Geography-Geology

Delivered jointly by the school of geography and school of earth and environment, this degree combines the study of physical geography and the earth sciences. you’ll tackle diverse questions, from how the climate is likely to change in the future to the impact of building housing estates in river catchments. at the same time, you’ll study the origins of rocks and minerals, the evolution of life on earth, volcanism, geological mapping and the use of geological natural resources.

ELP programs are offered by universities or pathway institutions to assist students in achieving the language proficiency required for academic studies. You can get admitted to your course with a lower language requirement if you do an ELP program.

An industrial placement year is a great way to help you decide what kind of career you might like when you graduate. as well as giving you the opportunity to develop your skills, you’ll gain a real insight into working life in a particular company or sector. with the help and support of our dedicated employability team, you can choose to undertake a salaried industrial placement year at one of the 100+ companies that we work with. if you decide to undertake a placement year this will extend your period of study by 12 months and, on successful completion, you will be awarded the ‘industrial’ variant in your degree title to demonstrate your added experience to future employers. below are examples of placements our students have recently completed: global supply chain planner, unilever category analyst, kantar assistant transport planner, rsk ecological project assistant, middlemarch environmental ltd water management consultant, atkins biodiversity and geomorphology industrial placement, environment agency weather and climate analyst, arcus fm environmental safety industrial placement, edf energy data management officer, barnsley council risk strategy analyst, lloyds bank during your industrial placement you will have an industrial supervisor from within the company, plus an academic supervisor who will keep in touch throughout your placement.

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A degree from leeds and the experience you'll gain here will give you the edge to find the career you want. your course will give you the experience and knowledge that employers are looking for to help you secure a graduate job. university of leeds students are among the top 5 most targeted by top employers according to the graduate market 2021, high fliers research. studying geography opens up a wide range of exciting careers. whether your future career plans lie in environmental management, journalism, the financial sector or nature conservation, our degrees are structured to ensure you develop the key transferable skills sought by graduate recruiters, skills such as: team-working, commercial awareness, report-writing, fluency in oral communication and presentation, numerical analysis, it expertise and investigative skills. examples of recent graduate destinations include: soil engineering, resident engineer the canal and rivers trust, hydrographic surveyor phd study, “finding your flow: using sedimentology, geochemistry, and micropalaeontology to understand south atlantic ocean circulation” environment agency thames water leap environmental

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. University of Leeds has partnerships with the following companies: