Course summary

Accredited by Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES), this course is 3 years or 4 years if you choose to complete an optional placement year. Geography has a critical role to play in helping us understand and address some of the world’s most pressing environmental and social challenges. At Ulster, we are passionate about making a difference. If you are too, then join us. You’ll study everything from climate change to migration, natural hazards to sustainable development. We'll train you to find solutions to the issues that matter. We’ll also help you develop an impressive skill-set. You’ll learn how to map the seafloor, conduct an environmental impact assessment and use cutting-edge technologies such as GIS to analyse social inequality. These professional and practical skills will help you find a job you’ll love. Over 90% of our graduates are employed or in postgraduate study within a year of leaving. Our students love studying here. We have 100% student satisfaction rate in the National Student Survey and are the number 1 place to study Geography in Northern Ireland according to the Guardian League Tables (12th in the UK). Our stunning campus location is the perfect place to study. Your lecture theatre is the picturesque North Coast. Our local fieldtrips take place in Game of Thrones Territory while our overseas residential field schools are spent in Cyprus and Catalonia. It’s time to make a difference. Career opportunities include teaching, working for government and diplomatic services, consultancies, ordnance survey, town planning, rural development agencies, the National Trust, town, population census and social planning. Some of our graduates embark on postgraduate study in areas such as environmental management, computing, GIS, remote sensing and conflict.