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 resilience 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?
Announcing the new
Rob Walton School of Conservation Futures
The Rob Walton School of Conservation Futures aims to reshape conservation to achieve a world in which humans and nature are interconnected, fostering a regenerative environment where the diversity of life can thrive. The school will transform learning by applying multiple knowledge systems and building a global conservation community.
The School Conservation Futures will directly engage learners as doers — supporting real conservation projects and learning alongside local leaders.
With its transdisciplinary community of learners, employers, teachers, scholars and practitioners, the School of Conservation Futures will generate mindsets of optimism and agency, inclusivity and a renewed, reciprocal connection to nature.
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.
College of Global Futures news
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, together, we work toward a more sustainable, vibrant and promise-filled future for everyone.
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.