Students studying Environmental Science and Resource Management (ESRM) learn about natural and human-dominated landscapes and how to apply this knowledge to real-world problems. Sustainable Bioresource Systems Engineering (SBSE) students apply chemical sciences and engineering to manufacturing fiber product, fuels and chemicals from biomass resources. Special degree focus areas are available for ESRM students and degree minors are available in ecological restoration and ESRM.
Sustainable Bioresource Systems EngineeringEnvironmental Science and Terrestrial Resource Management Major
Our graduate degrees offer a number of different paths that prepare students for careers from academia to public agencies, the private sector to nonprofit organizations. There are two traditional degrees and two non-thesis degrees. We also partner with other programs within the university to offer two concurrent degrees.
Graduate Degrees
Our faculty use engineering and natural, wildlife and social science in their work, which is aimed at developing renewable forest products and stewarding forest and landscape ecosystems for a range of functions and services, and understanding the social, economic and environmental consequences of stewardship and production choices.
We’re excited to announce that our 2026 commencement speaker is recent SEFS graduate Matthew Aghai. Matthew received his PhD in 2025 under the mentorship and guidance of Greg Ettl, Sharon Doty and Jerry Franklin, among others.
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Anderson Hall, the longtime home of the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, has reopened to students, faculty and staff after nearly two years of renovations. The historic building features a more welcoming atmosphere, improved accessibility, upgraded technology and critical safety enhancements — bringing it in line with the needs of a 21st-century education.
Read moreKira Stewart is majoring in Bioresource Science and Engineering here at UW’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. She’s also a Student Ambassador at the College of the Environment, representing the BSE major and offering tips and insight to students curious about the degree.
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