Geographical university directory 2025/26: undergraduate courses

Geography degrees: a comprehensive list of places to study geography in the UK and which courses are on offer at each university. Plus, rankings for teaching quality, continuation rates, UCAS requirements and graduate prospects*

Updated September 2024

Key:

Teaching quality: The rating for the quality of teaching given by final-year students.

Continuation Percentage of first-year students continuing to second year.

UCAS Typical UCAS scores of entrants.

Graduate prospects Percentage of graduates who find graduate-level jobs, or are in further study at graduate or HE level, within 15 months of graduation.

Grades The standard grades required to gain entry to a department/course.

Aberdeen

Teaching quality 92.9%, Continuation 94.4%, Graduate prospects 84%, UCAS 172, Grades BBC

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Courses

Geography BSc (optional year abroad), Environmental Science BSc, Geography MA (optional year abroad), Joint Geography degrees available with a range of other subjects (with year abroad options)

Aberystwyth

Teaching quality 95%, Continuation 95.3%, Graduate prospects 79%, UCAS 112, Grades CCC-BBB

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Courses

Human Geography BA (with options for foundation year, year in industry, or year abroad), Geography BSc (with options for foundation year, year in industry, or year abroad), Physical Geography BSc (with options for foundation year, year in industry, or year abroad), Climate Change degrees (with options for foundation year, year in industry, or year abroad), Joint Geography and Climate Change degrees available with other subjects

Aberystwyth University website

Bangor

Teaching quality 88.2%, Continuation 91.3%, Graduate prospects 73%, UCAS 119

Courses

Geography BA (with options for foundation year, sandwich year, or year abroad), Geography BSc (with options for foundation year, sandwich year, or year abroad), Physical Geography & Oceanography BSc (with options for foundation year, sandwich year, or year abroad), Geography MGeog (with options for foundation year, sandwich year, or year abroad)

Bath Spa

Teaching quality 83.8%, Continuation 90.8%, Graduate prospects N/A, UCAS 110, Grades BBB-BCC

Courses

Geography BA (Human) (with options for professional placement year or year abroad), Geography BSc (Physical) (with options for professional placement year or year abroad), Geography BSc (with options for year abroad or placement year), Global Development & Sustainability BSc (with options for professional placement year or year abroad), Environmental Science BSc

Birkbeck, London

Not included in surveys

Courses

Geography BA/BSc (with options for foundation year), Environment and Sustainability BSc (with option for foundation year), Geography and International Development BSc (with option for foundation year).

Birmingham

Teaching quality 90.4%, Continuation 96.2%, Graduate prospects 82%, UCAS 141, Grades AAB

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Courses

Geography BA/BSc (with options for year abroad), Environmental Science BSc (with options for year abroad or professional placement abroad), Environmental Change and Sustainability BSc/MSci, Geography MSci (with option for international year), Geology & Physical Geography BSc/MSci (with option for international year), Geography & Urban & Regional Planning BSc, Natural Sciences BSc/MSci

University of Birmingham website

Bournemouth

Teaching quality 84.4%, Continuation 88.6%, Graduate prospects N/A, UCAS 100, Grades ABC-BCC

Courses

Geography BSc (optional foundation year, optional placement year), Environmental Science BSc (optional foundation year)

University of Bournemouth website

Brighton

Teaching quality 88.2%, Continuation 82.7%, Graduate prospects N/A, UCAS 98, Grades BCC-BBB

Courses

Geography BA/BSc (with options for foundation year or sandwich year), Environmental Management BSc (with optional sandwich year), Environmental Science BSc (with option for foundation year)

Bristol

Teaching quality 91.9%, Continuation 98.3%, Graduate prospects 85%, UCAS 154, Grades AAB-AAA

Courses

Geography BSc (with option for study abroad), Geography with Innovation MSci, Geography with Quantitative Research Methods BSc, Geography with Study Abroad in a Modern Language

Brunel

Not included in surveys

Courses

Geography BSc (3 years), Human Geography with Anthropology BSc (3 years)

Cambridge

Teaching quality 94.9%, Continuation 99.5%, Graduate prospects 93%, UCAS 184, Grades A*AA

Course

Geography BA

Cardiff

Teaching quality 88%, Continuation 94.1%, Graduate prospects 78%, UCAS 126, Grades BBB-ABB

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Courses

Environmental Geography BSc/MSci (with option for study abroad), Human Geography BSc, Marine Geography BSc/MSci (with option for study abroad), Physical Geography BSc/MSci, Environmental Sustainability Science BSc, Human Geography & Planning BSc (with option for professional placement year), Environmental Geoscience BSc, Urban Planning and Development BSc

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Chester

Teaching quality 90.5%, Continuation 92.3%, Graduate prospects N/A, UCAS 111

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Courses

Geography BA/BSc (optional foundation year, optional year in industry, optional year abroad)

Coventry

Teaching quality 97.3%, Continuation 90.4%, Graduate prospects 69%, UCAS 95

Courses

Geography BA/BSc (with options for sandwich year or year abroad), Geography & Environmental Hazards BSc (with options for sandwich year or year abroad), Disaster and Emergency Planning BSc (with option for foundation year), Renewable Energy BSc (with option for foundation year)

Coventry University websit e

Cumbria

Not included in surveys

Geography BSc, Geography BSc (with integrated foundation year)

Dundee

Teaching quality 93.7%, Continuation 89%, Graduate prospects 80%, UCAS 182, Grades BBC-ABB

Courses

Geography BA/BSc/MA, Geography and Environmental Science BSc, Environmental Science BSc, Environmental Sustainability and Geography MA, Geopolitics MA, International Business and Environmental Sustainability MA, Joint Geography degrees available with subjects including Economics, History, Planning, Politics, Psychology, and Modern Languages

Durham

Teaching quality 95%, Continuation 99%, Graduate prospects 92%, UCAS 167, Grades AAA

Courses

Geography BSc (optional foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad), Geography BA (optional foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad)

East Anglia

Teaching quality 82.6%, Continuation 96.1%, Graduate prospects 80%, UCAS 134, Grades ABB

Courses

Geography BA/BSc (with options for placement year), Human Geography MSci, Environmental Science BSc/MSci (with options for foundation year, placement year, or year abroad), Environmental Science and International Development BSc, Sustainable Development BSc (with option for year abroad), Geology with Geography BSc/MSci (with option for year abroad), Geophysics BSc/MSci (with options for placement year or year abroad)

University of East Anglia website

Edge Hill

Teaching 90.2%, Continuation N/A, UCAS 105, Grades DDD-CCC

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Courses

Geography BA/BSc, Geology with Physical Geography BSc, Physical Geography and Geology BSc

The University of Edinburgh

Teaching quality 90.1%, Continuation 97%, Graduate prospects 87%, UCAS 194, Grades ABB-AAA

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Courses

Geography BSc, Geography MA, Human Geography MA, Physical Geography BSc

The University of Edinburgh website

Exeter

Teaching quality 88.7%, Continuation 98.2%, Graduate prospects 79%, UCAS 146, Grades ABB-AAB

Courses

Geography BA/BSc, Geography with Applied GIS BSc, Environmental Science BSc/MSci, Human Sciences BSc/MSci, Environmental Humanities BA, Joint Geography degrees available with subjects such as History, Politics, and Business & Environment

Glasgow

Teaching quality 85.2%, Continuation 93.4%, Graduate prospects 82%, UCAS 195, Grades BCC-AAB

Courses

Environmental Science and Sustainability BSci, Geography BSc, Geography MA, Geography MA (SocSci)

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Gloucestershire

Teaching quality 99.1%, Continuation 96%, Graduate prospects N/A, UCAS 105, Grades CCC

Courses

Geography BA/BSc, Human Geography BA, Ecology and Environmental Science BSc

Hertfordshire

Teaching quality 86.3%, Continuation 91.9%, UCAS 120, Grades BBC – BBB

Courses

Geography BSc, Human Geography BSc, Physical Geography BSc (each with options for sandwich year or year abroad)

Hertfordshire University website

Hull

Teaching quality 88.4%, Continuation 89.7%, Graduate prospects 75%, UCAS 98

Courses

Geography BA/BSc (with optional placement year or year abroad), Environmental Science BSc (with optional placement year or year abroad), Earth and Environmental Science BSc

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Keele

Teaching quality 89.6%, Continuation 91.5%, Graduate prospects 89%, UCAS 102, Grades BBC

Courses

Environment and Sustainability BSc (with option for work placement year), Environmental Science BSc (with specialist pathways in Medicinal Chemistry or Physics, plus options for foundation year, placement year, or year abroad), Geography BA/BSc (with options for foundation year, placement year, or year abroad), Ecology & Conservation BSc/MSci (with options for placement year or year abroad), Joint Geography degrees available with subjects such as Business, Education, Biology, Geology, Mathematics, Politics, Sociology, and History, Environmental Science & Geography BSc, Natural Sciences BSc (with option for year abroad)

