Science, Environmental Science and Management

If you’ve always had an interest in the natural world around you or you want to assist in the challenges that lay ahead for our planet, consider studying an environmental science degree.

Our Top End location makes the perfect outdoor classroom, boasting natural savanna bushland on campus and some of Australia’s most visited and environmentally significant national parks on Darwin’s doorstep. We’re uniquely positioned to explore the impact Indigenous knowledge systems have on land and resource management.

Many of the world-class researchers found at the internationally renowned Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL) also teach CDU’s environmental science courses and science courses.

Interested in environmental science but like the diversity of a science degree? Our Bachelor of Science also offers flexible study options so you can gain those fundamental science foundations and build on them with your area of interest, like a major in ecology.

As environmental concerns grow, the world needs more qualified and passionate environmental scientists. 

From desk work to field work or a combination of both, you can use the knowledge and skills you gain during your environmental science degree to make an impact through policy, education, research, or on-the-ground roles in a range of areas like conservation and sustainability. 

As a scientific discipline, your environmental science degree will equip you with skills desirable across many other professions and industries, including deductive reasoning and critical thinking, research and analysis, data gathering and problem solving, and many more. 

With pressing issues like climate change and global biodiversity creating a wave of job growth within the industry, there's never been a better time to study environmental science. As a top Australian university for skills development in environmental sciences, CDU is the place for future environmental scientists like you.