College campus? Or national park?

Iowa State’s central campus is among three central campuses on the American Association of Landscape Architects’ centennial list of great sites. The 490 acre award-winning central campus is home to over 100 tree species.

Students take advantage of Iowa State’s beautiful central campus as a study spot, a place for recreation, or just to relax.

NREM students are eligible for scholarships on three levels: University scholarships, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) scholarships, and NREM departmental scholarships.

NREM Scholarship Information

NREM students design their degree programs around their particular interest areas.

After choosing Animal Ecology or Forestry as a major, students are able to choose an option, or specialty area. Each of these options leads to a variety of different careers in students’ particular interest areas.

Animal Ecology Options | Forestry Options

Attending a research university definitely has its perks. NREM is no exception.

NREM is associated with two research units on campus:

• The Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• The North Central Regional Aquaculture Center

NREM students have the opportunity to work in professors’ labs or to assist professors and graduate students with research and field work. What a great way to explore interests and gain work experience!

Due to small class sizes students are able to work closely with their professors.

NREM classes generally have 15 to 20 students enrolled. This small class size means students have the opportunity to ask questions and have a more individualized experience. NREM students get to know their professors, and each other, in this more interactive setting.

As shown by our 95% job placement rate, NREM students graduate with many options for employment.

Iowa State NREM alumni can be found in careers within business, industry, education and government agencies. Many employers specifically recruit NREM students because of the reputation our alumni and current students have built in their fields.

Each year NREM receives thousands of job announcements. There is a wide variety of natural resource-related announcements, including both internships and full-time positions.

You can view some of these job announcements on our NREM Job Board.

NREM students take classroom knowledge and apply it in lab-style classes.

While we in NREM value the importance of classroom learning, we believe field experience is an essential component of natural resource education. Our classes take students out in the field, utilizing technology and equipment, and developing the skills necessary in their chosen career.

NREM hosts a number of social events that allow students to get to know one another, and NREM faculty & staff, outside of class.

With just under 400 students in NREM, students get to know one another and NREM faculty & staff easily.

Picnics, a banquet, and our annual Chili Cook-off are just a few of the fun activities NREM hosts throughout the year.

If you are looking to make a difference in the world, NREM is a great place for you.

NREM students graduate and enter a variety of careers that all have one thing in common. NREM-related careers allow you to make a difference while you are making a living. Our graduates are stewards of the environment and the resources and life within it.

If you enjoy and respect nature, why not learn more about it? And someday get paid to do what you love!

Our students choose NREM at Iowa State because they enjoy and respect nature. While here in NREM students enjoy taking classes that fit that interest. And as graduation approaches, NREM students are prepared to enter a career that they feel passionate about.