Geographical university directory 2024/25: 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 90.4%, Continuation 97.3%, Graduate prospects 75%, UCAS 174, Grades BBC

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Courses

Geography BSc (optional year abroad) (3 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years), Geography MA (optional year abroad) (4 years), Economics & Geography (optional year abroad) (4 years), Geography & German (4yrs) (optional year abroad) (4 years), Geography & German (year abroad) (5 years), Anthropology & Geography (optional year abroad) (4 years), Geography & International Relations (optional year abroad) (4 years), Geography & Sociology (optional year abroad) (4 years), Business Management & Geography (optional year abroad) (4 years), French & Geography (year abroad) (5 years), Gaelic Studies & Geography (optional year abroad) (4 years), Geography and Real Estate (4 years)

Aberystwyth

Teaching quality 93.2%, Continuation 96.5%, Graduate prospects 83%, UCAS 122, Grades CCC-BBB

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Courses

Human Geography BA (with integrated year in industry) (optional sandwich year) (4 years), Human Geography BA (with integrated foundation year) (foundation year) (4 years), Geography BSc (with integrated year in industry) (optional sandwich year) (4 years), Geography BSc (with integrated foundation year) (foundation year) (4 years), Physical Geography BSc (with integrated year studying abroad) (optional year abroad) (4 years), Physical Geography BSc (with integrated foundation year) (foundation year) (4 years), International Relations & Climate Change BA (3 years), International Relations & Climate Change BA (with integrated year in industry) (sandwich year) (4 years), English Studies & Climate Change BA (3 years), Human Geography BA (3 years), Human Geography BA (with integrated year studying abroad) (optional year abroad) (3 years), Human Geography & English Literature BA (3 years), Geography BSc (3 years), Geography BSc (with integrated year studying abroad) (optional year abroad) (4 years), Physical Geography BSc (3 years), Physical Geography BSc (with integrated year in industry) (optional sandwich year) (4 years), Physical Geography with Mathematics BSc (3 years), Physical Geography with Education BSc (3 years), Biology & Climate Change BSc (3 years), Biology & Climate Change BSc (with integrated year in industry) (sandwich year) (4 years), Biology & Climate Change BSc (foundation year) (4 years), Physical Geography/ Mathematics BSc (3 years), Computer Science/ Physical Geography BSc (3 years), Economics & Climate Change BSc (3 years), Business & Climate Change BSc (3 years)

Aberystwyth University website

Bangor

Teaching quality 84.8%, Continuation 95.5%, Graduate prospects 83%, UCAS 116

Courses

Geography BA (optional foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography BSc (optional foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Physical Geography & Oceanography BSc (optional foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography MGeog (optional foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (4 years)

Bath Spa

Teaching quality 71.6%, Continuation 97.3%, Graduate prospects 77%, UCAS 106, Grades BBB-BCC

Courses

Education Secondary & Geography BA/BSc (optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography BA (human) (optional year abroad) (3 years) Global Development & Sustainability BSc (optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography BSc (optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography BSc (physical) (optional year abroad) (3 years), Education Secondary & Geography with Professional Placement Year BA/BSc (sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography (human) with Professional Placement Year BA(sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Global Development & Sustainability with Professional Placement Year BSc (sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography (Physical) with Professional Placement Year BSc (sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years)

Birkbeck, London

Not included in surveys

Courses

Geography with Foundation Year BA (4 years), Geography BA (3 Years), Geography BSc (3 Years), Geography with Foundation Year BSc (4 years), Environment and Sustainability with Foundation Year BSc (4 years), Geography and International Development with Foundation Year BSc (4 years), Geography and International Development BSc (3 years), Environment and Sustainability BSc (3 years)

Birmingham

Teaching quality 75.8%, Continuation 97.3%, Graduate prospects 90%, UCAS 151, Grades AAB

