BSc (Hons) Environmental Geology

Graduates from this course will be equipped with the skills and understanding to tackle some of the most significant issues facing the planet, such as finding and extracting natural resources, planning safe and responsible building projects, understanding past and future climate change, predicting natural hazards, and helping develop resilient cities and infrastructure.

Graduates would be equipped to seek employment in the following sectors: energy and resource exploration, geothermal, environmental monitoring and management, geotechnical engineering, engineering geology, natural hazard mitigation, teaching, or further academic research.

Graduates could progress onto Master’s level study, postgraduate teaching qualification, work towards Chartered Geologist status, or enter graduate-level employment in the abovementioned sectors. Our graduates would enter the job market as graduate geologists, engineering geologists, environmental geologists, mining geologists, and geotechnical engineers.

Typical offers

• A level – ABB–BBC

• UCAS points – 112–128 points, with 32 points from a Science subject (Applied Science, Archaeology, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science/Studies, Geography, Geology, Mathematics or Physics)

• T levels – Merit. Acceptable T-level subjects include Construction: Design, Surveying and Planning, Health, Healthcare Science, and Science.

• BTECs (Extended Diplomas) – DDM–DMM

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.