Earth Science and Biodiversity
The Graduate Program in Earth Science and Biodiversity offers a comprehensive curriculum of advanced study and research, from the Master's to the Doctorate degree, in environmental science, ecology and geoscience. Through its association with PSL’s research laboratories and CORAIL Laboratory of Excellence (LabEx), the graduate program offers a Master’s degree in which research plays a central role. Students may also choose elective courses designed to improve their transdisciplinary skills and broaden their curriculum.
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Subjects
Ecology
Biodiversity
Geophysical environment
Geochemical environment
Humanities
A five-year track from Master’s to PhD
Upon entering the Master’s degree program, each student will define their scientific project with the graduate program's faculty and researchers. Students will have an academic advisor and will be heavily involved in research throughout the program.
Choose your Master’s degree and define your academic path
The graduate program offers the following Master’s degrees:
Enhance and customize your academic path: elective courses
Complementary university-wide courses
Graduate program students at both the Master’s and PhD level have access to university-wide trainings in core competencies, both introductory and advanced, designed to supplement their academic study.
Those complementary university-wide courses, available in all of PSL’s component schools, are eligible for ECTS credit.
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Career opportunities
Trained in and through research, PSL alumni find numerous employment opportunities in the public, private and entrepreneurial sectors as well as in the academic world.
Pursue a PhD
Doctoral research is conducted in a PSL laboratory. Training is conducted in a doctoral school.
Graduate program doctoral schools
- École doctorale Sciences de l'environnement d'Ile de France - ED 129
- École doctorale Sciences de la terre et de l’environnement et physique de l’univers, Paris - ED 560
- École doctorale Géosciences, Ressources naturelles, Environnement - ED 398
- École doctoral de l'École Pratique des Hautes Études - ED 472
- École doctorale Frontières de l’Innovation en Recherche et Éducation - ED 474
Graduate program laboratories
- IBENS (Institut de Biologie de l'École Normale Supérieure) - UMR 8197
- CEREEP (CEntre de Recherche en Écologie Expérimentale et Prédictive) - UMS 3194
- iGLOBES (Interdisciplanary and GLObal Environmental Studies) - UMI 3157
- Laboratoire de Géologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure - UMR 8538
- LMD (Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique) - UMR 8539
- ISYEB (Institut de Sémantique, Évolution, BIodiversité) - UMR 7205
- METIS (Milieux Environnementaux, Transferts et Interactions dans les hydrosystèmes et les Sols) - UMR 7619
- CRIOBE (Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l'Environnement) - UMR3278
- CEFE (Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle Évolutive) - UMR 5175
- ISEM (Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution Montpellier) - UME 5554
- Laboratoire de Biogéosciences - UMR 6282
- LCPME (Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement) - UMR 7564
- EPOC (Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux) - UMR 5805
Contact
Graduate program directors:
Régis Ferrière (ENS - PSL)
David Lecchini (EPHE - PSL)