Geography (Hons) Loughborough University

Overview

The BSc Geography (Hons) from  Loughborough University  provides a broad foundation of physical and human geography in Year 1 and then allows you to increasingly specialise in physical geography, or maintain a balance of physical and human geography, in subsequent years.

Key facts

• When it comes to designing your degree, undergraduates benefit directly from staff research expertise through the modular choices available. Our academic staff are driving forward intellectual agendas in physical and human geography, as well as helping to shape national and international policy. This expertise ensures that the knowledge you are getting throughout your BSc Geography degree programme is at the cutting-edge of scientific research and focused on some of the most important issues in society today.

Why you should study this course: 

• Our Geography course offers you the flexibility to incorporate a placement or study abroad year.
• You'll be able to choose from a wide range of topics, delivery, assessment and fieldwork opportunities, and you'll experience our ethos of research and teaching excellence, being taught by award-winning academic and technical staff.

Your future career:

• Employability skills are embedded through our curriculum, either as stand-alone skills based modules or integrated into all of our topic-based modules. Your personal tutor will introduce you to personal development planning which is done alongside your Geography degree to prepare you for graduate life.
• Your time at Loughborough University will form a launchpad from which you can build an exciting career. With so many opportunities available, you’ll never be short of ways to improve your employability.
• Our graduates are appointed to posts across a full range of industries and sectors, including posts in administration, finance, management, the armed forces, computing, industry, international aid, development and environmental agencies, and education. Almost all of our graduates are in employment within a few months of graduating, or progress to postgraduate study.
• We have very strong links with KPMG and Ernst & Young who run bespoke workshops for our students.

Accreditation

Our BSc (Hons) Geography degree is accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers).