The Department of Environmental Sciences offers opportunities to pursue doctoral degrees in the following areas:

• Botany
• Geosciences
• PNA
• Environmental Sciences
• Zoology

A doctorate can only be taken up in consultation and agreement with the respective professor.

In addition, there is the possibility to participate in the doctoral programs in Science and Policy and in Plant Sciences of Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center (PSC), which are offered by the University of Basel together with the University of Zurich and the ETH.