Students walk along a hill with a reservoir of water and mountains in the background.

Fieldwork & study abroad

Fiji Field School

Study island sustainability, environmental issues, and share a cultural experience by participating in the Fiji Field School

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Vietnam Field School

“Please return your seats to the upright position and prepare to hone your skills in primary research. Cabin crew: the Vietnam Field School is ready for landing.”

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Fire in the Environment

It might look like they’re playing with fire, but these ANU students are participating in cutting-edge research that helps us better prepare for the inevitable bushfires that occur across Australia every year

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There are lots of opportunities to go out on fieldtrips because in Canberra, you drive for ten minutes and you’re out in the bush. We’ve done forest inventories, we’ve talked to farmers about Whole of Paddock Restoration, and we’ve also seen the forestry production cycle from seedlings to harvesting, to where the timber goes.

-- David Stock, Master of Forestry (Advanced)

During your studies you’ll be exposed to a variety a techniques for collecting, analysing and reporting field data. Fieldwork activities are designed to allow you put the skills you’ve learned in the classroom into practice in new environments.

Our students get to work alongside world-leading researchers in field sites in the Canberra region, around Australia and abroad in Vietnam, Fiji and Singapore.

More than 40% of our courses include field-based activities, so you’ll have plenty of opportunities to get out of the classroom and into the field. Some examples of courses with off-campus activities include:

Intensive coursesField trip to…
ENVS2018 - Environmental Science Field SchoolANU Kioloa Coastal Campus
ENVS2012 - Sustainable Urban Systems (Singapore Field School)Singapore

ENVS2020 - Water Science

ENVS6022 - Water Science

Cotter, Captains Flat
ENVS2002 - Environmental Measurement, Modelling and MonitoringNational Arboretum Canberra

ENVS2005 – Island Sustainable Development: Fiji Field School

ENVS6205 - Island Sustainable Development: Fiji Field School

Fiji
ENVS2017 - Vietnam Field School
ENVS6017 - Vietnam Field School
Vietnam
ENVS3008 - Fire in the EnvironmentBushfire Research Facility, CSIRO
ENVS2024 - Agricultural SystemsFarm visits to the greater ACT or Central West region
ENVS3029 - Palaeo-Environmental ReconstructionANU Kioloa Coastal Campus
Semester-long coursesField trip to…
ENVS1001 - Environment and Society: Geography of SustainabilityANU Kioloa Coastal Campus, South Coast
ENVS1004 - Australia's EnvironmentAlpine and Western Slopes
ENVS2001 - Biodiversity Science: Wildlife, Vegetation & Landscape EcologyTidbinbilla Nature Reserve
ENVS3039 - Biodiversity ConservationBooderee National Park, Jervis Bay
ENVS2023 - Sustainable Agricultural SystemsFarm and food industry enterprises
SCNC2201 - Optimism and Agency in Times of ChangeMulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary and Wildbark