The Department of Environment is ideally located alongside the Anse Royale Bay and surrounding mountains. This setting offers our students a unique opportunity to study and practice environmental science in both marine and terrestrial environments, with access to research laboratories and infrastructure that ensures well-rounded and skilled young scientists are created.
To enable knowledgeable and skilled graduates, passionate about addressing environmental challenges encountered in Seychelles, in the region and beyond, and provide sound scientific research to support conservation and management of marine, coastal and terrestrial resources.
To graduate knowledgeable and skilled environmental practitioners who can be innovative when addressing environmental challenges encountered globally, with emphasis on small island tropical states. Furthermore, our mission is to graduate practitioners who can work collaboratively with global and local organizations to ensure progress in sustainable development.
Academic excellence and integrity, teamwork, innovation
The Department of Environment is engaged in research across both terrestrial and marine ecosystems in Seychelles and the greater Western Indian Ocean. While our research domain is broad, we offer specific expertise in climate change and disaster risk management, fisheries science, marine ecology and island biodiversity. We do field, laboratory-based experimental and desktop-based research. Please see the list of peer-reviewed publications for more information.
The BSc Environmental Science programme is a University of Seychelles undergraduate degree that has been running since 2012 and was first accredited by the Seychelles Quality Assurance (SQA) body in 2013/2014. The degree is a broad and generalised programme with a special emphasis on tropical environments and environmental issues relating to small island developing states.