King’s College London

Teaching quality 88.7%, Continuation 94.4%, Graduate prospects 77%, UCAS 152, Grades AAB

Courses

Geography BA, Geography and Environmental Science BSc

Lancaster

Teaching quality 90.8%, Continuation 99.1%, Graduate prospects 85%, UCAS 141, Grades ABB

Courses

Geography BA/BSc/MArts/MSci (with options for placement year or study abroad), Human Geography BA (with options for placement year or study abroad), Physical Geography BSc/MSci (with options for placement year or study abroad), Environmental Science BSc/MSci (with options for placement year or study abroad), Earth and Environmental Science BSc/MSci (with options for placement year or study abroad), Joint Geography degrees available with subjects such as Economics, French, German, and Spanish

University of Lancaster website

Leeds

Teaching quality 83.7%, Continuation 97.9%, Graduate prospects 84%, UCAS 150, Grades AAB

Courses

Geography BA/BSc (with options for sandwich year or year abroad), Sustainability and Environmental Management BSc, Environmental Science BSc, Geophysics BSc, Environment and Business BA (with option for sandwich year or year abroad), Joint Geography degrees available with subjects such as Economics, Transport Studies, Environmental Mathematics, and Geology

Leeds Beckett

Teaching quality 90.1%, Continuation 89.3%, UCAS 104

Courses

Geography BSc, Geography and Environmental Science BSc, Human Geography BA, Human Geography and Planning BA

Leicester

Teaching quality 95.9%, Continuation 92.7%, Graduate prospects 82%, UCAS 116, Grades ABB

Courses

Geography BA/BSc (with options for sandwich year or year abroad), Human Geography BA, Physical Geography and Geology BSc, Geography with Foundation Year BSc, Environmental Science BSc

University of Leicester website

Lincoln

Teaching quality 80.2%, Continuation 98.5%, Graduate prospects 83%, UCAS 105

Courses

Geography BA/BSc/MGeog (with options for sandwich year or year abroad), Physical Geography MGeog, Human Geography MGeog

Liverpool

Teaching quality 85%, Continuation 97%, Graduate prospects 77%, UCAS 124, Grades BBC

Courses

Environment and Planning BA, Environmental Geoscience BSc, Environmental Science BSc, Geography BA/BSc (with option for year abroad), Geography and Oceanography BSc (with option for year abroad), Geography and Planning BA (with option for year abroad), Geology with Physical Geography BSc/MESci

University of Liverpool website

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Liverpool Hope

Teaching quality 91.3%, Continuation 96.7%, UCAS 95

Courses

Environmental Geography BSc, Environmental Science BSc, Geography BSc, Geography and Conservation Biology BSc, Geography and Sport & Physical Education BA, Geography, Religion, Theology and Spirituality BA

Liverpool John Moores

Teaching quality 89%, Continuation 90.6%, Graduate prospects 77%, UCAS 105, Grades BBC

Courses

Geography BSc (with options for sandwich year or year abroad), Climate and Environmental Sciences BSc (with options for sandwich year or year abroad), Wildlife Conservation BSc (with option for foundation year), Environmental Science BSc (with option for foundation year)

London School of Economics

Teaching quality 89.9%, Continuation 99%, Graduate prospects 88%, UCAS 163, Grades AAA

Courses

Geography BA, Geography with Economics BSc, Economic History and Geography BA, Environment and Sustainable Development BSc, Environment and Sustainable Development with Economics BSc

London School of Economics website

Loughborough

Teaching quality 93.3%, Continuation 98.3%, Graduate prospects 89%, UCAS 144, Grades AAB

Courses

Geography BA/BSc (with options for sandwich or placement year, or year abroad), Geography and Management BSc (with options for sandwich year or year abroad), Geography and Sport Science BSc, Geography with Economics BSc

Loughborough University website

University of Manchester

Teaching quality 88.4%, Continuation 96.2%, Graduate prospects 79%, UCAS 149, Grades AAB

Courses

Geography BA/BSc (with options for international study or professional placement), International Disaster Management & Humanitarian Response BSc, Environmental Management BSc (with option for professional placement), Environmental Science BSc (with option for international study)

University of Manchester website

Manchester Metropolitan

Teaching quality 80.5%, Continuation 88.8%, Graduate prospects 69%, UCAS 105, Grades BCC

Courses

Environmental Science BSc (with option for sandwich year), Geography BSc, Human Geography BA (with option for sandwich year), Physical Geography BSc (with option for sandwich year)

Manchester Metropolitan website

Newcastle

Teaching quality 84%, Continuation 96.9%, Graduate prospects 78%, UCAS 134, Grades ABB

