Texas Tech University (TTU) US, The University of Sheffield (SU), UK and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (HU), Germany are collaborating on aJoint Interdisciplinary Master's Degree on Arid Land Studies. Students will take modules aí TTU and either SU or HU with a research placementat the third institution, Students will become proficient in another language and do a thesis project as part of the degree. The Atlantis Program willfund 24 European and 24 US students, Another 20 EU and 20 US students may join the program with other sources of funding, Graduates of theprogram will have multicultural, interdisciplinary training in dryland studies, including climate change, désertification and sustainable development,