Geography The University of Manchester

Overview

The city will play an important role in your studies, with plenty of resources for fieldwork right on your doorstep. Further afield, international fieldwork will take place in your second year, in destinations like Greece, Amsterdam, Hong Kong and the Czech Republic.

The wide range of teaching and research interests of our academics - who have an impressive international research reputation - will make it easy for you to be flexible about what, and how, you learn. This allows you the maximum choice to tailor your studies to suit your interests.

Not sure if you're a human geographer just yet? Don't worry - our course allows you to study both human and physical geography in your first year, before specialising to study for a BA or transfer to a BSc later in your course. You don't need to apply to both courses either - apply for just one via UCAS, and you'll be allowed to switch after beginning your course.

Career opportunities

BA Geography graduates have excellent employment prospects. Our graduates have gone on to successful careers in areas including:

• planning;

• business development;

• education;

• consulting;

• marketing, media and communications;

• project management;

• research.

Top employers of our BA  Geography offered at The University of Manchester graduates include Accenture, HSBC, Manchester City Council, Network Rail, PwC, Sky, the BBC, and the Environment Agency.