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Courses

Environmental Science BSc (3 years), Geography BSc (3 years), Geography BA (3 years), Environmental Science with Professional Placement abroad BSc (4 years), Environmental Science with year abroad BSc (4 years), International Development & Politics BA (3 years), International Relations & Development (3 years), International Development & Politics with year abroad BA (4 years), International Relations & Development with year abroad BA (4 years), Geology & Physical Geography BSc (3 years), Geography & Urban & Regional Planning BSc (3 years), Geography with a year abroad BSc (4 years), Geography with a year abroad BA (4 years), Geography MSci (4 years), Geography with an international year MSci (4 years), Geology & Physical Geography MSci (4 years), Geology & Physical geography with an international year MSci (4 years)

University of Birmingham website

Bournemouth

Teaching quality 85.3%, Continuation 89.2%, Graduate prospects 68%, UCAS 103, Grades ABC-BCC

Courses

Geography BSc (optional foundation year, optional placement year) (3 years), Environmental Science BSc (optional foundation year)

University of Bournemouth website

Brighton

Teaching quality 88.7%, Continuation 84.3%, Graduate prospects 67%, UCAS 106, Grades BCC-BBB

Courses

Geography BA (3 years), Geography with Sandwich Year BA (4 years), Geography BSc (3 years), Geography BSc with integrated foundation year (4 years), Geography BSc with Sandwich Year (4 years), Environmental Management BSc (optional sandwich year) (3-4 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years) (Optional foundation year)

Bristol

Teaching quality 80.6%, Continuation 99.7%, Graduate prospects 87%, UCAS 164, Grades AAB-AAA

Courses

Geography BSc (3 years), Geography with Study Abroad BSc (4 years), Geography with Innovation MSci (4 years), Geography with Study Abroad in a Modern Language (4 years), Geography with Quantitative Research Methods (3 years)

Brunel

Student experience 75%, Graduate prospects, 74%, UCAS 112, Grades ABB-BBC

Courses

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

Cambridge

Continuation 100%, UCAS 197, Grades A*AA

Course

Geography BA (3 years)

Cardiff

Teaching quality 86.9%, Continuation 94.7%, Graduate prospects 84%, UCAS 136, Grades BBB-ABB

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Courses

Environmental Geography BSc (3 years), Human Geography BSc (3 years), Marine Geography BSc (3 years), Physical Geography BSc (3 years), Environmental Geography MSci (4 years), Environmental Geography BSc (3 years), Environmental Geography with Study Abroad (4 years), Environmental Sustainability Science BSc (3 years), Marine Geography MSci (4 years), Marine Geography with Study Abroad (4 years), Human Geography & Planning with a Professional Placement Year BSc (4 years), Human Geography & Planning BSc (3 years), Physical Geography MSci (4 years), Environmental Geoscience BSc (3 years), Urban Planning and Development BSc (3 years)

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Chester

Teaching quality 85.7%, Continuation 94.4%, Graduate prospects 72%, UCAS 132

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Courses

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

Coventry

Teaching quality 97.5%, SContinuation 94.7%, Graduate prospects 78%, UCAS 113

Courses

Geography BA (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography & Environmental Hazards BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Disaster and Emergency Planning BSc (optional foundation year) (3 years), Renewable Energy BSc (optional foundation year) (3 years)

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Cumbria

Not included in surveys

Geography BSc (3 years), Geography BSc (with integrated foundation year) (4 years)

Dundee

Teaching quality 86%, Continuation 94.7%, Graduate prospects 77%, UCAS 185, Grades BBC-ABB

Courses

Geography and Environmental Science BSc (4 years), Geography BSc (4 years), Geography and Economics MA (4 years), Geography and History MA (4 years), Geography and Planning MA (4 years), Geography and Politics MA (4 years), Geography and Psychology MA (4 years), Geography MA (4 years), Geography with French MA (4 years), Geography with Spanish MA (4 years), Geopolitics MA (4 years), Environmental Sustainability and Geography MA (4 years), Environmental Science BSc (4 years), Geography and History MA (4 years), International Business and Environmental Sustainability MA (4 years)

Durham

Teaching quality 90.3%, Continuation 99%, Graduate prospects 77%, UCAS 172, Grades AAA

Courses

Geography BSc (optional foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography BA (optional foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years)

East Anglia

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

Courses

Geography BA (3 years), Environmental Sciences with a Foundation Year BSc (4 years), Geology with Geography MSci (with year abroad) (4 years), Environmental Sciences MSci (3 years), Geography with Placement Year BA (4 years), Geophysics MSci (4 years), Geology with Geography BSc (4 years), Geophysics with a Placement Year BSc (4 years), Geophysics with a Year Abroad MSci (4 years), Environmental Science with a Placement Year BSc (4 years), Environmental Science and International Development BSc (3 years), Geophysics BSc (3 years), Geography BSc (3 years), Environmental Sciences BSc (3 years), Environmental Sciences with a Year Abroad MSci (4 years), Geography with a Placement Year BSc (4 years), Human Geography MSci (4 years), Sustainable Develeopment (optional year abroad) BSc (3-4 years)

University of East Anglia website

Edge Hill

Teaching 79.2%, Continuation 95.7%, UCAS 125, Grades DDD-CCC

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Courses

Geography BSc (3 years), Geography BA (3 years), Geology with Physical Geography BSc (3 years), Physical Geography and Geology BSc (3 years)

The University of Edinburgh

Teaching quality 93.2%, Continuation 98.6%, Graduate prospects 86%, UCAS 185, Grades ABB-AAA

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Courses

Geography BSc (4 years), Geography MA (4 years), Human Geography MA (4 Years), Physical Geography BSc (3 years)

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Exeter

Teaching quality 87.7%, Continuation 97.7%, Graduate prospects 79%, UCAS 162, Grades ABB-AAB

Courses

Geography BA (3 years), Geography BSc (3 years), Geography with Applied GIS BSc (3 years), History and Geography BSc (3 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years), Environmental Science MSci (4 years), Human Sciences BSc (3 years), Human Sciences MSci (4 years), Politics and Geography BA (3 years), Business and Environment BSc (3 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years), Environmental Science MSci (4 years), Environmental Humanities BA (3 years)

Glasgow

Teaching quality 90.6%, Continuation 95.3%, Graduate prospects 83%, UCAS 199, Grades BCC-AAB

Courses

Environmental Science and Sustainability BSci (4 years), Geography BSc (4 years), Geography MA (4 years), Geography MA (SocSci) (4 years)

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Gloucestershire

Teaching quality 97.9%, Continuation 96.7%, Graduate prospects 72%, UCAS 115, Grades CCC

Courses

Geography BA (3 years), Geography BSc (3 years), Human Geography BA (3 years), Ecology and Environmental Science (3 years)

Hertfordshire

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

Courses

Geography BSc (3 years) (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad), Human Geography BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Physical Geography BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years)

Hertfordshire University website

Hull

Teaching quality 85.7%, Continuation 88.7%, Graduate prospects 83%, UCAS 121

Courses

Geography BA (with optional placement year or year abroad) (3-4 years), Geography BSc (with optional placement year or year abroad) (3-4 years), Environmental Science (with optional placement year or year abroad) (3-4 years), Earth and Environmental Science (3 years)

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Keele

Teaching quality 91.3%, Continuation 95.2%, Graduate prospects 86%, UCAS 116, Grades BBC

Courses

Environment and Sustainability BSc (3 years), Environment and Sustainability with Work Placement Year BSc (4 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years), Environmental Science and Medicinal Chemistry BSc (3 years), Environmental Science and Physics BSc (3 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years), Geography and History BA (3 years), Geography and Mathematics BSc (3 years), Geography and Politics BA (3 years), Geography and Sociology BSc (3 years), Geography BA (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Business & Geography BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Education & Geography BA (optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography with Science foundation year BSc (foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (4 years), Biology & Geography BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Ecology & Conservation BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Ecology & Conservation MSci (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Environmental Science & Geography BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad), Geography & Geology BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geology & Physical Geography BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geology & Physical Geography BSc (foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (4 years), Natural Sciences BSc (optional year abroad) (3 years)

King’s College London

Teaching quality 81.5%, Continuation 96.2%, Graduate prospects 87%, UCAS 154, Grades AAB

Courses

Geography BA (3 years), Geography and Environmental Science BSc (3 years)

