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Explore your Earth!

EAS has some great summer field courses

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Faculty Opportunities

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Positions in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington

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News + Events

Cody Kirkpatrick

IDS Interview with EAS Faculty and Students on Climate Change

Chen Zhu

EAS Professor Chen Zhu honored as an IAGC Fellow

Douglas Edmonds

EAS Professor Doug Edmonds received a Guggenheim Fellowship

K12 Student Geoengineering Summit on the IU campus

Douglas Edmonds

Dr. Doug Edmonds WTHR interview on Jonesville, IN flooding

IU Faculty Travis O'Brien interviewed by the Indianapolis Star

Paul Staten

EAS Associate Professor Paul Staten received the Trustees Award

Brian Yanites

Research by Dr. Brian Yanites featured in IU News

There's a new podcast featuring Dr. Paul Goddard

EAS Professor Claudia C. Johnson featured in College News

Juergen Schieber

ScienceAdvances published a paper Co-authored by EAS Professor Juergen Schieber

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Innovative research = enthusiastic teachers

Our department is an international leader in teaching and research. We offer an excellent student-teacher ratio with small class sizes in a collaborative environment. Our research spans the enormity of geological time in geographic realms far and wide: from the tropics to polar regions, continents to oceans, Earth's surface to deep beneath it, and to the Moon and Mars.

In the Earth on the Rocks podcast, you can listen to our faculty members describe their research and how they came to be geoscientists.  A new episode is added every Friday morning.

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Our undergraduate degrees

We offer a wide range of interdisciplinary undergraduate degrees, including several majors, a minor, and a certificate.

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Our graduate degrees

Our four graduate programs encourage multidisciplinary studies that bridge diverse topics. The GRE test is no longer required for graduate applications. Please visit our application page for the updated requirements.

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The world is your classroom

Our students participate in life-changing field experiences in the U.S. and around the world, including at IU’s own Geologic Field Station in Montana. In field courses, you’ll engage in hands-on learning and scientific study to better understand our Earth—past, present, and future. When you’re in the classroom, you’ll investigate topics that range from meteorology to mineralogy, paleontology to geology, and the history of our Earth to its future sustainability.

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Gain skills employers want

Our programs are designed to equip you with a wide breadth of geoscience knowledge and translatable skills to prepare for a variety of 21st-century career paths. Our graduates pursue careers in the energy and environmental industries, research, education, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and more.

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Successful, engaged alumni

Our large alumni network is supportive of our department and our students. Their contributions have helped students gain field experience, access cutting-edge resources, locate internship and job opportunities, and more. We’re proud of their successes and grateful for their support.

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