Students at YSE Community Day in the Kroon Hall courtyard

Student Experience
Student Life

Student Life

From day trips to Yale-Myers Forest in Connecticut’s Quiet Corner to summer field experience in South Central Colorado, much of YSE learning takes place outside of the classroom — through the programs’ many opportunities for field research and experiential learning.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We can’t achieve a sustainable future without achieving equity and justice. At YSE, we are working to create a sustainable future for all people and the planet and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for students, faculty, and staff.

Alumni Network of 5000+ Alumni

YSE alumni are working across numerous sectors — government, NGOs, business, academia — around the globe to develop innovative solutions to our biggest environmental challenges, and YSE's strong sense of community creates many opportunities for students to connect with this international network of our alumni.

Office of Student Affairs

The Office of Student Affairs works closely with other offices at YSE and Yale to help students achieve both personal and academic success from matriculation through graduation. Meet the student affairs team and learn more about the ways they support an inclusive community at YSE.

Experiential Learning and Student Activities

International Experience

Students at COP 25

YSE students attended COP 25 in Spain in 2019. Several students served on the delegations for their home countries, including for Mexico, Rwanda, Turkey, Morocco, Tonga and Peru, while others worked with non-governmental organizations.

Centers & Programs

20+

Organizations

Communicating about climate change, containing carbon, taking a deeper dive into industrial ecology or environmental law and policy – YSE’s centers, programs, and initiatives offer unmatched opportunities for internships, field experiences, and community building.

Explore Centers

Student Interest Groups

30+

Groups

Find inspiration and community in YSE’s many student interest groups (SIGs), from those centered around a common environmental interest, such as the Energy SIG, to cultural SIGs, such as Roots, which is dedicated to the advancement and resilience of students of the African Diaspora.

Conferences & Events

On any given day, YSE students have the opportunity to organize, host, and attend a wide array of conferences and events, including the YSE-sponsored New Horizons in Conservation Conference for students and professionals who are from underrepresented backgrounds in the conservation field, to national and international conferences, such as the Society of American Foresters (SAF) National Convention and the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP).

Students In Action

Panama

Students on an international field trip examine a soil pit to unearth the area’s land use history.
Bavaria, Germany

Students of The Forest School and the Tenische Universität München (the Technical University of Munich) learn alpine forest dynamics together in an exchange trip held in Bavaria, Germany.

Panama

Students on an international field trip examine a soil pit to unearth the area’s land use history.
Bavaria, Germany

Students of The Forest School and the Tenische Universität München (the Technical University of Munich) learn alpine forest dynamics together in an exchange trip held in Bavaria, Germany.