Study Programs

Though Astrobiologists come from various backgrounds, there are now also a few Astrobiology degree programs:

Undergraduate programs

• BS in Earth and Space Exploration (Astrobiology and Biogeosciences) at Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

• Undergraduate Minor in Astrobiology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA

• Undergraduate Minor in Astrobiology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, USA

Graduate programs 

• MSc/PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences with focus on Astrobiology, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau

• Combined MSc/PhD at the Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

• Dual Title PhD in Astrobiology at The Pennsylvania State University, USA

• Graduate Certificate in Astrobiology / Dual Title PhD at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA

• Graduate Program Biology of Extreme Environments, University of Naples, Italy

• MSc and PhD in Astrobiology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

• MSc in Astrobiology and Space Sciences at Amity University in Mumbai, India

• MSc in Astrobiology and Planetary Science in The University of Edinburgh

Summer/Winter Schools

• GMAP Planetary Geologic Mapping Winter School

• International Geobiology Course

Job Opportunities

• Astronomy

• Earth Science

• Oceanography

• Planetary Science

• Oceanography/Palaeoceanography

• Biogeochemistry

• Atmospheric Sciences

• Space and Planetary Sciences