About Water Resources

Water Resources is an integrated, interdisciplinary graduate program. The term "Water Resources" is used here in the broadest sense: the study of how water moves through and interacts with natural systems, its chemical and biological components, and the physical, social, economic and legal aspects of human interaction with the water cycle.

Over 50 faculty in 13 departments in 7 colleges are currently involved in the program. The program trains students to address complex water resources issues by building disciplinary depth in concert with interdisciplinary breadth to understand focused problems and communicate across disciplines. We strive to educate scientists and engineers to be more politically aware and policymakers to be more scientifically knowledgeable.

Currently, a wide variety of degree programs are offered in the board field of water resources at the University of Idaho. Click here to see a full listing of programs available.

About the University of Idaho

Founded in 1889, the University of Idaho is the state's flagship higher-education institution and its principal graduate education and research university, bringing insight and innovation to the state, the nation and the world. The only institution in the state earning the prestigious Carnegie Foundation ranking for high research activity, University of Idaho researchers attract more than $100 million in research grants and contracts each year.

The University of Idaho's student population includes first-generation college students and ethnically diverse scholars. Located in the beautiful Inland Northwest, the University of Idaho combines the strengths of a large university with the intimacy of small learning communities. For information, visit www.uidaho.edu. The University is home to the only law school in Idaho. For information on the College of Law, visit www.law.uidaho.edu.

About our Community

The University of Idaho is located in Moscow, a diverse community of 26,000 located on the eastern edge of the Palouse, a native grassland largely devoted to dryland wheat farming. To the east, the countryside rises to timbered ridges and mountains, marking the beginning of a vast continuous forest extending into Montana. Recreational opportunities abound in the Northwest and especially northern Idaho.

Nearby rivers and mountains offer hiking, whitewater rafting, mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, hunting, and fishing adventures. Many biking and hiking paths traverse the area. Travel southeast and you will soon enter America's largest contiguous wilderness area in the lower forty-eight states, the Selway-Bitteroot and the Frank Church River of No Return wilderness areas. The Canadian Rockies to the north and Seattle to the west are within a half-day's drive.