Lancaster

Teaching quality 95.5%, Continuation 97.4%, Graduate prospects 84%, UCAS 149, Grades ABB

Courses

Geography BSc (3 years), Geography BA (3 years), Geography MSci (4 years), French Studies and Geography BA (4 years), Geography MArts (4 years), Geography MSci (4 years), Geography (Placement Year) BA (4 years), Geography (Placement Year) BSc (4 years), Geography (Study Abroad) BSc (4 years), Geography (Study Abroad) MArts (4 years), Geography (Study Abroad) MSci (4 years), Geography and Economics BA (3 years), German Studies and Geography BA (4 years), Human Geography BA (3 years), Human Geography (Placement Year) BA (4 years), Human Geography (Study Abroad) BA (3 years), Physical Geography BSc (3 years), Physical Geography MSci (4 years), Physical Geography (Placement Year) BSc (4 years), Physical Geography (Study Abroad) BSc (4 years), Physical Geography (Study Abroad) MSci (4 years), Spanish Studies and Geography BA (3 years), Earth and Environmental Science BSc (3 years), Earth and Environmental Science MSci (4 years), Earth and Environmental Science (Placement Year) BSc (4 years), Earth and Environmental Science (Study Abroad) BSc (4 years), Earth and Environmental Science (Study Abroad) MSci (4 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years), Environmental Science MSci (4 years), Environmental Science (Placement Year) BSc (4 years), Environmental Science (Study Abroad) BSc (4 years), Environmental Science (Study Abroad) MSci (4 years)

University of Lancaster website

Leeds

Teaching quality 79.3%, Continuation 98.6%, Graduate prospects 83%, UCAS 159, Grades AAB

Courses

Geography BA (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 Years), Geography BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 Years), Sustainability and Environmental Management BSc (3 Years), Environmental Science BSc (3 Years), Geophysics BSc (3 Years), Environment and Business BA (3 Years), Economics and Geography BA (3 Years), Geography with Transport Studies BA (3 Years), Geography with Environmental Mathematics BSc (3 Years), Geography and Geology BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 Years), Environment and Business BA (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 Years)

Leeds Beckett

Teaching quality 85.1%, Continuation 89.9%, UCAS 107

Courses

Geography BSc (3 years), Geography and Environmental Science BSc (3 years), Human Geography BA (3 years), Human Geography and Planning BA (3 years)

Leicester

Teaching quality 84.8%, Continuation 95.2%, Graduate prospects 73%, UCAS 126, Grades ABB

Courses

Geography BA (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Human Geography (3 years), Physical Geography and Geology BSc (3 years), Geography with Foundation Year BSc (4 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years)

University of Leicester website

Lincoln

Teaching quality 89%, Continuation 97.8%, Graduate prospects 82%, UCAS 117

Courses

Geography BA (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography MGeog (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (4 years), Physical Geography MGeog (4 years), Human Geography MGeog (4 years)

Liverpool

Teaching quality 76.6%, Continuation 97.6%, Graduate prospects 81%, UCAS 134, Grades BBC

Courses

Environment and Planning BA (3 years), Environmental Geoscience BSc (3 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years), Geography BA (3 years), Geography BSc (optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography and Oceanography BSc (optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography and Planning BA (optional year abroad) (3 years), Geology with Physical Geography BSc (3 years), Geology with Physical Geography MESci (4 years)

University of Liverpool website

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Liverpool Hope

Teaching quality 87.5%, Continuation 98.1%, UCAS 110

Courses

Environmental Geography BSc (3 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years), Geography BSc (3 years), Geography and Conservation Biology BSc (3 years), Geography and Sport & Physical Education BA (3 years), Geography, Religion, Theology and Spir BA (3 years)

Liverpool John Moores

Teaching quality 86.2%, Continuation 94%, Graduate prospects 75%, UCAS 117, Grades BBC

Courses

Geography BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Climate and Environmental Sciences BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Wildlife Conservation BSc (with optional foundation year) (3 years), Environmental Science BSc (with optional foundation year) (3 years)

London School of Economics

Teaching quality 88.5%, Continuation 98.8%, Graduate prospects 92%, UCAS 178, Grades AAA

