홈 Graduate Earth and Environmental Science 
 College of Science , Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences 
 The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences studies the composition of our 4 . 6 billion year - old Earth and its changing environment , and forecasts its future environment . One of the most salient features that distinguish our department from other natural science departments is that we investigate a variety of environmental systems of different sizes and characteristics across time and space . 
 Sponsored by the first stage of the Brain Korea project ( 1997 to 2004 ) , the second stage ( 2005 to 2012 ) and the Brain Korea 21 Plus project ( inaugurated in 2013 ) , our department has been waiving tuition fees , providing stipends to Master ' s and doctoral program students and offering other opportunities , including short or long - term overseas research and international conference attendance opportunities , thus nurturing young science researchers with advanced knowledge . 
 Our department was designated and sponsored , a first in Korea , by the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity as a science research center for strategic mineral resources in 1991 . Equipped with world - class experimental and research facilities collectively worth millions of dollars , our department aims to nurture area - specific experts by providing globally cutting - edge education and state - of - the - art research environment . 
 We offer advanced degrees in four primary fields : 
 ( 1 ) Petrology , Structural Geology & Paleoenvironment 
 ( 2 ) Economic Geology & Geochemistry 
 ( 4 ) Environmental Science & Applied Geology . 
 Currently , around 40 students in our Master ' s and doctoral programs are performing research under the guidance of 10 full - time professors who supervise nine laboratories in the fields of mineralogy , geophysics , structural geology , petrology , geochemistry , groundwater , and atmospheric environment . 
 Research and education in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences ( EES ) are focused on understanding the materials comprising the three fundamental components ( i . e . the solid Earth , the hydrosphere , and the atmosphere ) of the Earth System and the changes in the Earth ' s environments that have taken place throughout its history . The graduate program in the EES mainly consists of two sub disciplines : 1 ) solid Earth geoscience investigates the origin and genesis of minerals , rocks , and energy resources , and internal processes and tectonic evolution of the Earth , and 2 ) environmental geosciences specialize in soil , groundwater , and the atmosphere . The program aspires to excellence in geoscience and environmental geosciences and aim to produce high - caliber professional geoscientists with sound background capable of confronting and solving fundamental problems in the many sub disciplines of geoscience and environmental geoscience . .