我们是一个高度跨学科的部门，在地质，地球物理学，地貌学，矿物学，地球化学，古生物学，古生物学，微生物学，土壤学，海洋和大气科学，水科学和环境健康科学等各个领域都拥有出色的研究计划。教师和学生正在解决有关地球以及影响我们的环境和生活的过程的基本问题。我们的研究生可以与其他部门，大学，研究中心和博物馆建立紧密联系的世界一流教师。我们提供具有竞争力的博士学位。奖学金计划，使我们的学生可以完全专注于他们的研究。对于希望发展教育技能的候选人而言，存在教学机会。该系在博士学位授予方面有着出色的往绩。学术机构的毕业生。
Students conduct highly interdisciplinary research across fields that include geophysics, geomorphology, geochemistry, paleobiology, microbiology, soil science, ocean and atmospheric science, and environmental health. Students also take advantage of our faculty's research connections to departments of Biology, Physics and Chemistry in the School of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics and the Department of Materials Science in the School of Engineering, and the Center for Excellence in Environmental Toxicology in the Perelman School of Medicine, as well as other departments. Our research employs a wide range of modern to cutting-edge research instrumentation housed in our department, in the Singh Nanotech Center at Penn, and in other locations on campus. We offer generous graduate fellowship packages that provide students ample time to focus on research as well as gain valuable teaching experience. Our graduates find rewarding careers in academia, consulting, private industry, and government.