Addressing planetary health in the fields of complexity, conservation, innovation, oceans and sustainability
Let’s build the future together
Meet the global challenges of today and tomorrow.
Through hands-on, immersive learning experiences, the Rob Walton College of Global Futures equips students with the knowledge, skills and agency they need to tackle complex global challenges, preparing them for careers that drive meaningful impact.
The College of Global Futures is part of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory®, the world’s first comprehensive, university-based approach to ensuring a future where well-being is attainable for all of earth’s inhabitants.
#1 in global impact
– Times Higher Education, ahead of MIT and Penn State, 2020 – 2025
#1 in sustainability
– Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, ahead of Stanford and Cornell, 2023-2024
#1 in innovation
– U.S. News & World Report, ahead of MIT and Stanford, 2016-2025
How do you envision your future?
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Rob Walton School of Conservation Futures
The Rob Walton School of Conservation Futures equips learners from all walks of life with the knowledge, skills and perspective required to protect and restore our planet’s life-sustaining systems.
The School of Conservation Futures is reimagining conservation education for the 21st century, developing a best-in-class conservation training program.
In the spirit of advancing a global conservation community and workforce, the new Bachelor of Science in Conservation and Master of Science in Conservation will include tracks in innovation and leadership and environmental management.
Answer the call and raise new forests from the dirt; return ecosystems and species from the brink of oblivion; transform how humanity produces and prospers; and leave behind a legacy that lives, breathes and grows.
Explore the College of Global Futures
Urgent issues across the globe require informed action. Our responsibility is to develop viable options that ensure well-being for everyone. Our schools are joined by a common purpose to create new knowledge, engage diverse communities and educate future leaders.
School for the Future of Innovation in Society
School of Complex Adaptive Systems
Rob Walton School of Conservation Futures
School of Ocean Futures
School of Sustainability
Make an impact
The Global Futures Impact Scholars program is an invitation for incoming undergraduate students to join us in driving informed, positive action as we work together to build the future.
Through this program, students will be connected with leading scientists and initiatives, receive up to $5000 in funding and receive mentorship preparing students for fulfilling careers with purpose and impact.
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Together we can design the future
The future is not given. In uncertain times, amid great challenges, the world needs bold leaders with new ideas. Join us in the College of Global Futures at Arizona State University as we work toward a more sustainable, vibrant and promise-filled future for everyone.
The Rob Walton College of Global Futures at Arizona State University
Make an impact at the Rob Walton College of Global Futures and Arizona State University
Graduate programs for improving lives, systems and planetary health | ASU Rob Walton College of Global Futures
Putting the global in Global Futures
The Rob Walton College of Global Futures is committed to collaborating with communities in Arizona and around the globe. Through real-world work, students can contribute to solutions that drive real impact across the world.
Eight reasons
Why our students are successful
The world’s first
Learn at the only college dedicated to a thriving planet through sustainability, innovation and complexity.
A global classroom
Explore global futures in locations around the world.
Real-time experience
Use your classroom learning as an intern in a professional environment.
Financial assistance
Find financial resources to help you attain your goals.
Great careers
Discover rewarding career resources for a life of impact.
Vibrant community
Our students, faculty and staff are dedicated agents of change.
Cutting-edge research
Work with faculty on exciting and important projects.
World-class faculty
Our faculty is globally recognized and accessible to you.
Indigenous cultures acknowledgment
The ASU Rob Walton College of Global Futures recognizes that opportunities to shape the future rely on the knowledge, wisdom and practices of those who came before us.
In that spirit, we join partners across the university in acknowledging the twenty-two Native Nations that have inhabited this land for centuries, including the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and Piipaash (Maricopa) Indian Communities, whose care and keeping of these lands and traditions allow us to be here today.