The PhD Geosciences (Geology/Geophysics) degree program provides a curriculum that is designed to be relevant to many of today's advanced Sustainable Earth and Environment Science challenges and career prospects, as well as the opportunity to engage in state-of-the-art research with faculty and equipment (computational, laboratory, and fieldwork). Geosciences is one of the original and longest established academic programs at the University of Texas at Dallas.
The PhD Geosciences degree emphasizes research in several specialized areas of earth, environment, and natural resources science and is designed to prepare graduates for advanced leadership positions in industry, government, or academia. The department requires that a PhD dissertation will consist of a number of independent research contributions, most of which will be published in peer-reviewed geoscience journals.

