Welcome Prospective Doctoral Students!

The Department of Earth System Science (ESS) at UC Irvine offers a fully-funded Ph.D. program for students interested in exploring the science of the Earth as a system. Students are admitted to a Ph.D. program, which includes a heavy emphasis on research. Graduates of the program have gone on to become post-doctoral scholars, faculty, and leading researchers.

As you are exploring the graduate program, if you have any questions, please contact Professor Charles Zender (Graduate Advisor) or Morgan Sibley (Student Services). 

You are also welcome to call ESS at (949) 824-8794, or visit us at 3200 Croul Hall.

"In the ESS graduate program, I'm doing ecosystem research that requires snowshoeing in the Sierra winter and trekking through the Mojave summer. The interdisciplinary program allows me to broaden my research topics across fields which makes my results more meaningful and relevant. I feel very lucky to have the chance to do something that's not only ridiculously fun but potentially important to understanding global change." Anne Kelly conducting fieldwork at Deep Canyon, California. Image courtesy of Anne Kelly, UC Irvine Department of Earth System Science