BSc Geography with Professional Placement

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

• environmental management; 
• planning; 
• business development; 
• education; 
• consulting; 
• marketing, media and communications; 
• project management; 
• research. 

Top employers of our geography graduates include Accenture, HSBC, Manchester City Council, Network Rail, PwC, Sky, the BBC, and the Environment Agency. 

Our employability support and events ensure you will leave us as a highly employable individual, by developing your expertise in teamwork, communication, research, data analysis, problem solving, and time management. 

You will also gain subject-specific skills such as working with spatial data (GIS), working with archives, undertaking interviews, and a suite of field and laboratory analyses; invaluable skills if you choose to pursue a career directly related to your degree. 

In addition, you will benefit from the attention of an academic member of staff who will focus on enhancing your employability through the curriculum, volunteering and internships. 

For more information, see Careers and employability .

The University has its own dedicated Careers Service that you would have full access to as a student and for two years after you graduate.

At Manchester you will have access to a number of opportunities to help boost your employability