A comprehensive list of places to study postgraduate Master’s degrees in geography in the UK, including courses on offer
Updated September 2024
Aberdeen
Unlike most UK universities, Aberdeen combines undergraduate and post-graduate degrees. Below is a list of its combined degrees
Combined degrees
- Geography MA (4 years); Geography and International Relations MA (4 years); Geography and Sociology MA (4 years); Anthropology and Geography MA (4 years); Geography and Spanish & Latin American Studies MA (5 years); French and Geography MA (5 years), Geography and German (5 years), Business Management and Geography MA (4 years), Economics and Geography MA (4 years), Gaelic studies and Geography MA (4 years)
Master’s Degrees
- Geophysics; Geographical Information Systems; Integrated Petroleum Geoscience; Rural Surveying & Rural Property Management; Sustainability Transitions; Environmental Science; Environmental Management; International Relations and International Law
Aberdeen University website
Aberystwyth
- Biodiversity and Conservation Management; International Politics; International Relations; Remote Sensing and GIS; Society and Space
Go to Aberystwyth University partner page
Aberystwyth University website
Anglia Ruskin & the Eden Project
- Sustainability
Bangor
- Environmental Science; Geography; Conservation; Conservation and Land Management; Environmental and Business Management; Environmental Forestry; Environmental Management; Soil and Environmental Science
Bangor University website
Bath Spa
- Environmental Humanities
Bath Spa University website
Birkbeck, London
- Geography; Environment and Sustainability; International Development; Climate Change; International Development and Social Anthropology; Geographic Data Science; Sustainable Cities
Birkbeck University website
Birmingham
- Research in Human Geography; Environmental Health; Health, Safety and Environment Management; River Environments and their Management
Birmingham University website
Brighton
- Ecology and Conservation; Water and Environmental Management; Geographical Information Systems and Environmental management; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Politics; Environmental Assessment and Management; Ecology and Conservation; Geoscience; Geoarchaeology; GIS and Remote Sensing; Globalisation
Brighton University website
Bristol
- Geographical Sciences; Global Challenges; Human Geography: Society and Space; Development and Security; Climate Change Science and Policy; Environmental Policy and Management; Geographic Data Science and Spatial Analytics; Sustainable Futures; Environmental Modelling and Data Analysis; Global Development and Environment; Environmental Humanities
Bristol University website
Cambridge
- Geography; Environmental Policy; Climate, Environment and Urban Policy; Quantitative Climate and Environmental Science
Cambridge University website
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Cardiff
- Data Science for Environmental Sustainability (MSc); Environment and Development (MSc); Environmental Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction (MSc); Global Ecology and Conservation (MSc); International Planning and Development (MSc); Spatial Planning and Development (MSc); Sustainability Planning and Environmental Policy (MSc); Transport and Planning (MSc); Urban and Regional Development (MSc); Urban Design (MA); Water, Climate Change, and Sustainability (MSc)
Cardiff University website
Coventry
Coventry University website
- Sustainability and Environmental Management
Derby
- GeoEnergy; Sustainability and Environmental Management
Derby University website
Dundee
Unlike most UK universities, Dundee combines undergraduate and post-graduate degrees. Below is a list of its combined degrees
Combined degrees
- Geography and Economics MA (4 years); Geography and Politics MA (4 years) Geography and History MA (4 years); Geography MA (4 years); Geography and Planning MA (4 years); Geography with Spanish MA (4 years); Geography with French MA (4 years); Environmental Science and Geography MA (4 years); Environmental Sustainability MA (4 years); Environmental Sustainability and Geography MA (4 years); Geography and Planning MA (4 years); Geopolitics MA (4 years)
Master’s Degrees
- Research Geography, Research Environmental Science
Dundee University website
Durham
- Geography Research Methods; Environmental Humanities; Environmental Hazards and Risk; Climate Risk and Society; Environmental and Natural Resource Economics; Master of Data Science (Earth and Environment)
Durham University website
East Anglia
- Environmental Sciences; Global Development Management; Global Social Development; Globalisation, Business and Sustainable Development; Environmental Assessment and Management; Climate Change; Data Science for Environmental Science
East Anglia University website
Edinburgh
- Carbon Management; Earth Observation and Geoinformation Management; Environment and Development; Environment, Culture and Society; Environment, Protection and Management; Environmental Sustainability; GeoEnergy; Geographical Information Science; GeoSciences; Human Geography; Geographical Information Science; Data Science
Edinburgh University website
Exeter
- Conservation Science and Policy; Environment and Human Health; Global Sustainability Solutions; Geographical Information Systems; Geography; Global Sustainability Solutions
University of Exeter website
Glasgow
- Earth Futures: Environments, Communities, Relationships; Environment & Sustainable Development; Environment and Sustainable Development; Earth Futures; Geospatial and Mapping Sciences; Geospatial Data Science and Modelling; Global Migrations and Social Justice; Human Rights and International Politics; Human Geography; Sustainable Tourism and Global Challenges; Sustainable Energy; Sustainable Water Environments; Urban Analytics; Urban Research; Urban Studies
Glasgow University website
Glasgow, Caledonian
- Climate Justice; Environmental Management (Waste, Energy, Water, Oil and Gas)
Glasgow Caledonian University website
Gloucestershire
- Geography; International Relations; Global Futures
Gloucestershire website
Greenwich
- Global Environmental Change
Greenwich University website
Hertfordshire
Go to Hertfordshire University partner page
- Data Science; Data Science With Placement Year; Sustainable Planning; Sustainable Planning and Transport; Water and Environmental Management; Environmental Management for Agriculture; Environmental Management; Research Human Geography; Research Physical Geography
Hertfordshire University website
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Imperial College, London
