Rausser College is a national and global academic leader in natural and social sciences aligned with natural resource management, international development, energy, environment, plant and microbial biology, nutritional sciences, and metabolic biology. The College embraces the University of California, Berkeley’s public mission of serving the people of California, our nation, and the world by conducting fundamental and applied research in the biological, physical, and social sciences.

We are comprised of four departments and one interdisciplinary graduate research group

• The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics 

• The Energy and Resources Group

• The Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

• The Department of Plant and Microbial Biology

• The Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology