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This is your future

Geography

Study the full range of environmental, cultural, political, economic, and urban dimensions of the global challenges facing the 21st century.

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Understand our rapidly changing world

Congratulations on your offer of a place on a Geography course at Manchester.

Choose Manchester and benefit from world-class teaching on the societal and environmental challenges we face both locally and globally.

Unlock opportunities to shape your future and make a difference with your degree.

Ranked highly for Geography

We're in the UK top ten (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022).

Gain valuable experience

Put your learning into practice on a placement in a professional setting.

Meet the Head of Geography

Discover how we will teach and support you

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A brilliant campus, at the heart of the UK's most liveable city. 

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Make your mark at Manchester

Geography at Manchester opens up a whole world of career opportunities, in areas as diverse as international development, environment, planning, and government policy.

Our graduates earn an average salary of £29,500 after five years (Discover Uni), and we’re ranked fourth in the UK for graduate employability (Guardian University Guide 2021).

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Students, staff and alumni from the Humanities faculty share their thoughts about studying here in Manchester.

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Measuring carbon footprint

Dr Joe Blakey argues the UK's impact on climate change may be underestimated.

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Strategy and policy

Gareth is helping develop Manchester’s economic and cultural policies.

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Specialist master’s

Samuel explains how choosing a specialist master’s helped launch his career.

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A day in the life

First-year Geography student, Sophie, explains what life is like studying here at Manchester.

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Flexible degree

Choose both human and physical geography units in your first year.

Specialise with a BA or BSc in your second year, once you’ve explored your options. 

Transferring to a course with a professional placement or international study could be an option too.

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Options open

Josh explains why the flexibility of our courses made Manchester the right choice.

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Studying abroad

Lily tells us about spending a year abroad in Mexico.

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Providing high-quality education

How you will learn

We are committed to providing a high-quality learning environment.

Below you can see the ways we offer this at the University of Manchester.

Lectures are usually delivered to your whole cohort in person, on campus, and supported by seminars, group work, and online activities to consolidate your learning.

Seminars are smaller group sessions led by a member of staff, which give you the opportunity to discuss topics covered in your lectures in depth.

This could include working with other students to discuss a case, prepare and deliver a presentation, or to write a report.

Group work is important to consolidate and deepen your knowledge as well as develop important transferable skills.

We're one of Europe’s best-equipped universities for studying geography. 

We’ve been working hard to ensure our state-of-the-art labs can be accessed safely by students who need to use them.

Field courses are usually offered in Manchester, as well as international locations such as Crete, Amsterdam, and Morocco.

They offer a valuable experience to put your learning into practice.

Life in the labs

Take a look at how we’ve adapted our labs.

Hopefully, our labs will be back to normal by the time you arrive - but hear about how our students have found this year’s experience.

Research with impact

Read about the research specialities of some of your lecturers.

Manchester is home to one of the UK’s most dynamic groups of geographical researchers.

We’re committed to making significant contributions to some of the most important intellectual and practical issues facing society.

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Why austerity is gendered

Dr Sarah Marie Hall discusses why women often bear the brunt of economic crises.

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Mapping major limb loss victims

Dr Jonny Huck is supporting the Acholi people of Uganda to recover from conflict.

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Watch a recording of our previous offer-holder event.

Find out more about what to expect from Geography in this session hosted by staff and students from your course.

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Our admissions staff are here to answer any questions you have.

Email: ugadmissions.seed@manchester.ac.uk

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Coronavirus

You probably have concerns about the effect of the coronavirus outbreak on your application and what the next academic year will look like.

The University aims to answer your questions as best we can at this time. We have compiled a set of Frequently Asked Questions to help.

If you have any further questions, you can contact our admissions team at ugadmissions.seed@manchester.ac.uk.

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Remind yourself how much your course at Manchester has to offer you.

Check out all the detail about the course you have an offer for:

  • Geography BA
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  • Geography with International Study BSc
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  • Geography with Professional Placement BSc
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