UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMs
Get your UBC degree in earth & environmental sciences, freshwater science, geography, or sustainability. Go on to graduate studies or one of the many careers possible in earth and environmental sciences.
FEATURED STUDENT
Uncovering Links
Master’s student Rebekah Ferguson researches the effects of wildfires on the black huckleberry — a key cultural and food plant for Indigenous communities.
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GRADUATE PROGRAM
Our graduate programs offer research-based degrees to students in a collegial, close-knit setting. Our high-calibre graduate students dedicate themselves to bettering our world through research.
RESEARCH
We seek to positively impact global society through research and training in earth, environmental and geographic sciences in areas that include water resources, mineral exploration, tectonics, natural hazards, global change and sustainability.
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- Grasslands key to burrowing owl expansion amid climate change, UBC Okanagan study finds
- Advanced wildfire research could save billions, protect vital power supply
- UBCO researcher examines how wildfires can transform rivers
- Learning to live with wildfire
- UBCO researcher investigates how panda cubs communicate with their mother
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