Undergraduate Study

We provide the inspiration, you achieve the outstanding.

When you study Geography at Durham University, you join a vibrant and diverse student community in one of the world's very best geography departments. Our teaching is driven by research at the forefront and cutting edge of our discipline and covers a variety of pressing global challenges of our time from climate change and sustainability, natural hazards and sea-level change; to urbanisation, geopolitics and international development.

We offer BA and BSc degrees where you can adapt your pathway through our programmes to your own interests and career goals. Our programmes will stimulate and challenge you to achieve your best, and our supportive teaching team provides one-on-one mentorship and feedback to help you succeed.

Employability Our graduate prospects are currently the highest of any UK Geography Department and as such our students are highly employable, going on to exciting careers where they make a difference in fields like environmental policy and climate science, urban planning, energy, tourism, and local development.

Did we mention fieldtrips? At Durham Geography you will learn first-hand how to address real-world problems and gain hands-on experience in places as diverse as Chicago, Nepal and The Arctic.

Courses

Through a variety of engaging and stimulating teaching and learning methods including fieldwork our world-class teaching is delivered by internationally renowned scholars providing you with a unique foundation in the very state-of-the-art of our discipline. 

All of our students develop foundational skills across Physical and Human Geography in Year 1 before then having the opportunity to choose from a diverse and exciting suite of more specialised  modules in Years 2 and 3 where you can adapt your pathway through our programme to your own interests and career goals.

On both programmes we also offer a range of integrated modules at all levels where you can study both physical and human geography if you wish to in modules covering some of the most urgent global challenges facing environment and society.