ABOUT THE NICHOLAS SCHOOL

Duke Environment provides a unique opportunity for aspiring environmental leaders to pursue their passions. We bring together bright, talented, and ambitious people from across the globe whose interests vary from conservation to climate change and everything in between. They’re not just pursuing a job. They’re purpose-driven individuals who look beyond themselves to pursue a career that makes a positive contribution to the environment and the world.

Here in Durham, North Carolina, they work within one of the most active environmental communities in the country. They collaborate with highly motivated students, pioneering faculty, and working professionals as they pursue meaningful and impactful careers in an ever-changing arena that’s ripe for improvement and disruption. Our students graduate as leaders—capable of affecting change, spurring innovation, and inspiring others to action.

THE SCHOOL MISSION

The Nicholas School’s mission, creating knowledge and global leaders of consequence for a sustainable future, is informed by ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½â€™s theme of knowledge in the service of society and motivated by the need to restore and preserve the world’s environmental resources while adapting to a changing climate and a growing population with aspirations for rising standards of living. We strive to fulfill this mission by:


Creating Global Leaders through
an undergraduate academic program designed to spread understanding of the Earth and the environmental ethic to a new cadre of Duke graduates.  A professional masters program that trains a new breed of environmental professionals working in the public, private, and non-profit sectors with the skills needed to devise and implement effective environmental policies and practices, and

A Ph.D. program dedicated to adding to a new generation of world-class scientists, researchers, and educators in the environment;

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basic, applied, and multidisciplinary research in the relevant physical, life, and social sciences designed to expand our understanding of the Earth and its environment;

using the intellectual resources and capital amassed in research and education to address three of the most challenging environmental issues confronting society:

Climate and Energy

  • Terrestrial and Marine Ecosystems
  • Human Health and the Environment