Courses

Geography BA/BSc (with options for sandwich year or year abroad), Geography and Urban Planning BA, Physical Geography BSc

Northampton

Teaching quality 90.3%, Student experience 97.3%, Grades BCC

Courses

Geography BSc, Environmental Science BSc

Northampton University website

Northumbria

Teaching quality 95.1%, Continuation 89.9%, Graduate prospects 81%, UCAS 118

Courses

Environmental Science BSc (with options for foundation year, sandwich year, or year abroad), Geography BA/BSc (with options for foundation year, sandwich year, or year abroad), Geography & Environmental Sciences BSc (with options for foundation year, sandwich year, or year abroad), Physical Geography BSc (with options for foundation year, sandwich year, or year abroad)

Northumbria University website

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Nottingham

Teaching Quality 92.3%, Continuation 97.4%, Graduate Prospects 81%, UCAS 144, Grades AAB

Courses

Environmental Science BSc/MSci, Geography BA/BSc, Geography with Business BA, Archaeology and Geography BA

Nottingham Trent

Teaching quality 90.8%, Continuation 91.9%, Graduate prospects 77%, UCAS 102

Courses

Environmental Science BSc (with optional foundation year), Geography BSc (optional foundation year)

Oxford

Teaching quality 93.7%, Continuation 100%, Graduate prospects 92%, UCAS 180, Grades A*AA

Courses

Geography BA

Oxford Brookes

Teaching quality 98.2%, Continuation 98.3%, Graduate prospects 72%, UCAS 104, Grades BCC

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Courses

Geography BA/BSc, Joint Geography degrees available with International Relations, Anthropology, Business Management (with option for sandwich year), and History

Plymouth

Teaching quality 87.8%, Continuation 95.4%, Graduate prospects 77%, UCAS 109

Courses

Geography BA/BSc, Geography with International Relations BA, Geography with Ocean Science BSc, Environmental Management and Sustainability BSc, Environmental Geoscience BSc, Environmental Science BSc

Portsmouth

Teaching quality 85.8%, Continuation 93.6%, Graduate prospects 75%, UCAS 101, Grades BBB-BBC

Courses

Geography BA/BSc (with options for sandwich year or year abroad), Environmental Science and Management BSc (Dual Degree), Marine Environmental Science BSc, Environmental Science BSc

Queen Mary, London

Teaching quality 86.7%, Continuation 91%, Graduate prospects 71%, UCAS 129, Grades ABB

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Courses

Geography BA/BSc (with option for year abroad), Human Geography BA, Geography with Business Management BSc, Environmental Science BSc, Environmental Science with Business Management BSc, Global Development BA

Queen’s University Belfast

Teaching quality 88.2%, Continuation 93.2%, Graduate prospects 83%, UCAS 138, Grades ABB

Courses

Environmental Management BSc (with option for Professional Studies), Geography BSc, Geography with a Language BSc

Reading

Teaching quality 90%, Continuation 97%, Graduate prospects 75%, UCAS 108, Grades BBB

Courses

Environmental Management BSc (with options for foundation year or placement year), Environmental Science BSc (with options for foundation year, professional experience, or international foundation year), Geography (Human and Physical) BSc (with option for professional experience), Human Geography BSc (with option for professional experience), Physical Geography BSc (with option for professional experience), Geography and Economics BSc (with option for professional experience)

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Royal Holloway, London

Teaching quality 93.5%, Continuation 95%, Graduate prospects 80%, UCAS 120, Grades ABB-BBB

Courses

Geography BA/BSc, Physical Geography BSc, Human Geography BA, Geography, Environment and Climate BSc, Geography, Culture and Identity BA, Geography, Geopolitics and Global Affairs BA, Environment and Social Change BSc, Environmental Geoscience MSci (with option for a year in industry)

Salford

Teaching quality 84.8%, Continuation 92.4%, UCAS 101

Courses

Environmental Geography BSc (with options for professional experience or study abroad), Geography BSc (with options for foundation year or sandwich year), Environmental Management BSc

Sheffield

Teaching quality 96.6%, Continuation 98.6%, Graduate prospects 89%, UCAS 150, Grades AAB

Courses

Geography BA/BSc/MGeogSci, Geography and Planning BA, Global Sustainable Development BA, Environmental Science BSc/MEnvSci

Sheffield Hallam

Teaching quality 90.2%, Continuation N/A, Graduate prospects 75%, UCAS 107, Grades BBC-BBB

