Learn more about Environmental Public Health graduate degrees!
The UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) ranks fifth in the world among all public and private universities for environmental and occupational health programs.
We prepare students to graduate job-ready with practical work experience through internships and the support of a dedicated career counselor.
Our faculty and students work across disciplines, sectors and borders to address some of today’s most urgent health challenges—from preventing on-the-job injuries and illnesses to investigating the health impacts of air pollution and climate change. Students and faculty in DEOHS are actively engaged in COVID-19 research and service activities to help protect workers and build resilient communities during the global pandemic.
Our students come from diverse backgrounds and disciplines to learn the latest scientific methods and core principles of how environmental and workplace factors influence human health. Then they take those skills into the lab and the field, conducting research and helping create sustainable health solutions that save and improve lives.
Explore our graduate degrees options at https://deohs.washington.edu/grad-degrees. Our online application for entry into Autumn quarter each year opens on September 1st and closes on December 1st of the previous year. For example, December 1, 2021, is the application deadline for students who wish to enroll in Autumn 2022 (classes typically start in late September).
- Access the online application at https://deohs.washington.edu/how-apply.
- Before starting your online application, please review the minimum admission requirements and the admissions FAQs.
GRE no longer required for all DEOHS graduate degrees.
- The GRE has been removed from the application review process for the 2022 cycle for all DEOHS graduate degrees. Submission of GRE scores is not an option for DEOHS applications.
Student Research
Yoomin Jo
Characterization of a rho class glutathione-S Transferase in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
MS (Thesis) | Environmental Toxicology (Tox)
2020 | Evan Gallagher
Benjamin Weber
Noise exposure to marine foghorns: Assessment and control strategies
MS (Applied) | Applied Occupational Hygiene (App OH)
2020 | Christopher D. Simpson
Michael Anderson
MS (Thesis) | Environmental Toxicology (Tox)
2020 | Terrance J. Kavanagh
Student Stories
Trevor Peckham
Past student profile
PhD, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)
DEOHS student turns research into action by helping to shape worker safety policies in the Washington State Legislature
Jessica Porter
Past student profile
MS (Thesis), Exposure Science (ES)
Jessica Porter's passion to create safer workplaces began after losing a family member in a work-related incident.
Kholood Altassan
Past student profile
PhD, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene (EOHY)
By tackling infectious disease in her native Saudi Arabia, this DEOHS student is breaking new research ground