Lehigh is a vibrant, intellectual community dedicated to inspiring and educating the next generation of innovative and diverse entrepreneurs, scholars and leaders. Lehigh fosters collaborative learning environments both inside and outside the classroom where students, faculty, and staff come together to take intellectual risks, address key issues, and make a tangible, sustainable impact. Students can immerse themselves in graduate or undergraduate courses that are either based in sustainability or include sustainability related topics. At Lehigh students can also engage in interdisciplinary, experiential learning opportunities and research that explores the complex intersections of environmental, social, and economic factors underlying the most relevant and complex issues of our times. Students graduate from Lehigh prepared to lead, ready to solve today’s challenges while identifying opportunities to create a more healthy and sustainable future.
Learning Inside the Classroom
Lehigh currently offers 110 undergraduate and graduate courses that are either based in sustainability, or include sustainability-related topics. Through these courses, Lehigh students have the opportunity to leverage their inherent curiosity, engage with content, ask questions, and seek answers through discussion inside the classroom. In many cases, students engage in experiential learning through class projects or case studies related to sustainability.
***See "Undergraduate Courses by College" for a combined list of sustainability classes in the College of Busniess and Economics.
Learning Outside the Classroom
Lehigh fosters interdisciplinary, experiential learning opportunities that give students a hands-on learning experience outside of the traditional classroom. Through these collaborative experiences, students pursue creative and innovative answers to open-ended questions and develop their competencies for inquiry, discovery, and teamwork. These experiential learning experiences allow students to identify opportunities to implement innovative solutions that will shape lives, the campus, our community and the world, for the better.
Lehigh faculty, staff, and students thrive on community and collaboration. Lehigh has established several community partnerships that enrich students' learning through context. These partnerships spark innovation and create stronger links between Lehigh faculty, staff, students, and the South Bethlehem community.
Research
Lehigh is one of the nation's premier research universities. Students have the opportunity to get involved in interdisciplinary, impactful research where they take intellectual risks, address key issues, and make a tangible, sustainable impact alongside faculty. The campus and the continued development of new lab facilities and research spaces is making Lehigh a cutting-edge nexus for research and discovery.