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.
In academic year 2026-2027, the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER) will celebrate its 25th anniversary. With over 100 graduate students enrolled each year, over 500 alumni, and almost 200 faculty affiliates, E-IPER has come a long way from the handful of students & faculty who pioneered the program 25 years ago. We remain committed to preparing leaders to create a more sustainable world.
Meet some of our community members
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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E-IPER alum Krish Mehta received support from the TomKat Center and Stanford Ecopreneurship to develop a startup that turns industrial waste from coal into materials for construction, agriculture, and powering AI.
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E-IPER alum Ryo Takanashi received support from programs at Stanford Ecopreneurship and the TomKat Center for his startup working to transform clunky, disparate data into a powerful database of real-time water access information.
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PhD student Fridah Nyakundi studies ways to improve food policy and production, focusing on how fish farmers in western Kenya perceive and manage risk.
