Prospective Students
Welcome to the UW-Madison Department of Geoscience. If you have found your way to this page you are probably interested in pursuing a Master's or Doctoral degree in Geology or Geophysics.
Information about our undergraduate program can be found here.
Prospective graduate students can find out more about the members of our department and their research from the people and research areas of our website. Here we have information on:
- Graduate study - How to apply
- Graduate degree requirements
- Graduate funding - get the big question answered here
- Madison living including city information, climate, photos, etc.
If you have any additional questions please get in touch with our graduate admissions secretary. You may also contact directly the faculty member(s) with whom you would like to work.
The Lake Mendota shoreline is pictured in a fisheye-lens aerial view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus during an autumn sunset on Oct. 5, 2011. Major campus facilities pictured along the shoreline from left to right include the Pyle Center, Below Alumni Center, Armory and Gymnasium (Red Gym), construction of the East Campus Mall, the Memorial Union Terrace and Helen C. White Hall. The photograph was made from a helicopter looking south (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)