Courses

Geography BA (3 years), Geography with Economics BSc (3 years), Economic History and Geography (3 years), Environment and Sustainable Development BSc (3 years), Environment and Sustainable Development with Economics BSc (3 years)

London School of Economics website

Loughborough

Teaching quality 93.6%, Continuation 98.5%, Graduate prospects 87%, UCAS 154, Grades AAB

Courses

Geography and Management BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography and Sport Science BSc (3 years), Geography BA (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography BSc (with optional placement year) (3 years), Geography with Economics BSc (3 years)

Loughborough University website

University of Manchester

Teaching quality 83.4%, Continuation 97.2%, Graduate prospects 84%, UCAS 157, Grades AAB

Courses

Geography BA (3 years), Geography BSc (3 years), Geography with International Study BA (4 years), Geography with International Study BSc (4 years), Geography with Professional Placement BA (4 years), Geography with Professional Placement BSc (4 years), International Disaster Management & Humanitarian Response BSc (3 years), Environmental Management BSc (3 years), Environmental Management with Professional Placement BSc (4 years), Environmental Science with International Study BSc (4 years)

University of Manchester website

Manchester Metropolitan

Teaching quality 86.7%, Continuation 89.7%, Graduate prospects 81%, UCAS 116, Grades BCC

Courses

Environmental Science BSc (optional sandwich year) (3 years), Geography BSc (3 years), Human Geography (optional sandwich year) (3 years), Physical Geography BSc (optional sandwich year) (3 years)

Manchester Metropolitan website

Newcastle

Teaching quality 83.7%, Continuation 97.5%, Graduate prospects 83%, UCAS 136, Grades ABB

Courses

Geography BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography BA (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography and Urban Planning BA (3 years), Physical Geography BSc (3 years)

Northampton

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

Courses

Geography BSc (3 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years)

Northampton University website

Northumbria

Teaching quality 88.9%, Continuation 92%, Graduate prospects 75%, UCAS 126

Courses

Environmental Science BSc (optional foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography BSc (optional foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography BA (optional foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography & Environmental Sciences BSc (foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Physical Geography BSc (optional foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years)

Northumbria University website

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Nottingham

Teaching Quality 84.2%, Continuation 92%, Graduate Prospects 81%, UCAS 146, Grades AAB

Courses

Environmental Science MSci (4 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years), Geography BSc (3 years), Geography BA (3 years), Geography with Business BA (3 years), Archeology and Geography BA (3 years)

Nottingham Trent

Teaching quality 86.7%, Continuation 92.7%, Graduate prospects 72%, UCAS 119

Courses

Environmental Science BSc (with optional foundation year) (3 years), Geography BSc (optional foundation year) (3 years)

Oxford

Teaching quality 92.1%, Continuation 99.4%, Graduate prospects 91%, UCAS 197, Grades A*AA

Courses

Geography BA (3 years)

Oxford Brookes

Teaching quality 78.1%, Continuation 96.7%, Graduate prospects 68%, UCAS 113, Grades BCC

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Courses

Geography BA (3 years), Geography BSc (3 years), Geography & International Relations BA (3 years), Geography & Anthropology BA (3 years), Business Management & Geography BA (optional sandwich year) (3 years), Geography & History BA (3 years)

Plymouth

Teaching quality 85.7%, Continuation 94.9%, Graduate prospects 74%, UCAS 123

Courses

Geography BA (3 years), Geography BSc (3 years), Geography with International Relations BA (3 years), Geography with Ocean Science BSc (3 years), Environmental Management and Sustainability BSc (3 years), Environmental Geoscience BSc (3 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years)

Portsmouth

Teaching quality 88.8%, Continuation 93.2%, Graduate prospects 82%, UCAS 124, Grades BBB-BBC

Courses

Geography BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography BA (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Environmental Science and Management (Dual Degree) BSc (3 years), Marine Environmental Science BSc (3 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years)

Queen Mary, London

Teaching quality 73.7%, Continuation 97%, Graduate prospects 75%, UCAS 128, Grades ABB

