The Oxford University Centre for the Environment houses the academic department of the School of Geography and the Environment, an intellectually vibrant, research-intensive academic department at the centre of British geography.

The School is home to the University of Oxford's Undergraduate Honour School of Geography and International Graduate School which offers four taught Masters courses, a Masters of Philosophy, and a Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.) in Geography and the Environment.

Major research initiatives in the School include:

• African Environments Programme
• Environmental Change Institute
• Oxford Centre for Water Research
• Transport Studies Unit
• Tyndall Centre Oxford