Overview
This page covers Environment, Economics and Ecology (with placement year) across the departments we work with, including what each asks for and what it charges. It is a three year undergraduate degree, with the specialism widening as you move through the years.
Teaching in Human Geography includes quantitative methods at most departments, which surprises applicants who expected essays alone.
Send us your transcript and English result and we will list the departments that would consider you, with the entry condition on each.
Careers opportunities
The social side of geography, and it leads into planning, policy, regeneration and research. Quantitative and spatial analysis skills are what distinguish graduates in the hiring market.
Roles graduates go into
- Planning or regeneration officer
- Social researcher
- Policy analyst
- GIS and data analyst
- Transport planner
- Sustainability and community officer
Where they work
- Local authorities and combined authorities
- Planning and regeneration consultancies
- Government research services
- Housing associations and charities
- Universities
After the course
RTPI accreditation for the planning route, or a research master's for policy and analysis.