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Real learning for the real world

The education you’ll receive in CNRE is filled with hands-on opportunities to learn and practice the skills you’ll use in your career. We’ll give you a strong foundation of knowledge in the classroom and then send you to the places where you can apply what you’ve learned — and discover new interests and passions.

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12 majors: which one fits you?

Find the right major and everything else falls into place. You’ll be learning about what interests you in a college that feels like home and working with people who just seem to get what you’re all about. Check out our majors and take the first step in finding your niche.

Your network for academic and career success

One of the best parts about CNRE and Virginia Tech is the encouragement and support that you’ll get from our academic and career advisors. They’ll be right beside you as you figure everything out.

The Advising and Career Center

Get your bearings in unique classroom experiences

Before going out to the field or into the lab, your academic experience begins in the classroom. This is where you’ll put your mind to work and immerse yourself in your field of study in upper-level classes that average only 20 students. You’ll have the opportunity to experience transformational spaces, like our active learning classroom that promotes creativity and engagement, and transform spaces like the packaging research lab. You’ll even sample subjects in new ways, like the brews in the Geography of Tea course.

Dr. Dendro and other fearless faculty

Our students often find their own passions ignited by those of their faculty. It might be in your first outdoor dendrology lab as you learn how to identify trees with John Seiler (Dr. Dendro). They are dedicated to making learning more effective and more enjoyable for everyone.    

John Seiler, a professor of Foresty in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, teaches a student how to measure a tree. Photo courtesy of Kendall Daniels for Virginia Tech.

A professor stands behind a student. The student has measuring tape wrapped behind a thin tree.