Learn more about student programs at the Geophysical Institute, including becoming a student and about the Geophysical Institute Graduate Student Association (GIGSA). GIGSA is the unified voice of the graduate student body at the GI. In addition to advocating for graduate students, GIGSA organizes a variety of activities to support graduate student research and travel opportunities.

Geophysical Institute graduate student researchers study and conduct research across several departments, colleges and disciplines. Undergraduate and graduate students can probe topics in atmospheric science, remote sensing, seismology, LIDAR, snow, ice, glaciers, permafrost, planetary science, space physics, geochronology, tectonics and sedimentation, volcanology, satellite data, climate change, high performance computing, or use of unmanned aircraft systems.