Shape a better future
Explore issues like climate change, food systems, clean water access and energy innovation. At U of T, you'll go beyond understanding the planet, you'll learn what needs to be done to protect it. Analyze ecosystems, track urban resilience, or rethink how we live and use resources. You'll gain the knowledge and skills to drive meaningful change. Study areas include environmental science, human geography, forestry, urban planning and more.
15,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions reduced each year through Canada's largest geoexchange system
#1 most sustainable university in the world by the 2025 edition of the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability
$200k in funding available for selected projects through the U of T Carbon Reduction Fund
EXPLORE Student Stories
Environmental Science (Major), Biology (Minor), Applied Climatology (Minor)
Aasthaa
Aasthaa chose U of T for its focus on sustainability—and found community, hands-on experience and academic support along the way.
Biological Physics - Immunology stream (Specialist), Genome Biology (Major)
Sudipta
Sudipta is a Life Sciences student who wants to eventually pursue a Master's degree in Biophysics or Bioengineering.
Sustainability & environment programs across our three campuses
Explore how people and ecosystems are connected through programs offered on all three U of T campuses. Whether you're interested in climate science, sustainable cities or environmental geoscience, you'll find opportunities to study the natural world and our impact on it. Each campus offers unique areas of focus, while also sharing core programs in environment and sustainability.
Faculty of Arts & Science
The Faculty of Arts & Science offers diverse ways to study the environment and sustainability. Choose interdisciplinary programs like Environmental Biology, Forest Conservation or Environmental Geography, and connect your learning to the world around you.
U of T Mississauga
Explore sustainability from multiple angles at U of T Mississauga. Programs like Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Environmental Law and Policy and Geospatial Data Science combine hands-on fieldwork with the study of ecosystems, policy and spatial data.
U of T Scarborough
Environmental learning is grounded in science and strengthened by experience at UTSC. Dive into programs like Environmental Chemistry, Applied Climatology, Global Environmental Change and Natural Sciences & Environmental Management, with co-op and fieldwork built into many areas.
Program spotlight: Applied Climatology
Campus: Scarborough
Explore atmospheric processes and their impacts, and gain the practical knowledge to observe and analyze weather and climate change from past to present. This minor is designed to give you the career-ready skills in climate change science to find solutions to current and future problems countless industries face due to climate change.
Sustainability Pathways Program
Sustainability Pathways Program
Our Sustainability Pathways Program helps you connect your academic and extracurricular interests in sustainability, no matter your program of study. Receive official recognition for your sustainability-related extracurricular activities, or go further and add a certificate in sustainability to your degree. These pathways offer flexible, hands-on opportunities to explore sustainability in action.
See more About our programs in sustainability & the environment
Specialist Program in Global Environmental Change
Global Field School: Indigenous Costa Rica
Building a climate positive campus
We're working to make the St. George campus climate positive by 2050, meaning we'll reduce more greenhouse gas emissions than we produce. As a student, you'll join a university community driving real climate solutions, like Canada's largest urban geoexchange system beneath King's College Circle.
