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The School for Field Studies

The Field Is
Your Classroom

At 12 field centers worldwide, SFS students conduct environmental research alongside local scientists and communities.

Where We Work

12 Field Research
Centers Worldwide

Each SFS center sits in one community and ecosystem, with a research agenda built around that location's environmental challenges. Students and faculty collect data alongside local partners and share the findings with the people who use them.

Field Research

Science Where It Matters

SFS students don't study environmental issues from a distance. They measure, document, and contribute to solving them. Every program is built around field research conducted alongside faculty and local partners in ecosystems that are actively changing.

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A scuba diver silhouettes beneath a school of fish in deep blue water
A student writes field notes in dense Panamanian rainforest

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SFS student smiles from a safari vehicle in Kenya
A vibrant hummingbird with iridescent plumage perches among lush green foliage in Panama
Divers explore a vibrant coral reef in crystalline turquoise waters
A green anole lizard perches on vivid pink cordyline leaves in Costa Rica
A smiling student stands on rocky mountain terrain in Bhutan's Himalayan landscape
I recall the feeling I had hearing lions roar at night while lying in bed in the Banda.

Cassie Freund  ·  SFS Kenya Alum, Summer 2008  ·  Now: Conservation Portfolio Strategist, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

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