UD students with drones in front of Lewes turbine

Where the world is your classroom

The College of Earth, Ocean and Environment (CEOE) at the University of Delaware

CEOE is dedicated to advancing the understanding of our planet’s natural systems, from plate tectonics and turbulent hurricanes to historic coastal estuaries and the deepest reaches of the ocean. 

Learn more about the college below

Student handling UAV aboard a ship

Hands-on learning


Our faculty, researchers, and students are always asking big questions. Determined and curious, they seek answers in the field: aboard research vessels, hiking in marshes, combing beaches and diving underwater.
 

Where will your ideas take you?

“It’s really neat that the majority of the [CEOE] graduate student body in Lewes lives together. That building of a bond, of a community, is something that I have carried with me decades later.”
 

Dr. Brandon Jones
UD alumnus and president-elect of the American Geophysical Union
 

Learn more about our graduate programs

Brandon Jones at CEOE commencement 2023

News & Events

Western water crisis
  • Emergency planning for older adults

    Article by Adam Thomas | January 05, 2024

    UD and Delaware Sea Grant create DE-PLANS website aimed at helping older Delawareans with emergency planning resources

  • Offshore wind energy grants

    Article by Adam Thomas | December 13, 2023

    Two grants featuring UD faculty look to better assess community impacts of offshore wind development

  • Western water crisis

    Article by Adam Thomas | December 08, 2023

    Study shows that planting less water-intensive crops in the western United States would help alleviate water scarcity

  • Finding heat-tolerant corals

    Article by Adam Thomas | December 06, 2023

    Two studies look to improve reef resilience by determining how coral species respond to temperature fluctuations

  • Emergency planning for older adults

    Article by Adam Thomas | January 05, 2024

    UD and Delaware Sea Grant create DE-PLANS website aimed at helping older Delawareans with emergency planning resources

  • Western water crisis

    Article by Adam Thomas | December 08, 2023

    Study shows that planting less water-intensive crops in the western United States would help alleviate water scarcity