
Academic Programs and Degrees
Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering |
Undergraduate: Biosystems Engineering (B.S.)
Graduate: Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering (M.S., M.S. Accelerated, Ph.D.)
Agriculture and Resource Economics |
Undergraduate: Agriculture Economics and Management (B.S.); Environmental and Water Resource Economics (B.S.)
Graduate: Agriculture and Resource Economics (M.S.)
Atmospheric Sciences |
Graduate: Atmospheric Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.); Hydrometeorology (M.S., Ph.D.)
Chemical and Environmental Engineering |
Undergraduate: Chemical Engineering (B.S.)
Graduate: Chemical Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.); Environmental Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)
Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics |
Graduate: Water Resources (M.Eng.)
Geography and Development |
Undergraduate: Geography (B.A., B.S.); Regional Development (B.S.); Environmental Studies (B.A.)
Graduate: Geography (M.A., Ph.D., Ph.D. Minor); Geographic Information Systems (M.S.); Development Practice (M.D.P.)
Geosciences |
Undergraduate: Geosciences (B.S.)
Graduate: Geosciences (M.S., Ph.D., Ph.D. Minor); Economic Geology (PSM)
Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs (GIDP) |
Graduate: Arid Land Resource Sciences; Global Change (Ph.D. Minor); Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (Ph.D. Minor)
Hydrology and Water Resources |
Undergraduate: Environmental Hydrology (B.S.); Water Resources (B.S.); General Hydrology (Minor); Geohydrology (Minor); Water Resources (Minor)
Graduate: Hydrology (M.S., Ph.D.); Terrestrial Hydrometeorology (M.S., Ph.D.); Hydrology (Ph.D. Minor)
Natural Resources and the Environment |
Undergraduate: Natural Resources (B.S.)
Graduate: Fisheries Conservation and Management (M.S., Ph.D.); Natural Resource Studies (M.S.); Water, Society, and Policy (M.S.); Watershed Management and Ecohydrology (M.S., Ph.D.)
Soil, Water, and Environmental Science |
Undergraduate: Environmental Science (B.S., see website for focuses); Environmental Sciences (Minor); Soil and Water Sciences (Minor)
Graduate: Environmental Science (M.S.); Soil, Water, and Environmental Science (M.S., Ph.D.)
Water-related Research Facilities
Agricultural Research Centers
Functioning as a research platform for multiple departments, the Agricultural Research Centers at The University of Arizona provide a diverse laboratory space that focuses on providing solutions to agricultural problems and questions.
Research Centers
The University of Arizona maintains a wide variety of high-quality facilities available for learning and research. These facilities are listed below.
- Arizona Laboratory for Emerging Contaminants
- Arizona Meteorological Network
- Arizona Remote Sensing Center
- Biosphere 2
- Dean Carter Binational Center for Environmental Health Sciences (U.S.-Mexico Binational Center for Environmental Sciences and Technology)
- Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
- Underwood Family Sonoran Landscape Laboratory (Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture)
- Water and Energy Sustainable Technology (WEST) Center
- Water Quality Center Lab (Water and Environmental Technology Center)
- Water Resources Research Center
Research Groups
The diverse and esteemed research occurring at The University of Arizona is driven by a large set of scientists working in groups across campus in fields ranging from the social to the natural sciences.
- Arid Lands Resource Sciences
- Climate Science Applications Program
- Ecohydrology and Hydrometeorology Lab
- Environmental Biogeochemistry Group
- Environment, Exposure Science and Risk Assessment Center (Public Health)
- International Water Security Network blog
- Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
- Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO) at Biosphere 2
- Santa Catalina Mountains & Jemez River Basin Critical Zone Observatory (Soil, Water and Environmental Science)
- School of Natural Resources and the Environment
- Water and Energy Sustainable Technology (WEST)
- Water Research And Planning Innovations for Dryland Systems (RAPIDS)
- Water Resources and Policy Group
- Water Resource Management (Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering)
Student Clubs & Organizations
Student clubs present an opportunity to interact with water topics outside of academic research through community service, competitions, and outreach events.
- Engineers Without Borders-USA University of Arizona Student Chapter
- Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences Students Association
- Soil, Water, and Environmental Science (SWES) Club
- Water Resources and Policy Group (graduate students)
- Student Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
- Students for Sustainability
- Hydrocats
- Energy and Climate
- More student clubs