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<a href="https://geosciences.utdallas.edu/graduates/">fast-track MS degrees</a> offer graduates exciting and high-paying jobs in industry, government and academia, and <a href="https://geosciences.utdallas.edu/graduates/">our PhD degrees</a> lead to top research and management jobs. </p> <p><a href="https://sites.utdallas.edu/geosciences/contact/" data-type="page" data-id="23">Contact UT Dallas Sustainable Earth Systems Sciences</a> to get your ‘Sustainable Earth & Environment’ science career supercharged today!</p> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-image has-lightbox"> <figure class="alignleft size-full is-resized mt-0"><a href="https://earthsciences.utdallas.edu/files/2022/12/mediansalaries.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" src="https://earthsciences.utdallas.edu/files/2022/12/mediansalaries-300x225-1.jpg" alt="Median Annual Salaries of Geoscience Occupations" class="wp-image-1419" style="width:150px;height:113px"/></a><figcaption 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For doctorates, research in one of the specialties of geosciences will be emphasized.</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" aria-label="MS, PhD, graduates" aria-label="MS, PhD, graduates" href="https://sites.utdallas.edu/geosciences/graduates/">MS, PhD</a></div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column white-back mb-4 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large m-0 p-0"><a href="https://sites.utdallas.edu/geosciences/faculty/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="394" height="263" src="https://earthsciences.utdallas.edu/files/2021/09/faculty-research.png" alt="faculty" class="wp-image-623" srcset="https://earthsciences.utdallas.edu/files/2021/09/faculty-research.png 394w, https://earthsciences.utdallas.edu/files/2021/09/faculty-research-300x200.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px" /></a></figure> <div class="wp-block-group px-4"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Faculty & Research</h3> <p>Our award-winning faculty are research-active scholars who care about students and support their research activities of data acquisition and analysis in hydrogeology, remote sensing, geophysics and tectonics. </p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://sites.utdallas.edu/geosciences/faculty/">Faculty</a></div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> <h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-text-align-center front-departments"><em>Sustainable Earth Systems Sciences in the news</em>…</h1> <div class='row ns-grid'><div class='story block 0'><a href='https://news.utdallas.edu/philanthropy/colton-roberts-memory-gifts-2025/'><img class='img-fluid img-responsive' src='https://news.utdallas.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/1165/files/2025/02/IMG_2118-1500-1.jpg' alt='colton-roberts-memory-gifts-2025'></a><h3 class='ns-title-sm'><a href='https://news.utdallas.edu/philanthropy/colton-roberts-memory-gifts-2025/'>Roberts Family Keeps Son’s Memory Alive with Geosciences Gifts<i class='icon icon-arrow' aria-hidden='true'></i></a></h3></div><div class='story block 1'><a href='https://nsm.utdallas.edu/journey-to-iceland/'><img class='img-fluid img-responsive' src='https://nsm.utdallas.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/966/files/2024/12/Iceland-featured-image.jpg' alt='journey-to-iceland'></a><h3 class='ns-title-sm'><a href='https://nsm.utdallas.edu/journey-to-iceland/'>Adventures in Iceland<i class='icon icon-arrow' aria-hidden='true'></i></a></h3></div><div class='story block 2'><a href='https://nsm.utdallas.edu/in-memoriam-dr-mohamed-g-abdelsalam/'><img class='img-fluid img-responsive' src='https://nsm.utdallas.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/966/files/2024/10/Abdelsalam.jpg' alt='in-memoriam-dr-mohamed-g-abdelsalam'></a><h3 class='ns-title-sm'><a href='https://nsm.utdallas.edu/in-memoriam-dr-mohamed-g-abdelsalam/'>In Memoriam: Dr. Mohamed G. 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