Academic Eligibility:

• Applicants should be graduates of a university of recognized reputation and hold a bachelor's degree of recognized reputation.
• The candidate is required to pass, with a grade of B- or better, all those courses that have been designated by the department as forming a part of the program, including additional requirements.
• The applicant must present evidence of academic achievement: a minimum standing equivalent to a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 3.0 out of a possible 4.0 or a CGPA of 3.2 out of 4.0 for the last two full-time academic years. 
• All candidates for a research degree must present a thesis based on their own research. The total number of credits allotted to the thesis in any master's program must not be less than 24.
• Proof of English proficiency may be required for international applicants, whose first language is not English.
• The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) results are required for some academic units. A GRE Subject Test is encouraged.

Indian Eligibility:

• Candidates should hold a B.A., or equivalent in a discipline relevant to the proposed field of study. from institutions with a NAAC rating of “A”.
• The university degree, described above, must have been completed with a minimum GPA required is 3.3/4.0 or the equivalent, i.e., 75%, is required, though successful applicants typically have CGPAs that exceed this minimum, according to the grading scale on the transcript.

After completing their degrees they go on to careers in:

• academia, environmental policy,
• government agencies, industry, and other fields.