Welcome and Information

Welcome to the School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong. The School is one of the most research active academic units in Australia for the Earth and Environmental Sciences. Our research feeds into high quality undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programs.  Please follow the links on this page for further information, or contact us.

Colin Murray-Wallace
Head of School

Contact Information

School office is located in Building 41, Room 154

Telephone:  (61) 2 4221 3721
Facsimile:    (61) 2 4221 4250

School of Earth & Environmental Sciences (SEES)
University of Wollongong
Northfields Avenue
WOLLONGONG NSW 2522 Australia

Research

Members of the School are actively involved in a diverse range of research areas in the Earth & Environmental Sciences, as members of GeoQuEST Research Centre, AUSCCER and/or CAS.

• Long-term environmental changes during the past 2.6 million years
• Coastal and marine environmental ecology, geology and geochemistry
• Quaternary geochronology
• Human interactions with the environment, past and present
• Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing
• Environmental remediation
• Social, Cultural and Economic Geography
• Archaeology and archaeological science

The School has a long-standing record of research support in these areas funded from National Competitive Grant Schemes and other funding sources. 

Postgraduate

We offer PhD and Masters research programs across all the discipline areas within the School.

A range of Coursework masters degrees, such as Master of Environmental Science.

Further information is available from the following link:  Postgraduate degrees 

Undergraduate

We offer the following flexible majors within the Bachelor of Science degree:  Human Geography, Physical Geography, Geology, Geosciences and the following prescribed majors:  Environment, Land and Heritage Management.

In addition, the School is a major contributor to the degrees of Bachelor of Environmental Science and Bachelor of Marine Science.

Further information is available at:  Undergraduate Degrees