The graduate program in environmental science is a joint effort among the departments of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Rutgers, Chemistry and Environmental Science at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Biological Sciences at Rutgers and NJIT. Students may enter the program through Rutgers and earn a master of science (M.S.) degree or a doctoral degree (Ph.D.), including special tracks in geological sciences and biological sciences.
Graduate environmental science education at Rutgers is supported by faculty research focusing in soil geochemistry, air pollution, marine microbiology, and near surface geophysics. The program maintains a strong affiliation with the Meadowlands Environment Research Institute (MERI) located close to campus. The program is also associated with the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers–New Brunswick and the University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey.
