Geography (Hons) Bangor University

Overview

There has never been a better time to study geography. With global challenges like increasing population, resource depletion, anthropogenic climate change, the increase in extreme weather events, natural hazards, and disasters t. Understanding the complex relationships between the Earth, its environment and inhabitants is vital to developing the answers to these challenges.

Careers

Graduates of the Geography (Hons) degree from Bangor University  have gone on to work across a range of different sectors and occupations, such as environmental consultancy, analysis, policy making, governance, town planning, logistics for retail and transportation, teaching, research, and human resources (HR).

Employers include local councils, Thames Water, Natural Resources Wales, Network Rail, the National Grid, Airbus Defence and Space, Marks and Spencer’s, DHL, the Met Office, Ordinance survey, various national parks, independent environmental consultancies, and UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) research councils.

Typical roles may include:

• Catchment Scientist

• Climate Change Officer

• Environmental consultant

• Environmental officer

• Event Manager

• Geography teacher

• Geopolitical analyst

• Geospatial analyst

• GIS officer

• HR manager

• Hydrologist

• Planning manager

• Policy manager

• Quantity Surveyor

• Renewable Energy Asset Manager

• Researcher

• Soil scientist

• Sustainability consultant