- Environmental Technology; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Data Science and Machine Learning; Living Planet with Ecosystems and Environmental Change; Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering; Soil Mechanics and Environmental Geotechnics; Green Chemistry, Energy and the Environment
Imperial College website
Keele
- Biodiversity and Conservation; Geoscience Research; Human Geography and Sustainability Research; Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology
Keele University website
King’s College London
- Geopolitics, Resources and Territory; Environment, Politics and Development; Sustainable Cities; Environmental Science for Sustainability; Climate Change: Environment, Science and Policy; Environmental Science for Sustainability
King’s College website
Lancaster
- Conservation and Biodiversity; Environment, Culture and Society; Environment and Development; Environmental Management; Environmental Science
University of Lancaster website
Leeds
- Energy and Environment; Environment and Development; Sustainability and Business; Sustainable Cities; Climate Futures: Science, Society and Politics; Environmental Engineering and Project Management; Geographical Information Science; Environment and Development; Geographical Information Systems
Leeds University website
Leicester
- Environmental Data Science; Environmental Futures; Geographical Information Science; Geographical Data Science
University of Leicester website
Lincoln
- Geography; Research Physical Geography; Research Human Geography; Environment and Planetary Health
Lincoln University website
Liverpool
- Environment and Climate Change; Environmental Sciences; Geographic Data Science; Researching Crisis and Change in Human Geography; Environmental Assessment and Management
Liverpool University website
London School of Economics
- Human Geography and Urban Studies; Geographic Data Science; Environment and Development
London School of Economics website
Loughborough
- Climate Change Politics and Policy; Climate Change Science and Management; Environmental Monitoring, Research and Management; International Financial and Political Relations
Loughborough University website
University of Manchester
- Environmental Governance; Environmental Monitoring, Modelling and Reconstruction; Geographical Information Science; Global Development (Environment and Climate Change); Research Methods with Human Geography; Data Science (Environmental Analytics); Environmental Impact Assessment & Management; Global Urban Development and Planning; Pollution & Environmental Control; Urban Regeneration and Development; Global Development (Poverty and Inequality)
University of Manchester website
Newcastle
- Environmental Geoscience; Human Geography Research; Planning and Environment Research; Data Science; International Politics
Newcastle University website
Northumbria
- Disaster Management and Sustainable Development; Environmental Monitoring, Modelling and Reconstruction; International Development
Northumbria University website
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Nottingham
- Environmental Leadership and Management; Climate Change, Environment and Society
Nottingham University website
Nottingham Trent
- International Development; Applied Ecology and Geospatial Techniques; International Relations and Security
Nottingham Trent website
Plymouth
- Human Geography Research; Sustainable Environmental Management; Environmental Geochemistry; Sustainable Environmental Management; Environmental Humanities; Environmental and Engineering Geology; Data Science and Environmental Intelligence
Plymouth University website
Portsmouth
- Geographical Information Systems; Environmental Geology and Land Contamination
Portsmouth University website
Queen Mary, University of London
- Development and International Business MSc; Geography MRes; Global Development MA; Water and Environmental Management MSc; New for 2026 entry: MSc Natural Capital and Sustainability
Queen Mary, University of London website
Queen’s University Belfast
- Geopolitics; Climate Change; Environmental Engineering
Queen’s University website
Reading
- Environmental Management
Reading website
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Royal Holloway, London
- Global Health: Human Health and the Environment; Environmental Diagnosis and Management; Cultural Geography; Sustainability and Management; Geopolitics, Development, Security and Justice; Global Futures: Culture and Creativity; Global Futures: Geopolitics and Security; Global Futures: Justice, Development and Sustainability; Past Climate and Environmental Change
Royal Holloway website
Salford
- Health and Global Environment; Environmental Assessment and Management; Sustainability; Wildlife Conservation
Salford University website
Sheffield
- International Development; Applied Geographical Information Systems; Environmental Change and International Development
Sheffield University website
Sheffield Hallam
- Geographical Information Systems
Sheffield Hallam website
Southampton
- Environmental Consultancy; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; Environmental Pollution Control; Energy and Sustainability: Energy, Environment and Buildings
Southampton University website
St Andrews
- International Development Practice; Geography; Sustainable Development; Geochemistry
St Andrews website
Stirling
- Environmental Management; Environmental Remote Sensing and Geospatial Sciences
Stirling University website
Sussex
- Climate Change, Development and Policy; Environment, Development and Policy; Energy and Climate Policy; Global Health; Geopolitics and International Affairs; Migration and Global Development; Migration and Refugee Studies; Social Development; Sustainable Development; Sustainable Development (Online)
Sussex University website
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Swansea
- Environmental Biology: Conservation & Resource Management; Environmental Drone Remote Sensing; Environmental Dynamics and Climate Change; Geographic Information and Climate Change; Human Geography; Society, Environment and Global Change
UWE Bristol
- Environmental Consultancy; Environmental Management; Sustainable Development in Practice
UWE Bristol website
Warwick
- Environmental Bioscience in a Changing Climate; Environmental Humanities; Global Sustainable Development; Global Decarbonisation and Climate Change
Warwick University website
York
- Environmental Economics and Environmental Management; Environmental Science & Management; Conservation Studies; Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Management; Sustainability Studies
York University website
York St John
- Environment and Social Justice
