Welcome to Virginia Tech!

Virginia Tech's Department of Geosciences focuses on research, education, and outreach dealing with the nature of the earth. Our students and faculty investigate earth processes at scales that range from atomic to planetary.

Our undergraduate program offers B.S. degrees with Geology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Earth Sciences Education options.

Our graduate program offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in one of our many research areas.

News and Announcements

• When and how did life on earth become so big?
• Earliest Complex Organisms Fed By Absorbing Ocean Buffet, Geobiologists Propose
• VT-STEM helps inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers
• Data collected by Virginia Tech researchers confirms impact of glacial erosion
• Morning earthquake in Roanoke rattles the valley

Upcoming Events

• Geosciences Fifteenth Annual Alumni-Faculty Homecoming Dinner
• GLS Seminar: Dr. Josef Dufek, "Multi-scale Dynamics in Explosive Volcanic Eruptions"
• GLS Seminar: Dr. James Jerden