Geography

Geography is one of the most genuinely broad disciplines available at undergraduate level, encompassing the physical processes that shape the Earth's landscapes and environments and the human and social processes that determine how people live in, organise and modify those environments. At the University of Nottingham, this three-year full-time degree takes the full breadth of the subject seriously, and it includes a sandwich year, a year abroad and a work placement, making it one of the most richly structured geography programmes available in the UK. The combination of physical, human and environmental geography with substantial practical and international experience produces graduates who are both analytically rigorous and professionally effective.

You will study physical geography topics including geomorphology, hydrology, climatology and biogeography alongside human geography themes such as urban change, globalisation, development, migration, political geography and cultural landscape. Research methods, including both quantitative spatial analysis and qualitative fieldwork approaches, run through the curriculum, and fieldwork in the field is a central feature of geography education, taking you to a range of environments and communities beyond the campus. Nottingham's geography department has strong research profiles in environmental change, social geography and geospatial science.

A typical tariff of around 152 points is expected.

Geography graduates are among the most versatile in the university system, entering careers in environmental consulting, urban planning, international development, public policy, data analysis, GIS and spatial technology, the charity sector, journalism and education. The research skills, environmental awareness and spatial thinking the degree develops are valued across a very wide range of employers, and many graduates go on to postgraduate study in geography, environmental management, urban planning, international development or data science.