Geography with Global Development (Hons) University of East Anglia

Overview

At the Geography with Global Development (Hons) programme offered by the University of East Anglia  you'll address urgent global issues like climate change, migration, urban planning, and humanitarian aid.  

Fusing geography and international development, you’ll gain first-hand experience through field trips in the UK, with the option to travel to East Africa, develop a broad range of specialist skills and graduate with highly sought-after transferable skills. 

A UEA geography degree gives you a truly global perspective and will set you up to work in a vast array of sectors.   

Employability

• You’ll graduate with knowledge and skills valued by a vast range of organisations related to geography and global development. Many of our graduates go on to work in related roles in policy and advocacy, these include government agencies, the United Nations, private sector companies, consultancy firms, and the many hundreds of large and small non-government organisations that focus on social and environmental issues and humanitarian work. 

• Furthermore, geographers are renowned for being ‘systems-thinkers’, focusing on people and our relationships with the environment. Trained geographers contribute to advocating for liveable climates, influencing social policy, and managing resources.

• Alternatively, you could use the academic and transferable skills gained from our degrees for careers in business, the voluntary and public sector, education, and academia. Geography provides an ideal set of skills and understandings for approaching a myriad of career choices.

Careers

Example of careers that you could enter include:

• Environmental work: Advise private and public sectors on the best approaches to sustainability 
• Local government: Engage in programme design and delivery for the benefit of communities 
• Planning: Use spatial data and planning theory to design neighborhoods and cities 
• Finance: Generate models to assess risk and manage portfolios 
• Education: Develop content and teach at the primary or secondary levels in geography or related subjects