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Courses

Geography BA (3 years), Geography BSc (3 years), Geography with Year Abroad BA (4 years), Human Geography BA (3 years), Geography with Business Management BSc (3 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years), Environmental Science with Business Management BSc (3 years), Global Development BA (3 years)

Queen’s University Belfast

Teaching quality 85%, Continuation 96.9%, Graduate prospects 72%, UCAS 144, Grades ABB

Courses

Environmental Management BSc (3 years), Environmental Management with Professional Studies (4 years), Geography BSc (3 years), Geography with a Language BSc (4 years)

Reading

Teaching quality 83%, Continuation 97.7%, Graduate prospects 69%, UCAS 119, Grades BBB

Courses

Environmental Management BSc (3 years), Environmental Management with Placement Year BSc (4 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years), Environmental Science with Professional Experience BSc (4 years), Environmental Management with Foundation BSc (4 years), Environmental Science with International Foundation Year BSc (4 years), Geography and Economics BSc (3 years), Geography and Economics with Professional Experience BSc (4 years), Geography (Human and Physical) BSc (3 years), Geography (Human and Physical) with Professional Experience BSc (4 years), Human Geography BSc (3 years),
Human Geography with Professional Experience BSc (4 years), Physical Geography BSc (3 years), Physical Geography with Professional Experience BSc (4 years)

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Royal Holloway, London

Teaching quality 91.7%, Continuation 95.5%, Graduate prospects 79%, UCAS 134, Grades ABB-BBB

Courses

Geography BA (3 years), Geography BSc (3 years), Physical Geography BSc (3 years), Human Geography BA (3 years), Geography, Environment and Climate BSc (3 years), Geography, Culture and Identity BA (3 years), Geography, Geopolitics and Global Affairs BA (3 years), Environment and Social Change BSc (3 years), Environmental Geoscience with a Year in Industry MSci (5 years)

Salford

Teaching quality 81.7%, Continuation 93%, UCAS 104-112

Courses

Environmental Geography with Professional Experience BSc (4 years), Environmental Geography BSc with studies in the USA (year abroad) (4 years), Geography BSc (optional sandwich year) (3 years), Geography BSc (foundation year) BSc (4 years), Environmental Management BSc (3 years)

Sheffield

Teaching quality 90.8%, Continuation 99.2%, Graduate prospects 82%, UCAS 152, Grades AAB

Courses

Geography BSc (3 years), Geography MGeogSci (4 years), Geography BA (3 years), Geography and Planning BA (3 years), Global Sustainable Development BA (3 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years), Environmental Science MEnvSci (4 years)

Sheffield Hallam

Teaching quality 81.9%, Continuation 64.9%, Graduate prospects 74%, UCAS 107, Grades BBC-BBB

Courses

Climate, Sustainability and Environmental Management BSc (3 years), Geography BSc (optional sandwich year) (3 years)

Southampton

Teaching quality 88.6%, Continuation 96.9%, Graduate prospects 78%, UCAS 143, Grades ABB-AAB

Courses

Environmental Geoscience BSc (3 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years), Environmental Science MEnvSci (4 years), Environmental Geoscience BSc (3 years), Environmental Geoscience MSci (4 years), Geography BSc (3 years), Geography BA (3 years), Human Geography BA (3 years), Physical Geography BSc (3 years), Population Sciences BSc (3 years)

Southampton University website

St Andrews

Teaching quality 88.4%, Continuation 98.4%%, Graduate prospects 85%, UCAS 211, Grades AAA-ABB

Courses

Geography BSc (3 years), Sustainable Development BSc (3 years), Earth Sciences MGeol (3 years), Environmental Earth Sciences BSc (3 years)

Stirling

Teaching quality 88.6%, Continuation 94.8%, Graduate prospects 68%, UCAS 182, Grades BBB

Courses

Environmental Geography BSc (3 years), Environmental Science BSc (3 years

Sussex

Teaching quality 93.5%, Continuation 95.9%, Graduate prospects 74%, UCAS 133, Grades ABB

Courses

Geography BA (optional foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography BSc (optional foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography and Anthropology BA (3 years), Geography and International Development BA (3 years), Geography and International Relations BA (3 years), Geography with a Language BA (3 years), Geography, Sustainable Development and Climate Change BSc (3 years)

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Swansea

Teaching quality 91.9%, Continuation 95.4%, Graduate prospects 74%, UCAS 134,

Course

Environmental Geoscience BSc (optional year in industry) (3 years), Environmental Science and the Climate Emergency BSc (optional year in industry) (3 years), Environmental Science and the Climate Emergency with a Foundation Year BSc (4 years), Geography BSc (optional year in industry) (3 years), Geography BA (optional year in industry) (3 years), Geography and Geographical Information Science BSc (3 years), Geography with a Foundation Year BSc (4 years), Human Geography BA (optional year in industry) (3 years), Physical Geography BSc (optional year in industry) (3 years)

Ulster

Teaching quality 81.7%, Continuation 95.5%, Graduate prospects 74%, UCAS 137, Grades BCC

Courses

Geography (optional Placement Year) BSc (3 years), Geography with Education (optional placement year) BSc (3 years), Geography with Psychology BSc (optional placement year) (3 years), Environmental Science BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Environmental Science with Education BSc (optional placement year) (3 years)

University College London

Teaching quality 88.1%, Continuation 98.4%, Graduate prospects 85%, UCAS 169, Grades AAA

Courses

Geography BA (3 years), Geography BSc (3 years), Geography (International Programme) BA (4 years), Geography (International Programme) BSc (4 years), Economics and Geography BSc (3 years)

University College London website

UWE Bristol

Teaching quality 94.6%, Continuation 91.7%, Graduate prospects 73%, UCAS 113

Courses

Environmental Science (with Foundation Year) BSc (4 years), Environmental Science (with Foundation Year) MSci (4 years), Environmental Science MSci (4 years), Environmental Science BSc (4 years), Environmental Management BSc (optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Geography BA (3 years), Geography BSc (3 years)

Warwick

Teaching quality 92.5%, Continuation 96.1%, Graduate prospects 90%, UCAS 178, Grades AAB

Course

Global Sustainable Development BASc (3 years), Global Sustainable Development and Business Studies BASc (3 years), Hispanic Studies and Global Sustainable Development BASc (3 years), History and Global Sustainable Development BASc (3 years), Life Sciences and Global Sustainable Development BASc (3 years), Economic Studies and Global Sustainable Development BASc (3 years), Education Studies and Global Sustainable Development BASc (3 years), Philosophy and Global Sustainable Development BASc (3 years), Psychology and Global Sustainable Development BASc (3 years), Sociology and Global Sustainable Development BASc (3 years), Politics, International Studies and Global Sustainable Development BASc (3 years), Theatre and Performance Studies and Global Sustainable Development BASc (3 years)

Winchester

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

Courses

Geography (with Foundation Year) BSc (4 years), Geography BSc (3 years)

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) (3 years), Geography with International Year Abroad BSc (4 years), Environmental Management and Sustainability BSc (optional sandwich year, optional foundation year) (3 years)

York

Teaching quality 85.4%, Continuation 97.8%, Graduate prospects 75%, UCAS 146, Grades AAB

Courses

Environmental Geography BSc (3 years), Human Geography and Environment BA (3 years), Environmental Geography (with placement year) BSc (4 years), Human Geography and Environment (with placement year) BSc (4 years), Environment, Economics and Ecology BSc (3 years), Environmental Science (3 years), Environment, Economics and Ecology (with placement year) (4 years)

York St John

Teaching quality 88.7%, Continuation 88.5%, Graduate prospects 72%, UCAS 104

Courses

Geography BSc (3 years), Human Geography BA (optional foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years), Environmental Geography BSc (3 years), Economics and Geography BA (optional foundation year, optional sandwich year, optional year abroad) (3 years)

* Sources for rankings: Teaching quality and student experience – National Student Survey (NSS). UCAS – the average new UCAS tariff score for new students under the age of 21 taken from HESA data for 2017-2018. Graduate prospects – this is the percentage of graduates undertaking further study or in a professional job in the annual survey by HESA six months after graduation