Courses

Climate, Sustainability and Environmental Management BSc, Geography BSc (optional sandwich year)

Southampton

Teaching quality 89.2%, Continuation 96.7%, Graduate prospects 90%, UCAS 136, Grades ABB-AAB

Courses

Environmental Geoscience BSc/MSci, Environmental Science BSc/MEnvSci, Geography BA/BSc, Human Geography BA, Physical Geography BSc, Population Sciences BSc

Southampton University website

St Andrews

Teaching quality 93.2%, Continuation 97.2%, Graduate prospects 86%, UCAS 213, Grades AAA-ABB

Courses

Geography BSc, Sustainable Development BSc, Earth Sciences MGeol, Environmental Earth Sciences BSc

Stirling

Teaching quality 84.6%, Continuation 95.3%, Graduate prospects 81%, UCAS 170, Grades BBB

Courses

Environmental Geography BSc, Environmental Science BSc

Sussex

Teaching quality 93.8%, Continuation 93.9%, Graduate prospects 78%, UCAS 131, Grades ABB

Courses

Geography BA/BSc (with options for foundation year, sandwich year, or year abroad), Geography and Anthropology BA, Geography and International Development BA, Geography and International Relations BA, Geography with a Language BA, Geography, Sustainable Development and Climate Change BSc

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Swansea

Teaching quality 90.6%, Continuation 96.8%, Graduate prospects 80%, UCAS 111,

Course

Environmental Geoscience BSc (with option for year in industry), Environmental Science and the Climate Emergency BSc (with options for foundation year or year in industry), Geography BA/BSc (with options for foundation year or year in industry), Geography and Geographical Information Science BSc, Human Geography BA (with option for year in industry), Physical Geography BSc (with option for year in industry)

Ulster

Teaching quality 84.1%, Continuation 91%, Graduate prospects 77%, UCAS 115, Grades BCC

Courses

Geography BSc (with option for placement year), Geography with Education BSc (with option for placement year), Geography with Psychology BSc (with option for placement year), Environmental Science BSc (with options for sandwich year or year abroad), Environmental Science with Education BSc (with option for placement year)

University College London

Teaching quality 91.5%, Continuation 98.1%, Graduate prospects 81%, UCAS 171, Grades AAA

Courses

Geography BA/BSc, Geography (International Programme) BA/BSc, Economics and Geography BSc

University College London website

UWE Bristol

Teaching quality 96.9%, Continuation 91.9%, Graduate prospects 75%, UCAS 112

Courses

Environmental Science BSc/MSci (with options for foundation year, sandwich year, or year abroad), Environmental Management BSc (with options for sandwich year or year abroad), Geography BA/BSc

Warwick

Teaching quality 84.9%, Continuation 96%, Graduate prospects 86%, UCAS 162, Grades AAB

Course

Global Sustainable Development BASc, Joint Global Sustainable Development BASc degrees available with subjects including Business Studies, Hispanic Studies, History, Life Sciences, Economic Studies, Education Studies, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Politics & International Studies

Winchester

Teaching quality 82.3%, Continuation 95.8%, Graduate prospects 70%, UCAS 125, Grades BBB-BBC

Courses

Geography (with Foundation Year) BSc, Geography BSc

Worcester

Teaching quality 73.4%, Continuation 94%, Graduate prospects 80%, UCAS 110, Grades BBB-BCC

Courses

Geography BSc (optional foundation year, year abroad, placement year), Geography with International Year Abroad BSc, Environmental Management and Sustainability BSc (optional sandwich year, optional foundation year)

York

Teaching quality 81.7%, Continuation 97.2%, Graduate prospects 79%, UCAS 133, Grades AAB

Courses

Environmental Geography BSc (with option for placement year), Human Geography and Environment BA/BSc (with option for placement year), Environment, Economics and Ecology BSc (with option for placement year), Environmental Science BSc

York St John

Teaching quality 88.5%, Continuation 85.5%, Graduate prospects N/A, UCAS 100

Courses

Geography BSc, Human Geography BA (with options for foundation year, sandwich year, or year abroad), Environmental Geography BSc, Economics and Geography BA (with options for foundation year, sandwich year, or year abroad)

* Sources for rankings: Career prospects – Graduate Outcomes survey (average of 2021/22 and 2022/23 cohorts, 15 months after graduation). Teaching quality and student experience – National Student Survey (NSS) 2025, with 2024 data used where response numbers were too small. Continuation – progression of first-year students in 2021/22 to 2022/23, excluding those entering from foundation years. Entry standards – average UCAS tariff scores for year-one entrants in 2023/24.