Why Study Here

The food we eat, the air we breathe, the animals we nurture, the planet we love

At the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, you can explore virtually all the elements that make our world a safe, sustainable place to live. You can design neighborhoods that serve all communities. You can explore streams, rivers, oceans and skies to improve life for the animals that dwell there. You can develop new ways of farming to nourish our growing population.

Your studies may take you from high-tech laboratories, to fields filled with large, sweet strawberries, to classrooms led by inspiring faculty, to community shelters, to child development labs, to barns brimming with newborn sheep. Our research, faculty and students are diverse, but our goal is the same: We work together to address climate change, conserve habitat and make sure all people have access to the food, space and hope they need to thrive.

A graduate student harvesting tomatoes at the UC Davis Student Farm.

Majors Focused on Feeding Communities

How do we produce enough food to feed the earth’s growing population while protecting the environment and assuring everyone has access to the nutrition they need?

A student using a measuring device while visiting a stream.

Majors Focused on Climate Change

As a CA&ES student, you can help address the challenges by studying and developing ways to keep our communities, coastlines, forests and farms productive and resilient in the face of global change.

A childhood development major works with an infant.

Majors Focused on Social Impact

Social change starts with leaders like you who value equity and partnership, and recognize that the best solutions embrace innovation and collaboration.

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Career Discovery Groups

Career Discovery Groups help students research an array of careers with mentors and fellow students in a small-group setting.

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Student Clubs and Organizations

Explore the more than 30 student organizations and clubs associated with the college.

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Discover CA&ES

Interning at UC Davis CA&ES facilities offers students the opportunity to put their classroom teachings into action.

Students can live and work at several of our animal facilities on campus, including our dairy, sheep barn and more.

Students learn how to fly a drone in our “Introduction to Unmanned Aerial Systems for Agriculture and Environmental Science” course.

CA&ES students give back to the community and gain experience as interns at a clinic in Knights Landing.

At the UC Davis Student Farm, students plant and harvest fruits and vegetables.

Nutrition 10 is one of our more popular classes.

Classroom trips are an important part of learning. This landscape architecture class visited the Jepson Prairie Preserve.

A CA&ES student volunteers with staff and students during a special dean's office service trip.

Human Development majors get hands-on experience interacting with preschool children at the UC Davis Center for Child and Family Studies.

A wildlife, fish, and conservation biology major works on a condor at the UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology.

Students from a landscape architecture class work on the hill in front of Mrak Hall for a class assignment about grading.

Field trips and hands-on learning are an important part of classroom teaching for this soil science class.

During finals week, the CA&ES Dean’s office hosts ‘Study Break’ to offer free scantrons, snacks and drinks to students.

Students harvest sustainably grown flowers from the UC Davis Student Farm all year long.

The Draft Horse and Driving Club at UC Davis is one of 30 student organizations and clubs associated with the college.

This class is stepping outside the classroom to learn about soil striations in the field.

This "Water Science and Management" class visited the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center to practice different tools and methods to understand the water cycle.