Drive solutions for a sustainable future
Join us to develop the knowledge, skills, perspectives, and ways of thinking necessary to help solve the world’s most significant environmental and resource sustainability challenges. With our program more than 20 years strong, E-IPER students and faculty work across academic disciplines—the physical and natural sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities, law and policy, medicine, and business—to yield new insights and novel solutions to urgent global problems. The global matters we target include clean energy, climate change, food security, water quality and quantity, land conservation, human health and sanitation, sustainable cities, ocean health, and biodiversity loss.
Degree Programs
Joint and Dual MS Degree
The Joint and Dual Master of Science program enables students to deepen their understanding of the science and engineering underlying environmental challenges, equips them with the skills to integrate this learning into their respective graduate studies, and empowers them to apply this knowledge to create impactful solutions in their chosen fields.
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Driven by justice
Building climate resilience one community at a time
From crisis to hope
Careers
See where an E-IPER degree can take you from green investing to deep sea research, business or environmental policy.
Upcoming Events
E-IPER Related News
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A new solar-powered microgrid at the O’Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm will meet on-site energy needs while providing students with hands-on experience in agroecology, energy systems, and the clean-energy transition.
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Tribal nations face persistent barriers in accessing state clean-energy programs. Alumna Kelsey Freeman’s new role with Stanford and the California Energy Commission aims to change that.
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Eleven scholars from across Stanford University will travel to Belém, Brazil in November 2025 for the United Nations climate summit known as COP30. Discover events, attendees, and expert insights.
