Quick Facts
| Dean: | Danny Stockli |
| Founded: | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences—1888* Bureau of Economic Geology—1909 Geology Foundation—1953 Institute for Geophysics—1972 Jackson School of Geosciences—2001 |
| Established at level of a college: | 2005 |
| Enrollment Fall 2024: | 159 geosciences graduate 404 undergraduate 37 Energy and Earth Resources master’s students |
| Employees: | 133 faculty 146 research staff and postdoctoral researchers |
| Alumni: | 5,000 |
*Originally called the Department of Geology
Last updated March 2026