Leadership Development Programme launches this month
20 April 2018Four doctoral candidates from the Faculty of Science have been accepted into a new leadership development programme with The New Zealand Leadership Institute (NZLI). -
Funding to investigate potential seismic sources in Auckland
06 April 2018Dr Jennifer Eccles has been awarded a Planet Earth Fund grant from the Scientia Trust to investigate potential seismic sources in Auckland. -
Building more houses does not make them affordable
21 March 2018Professor Laurence Murphy says relying on simply building more houses is not an effective pathway to generating affordable housing as the market is very good at producing market prices. He discusses the challenges of Special Housing Areas with NBR.
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Risky rivers: benthic cyanobacterial blooms and toxin production Event as iCalendar
28 May 2018, 1 - 2pmIn this seminar, Dr Susie Wood (Coastal and Freshwater Group, Cawthron Institute, Nelson) will detail research that aimed to identify what makes a river susceptible to Phormidium blooms at a national scale, and factors that promote proliferations at a regional, river and mat scale.
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Apply now for a 2018 graduate teaching assistant opportunity
01 February 2018The Faculty of Science invites expressions of interest from postgraduate students for Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) positions in 2018.
