Durham is one of the world’s leading Universities as shown by our World Top 100 position in the QS World University Rankings 2019, where we are ranked 74th.
A globally outstanding centre of teaching and research excellence, a collegiate community of extraordinary people, a unique and historic setting – a university like no other.
A record 18 Durham subjects are also in the world top 100 of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019, including ten in the world top 50 and three in the world top ten.
Geography::
You will study some of the world’s major challenges in an internationally recognised department.
Climate change, environmental governance, landslides, natural hazards, geopolitical conflict and territorial
dispute, migration, sea level rise, energy poverty, flooding, debt, austerity, urbanisation: these are just a few of
the significant challenges that are confronting us today, and few departments are better placed than Durham
Geography to study them. Our Department is one of the leading centres of geographical scholarship in the world.
Drawing on a breadth of internationally recognised expertise, we deliver degree programmes that enable you to
study human activity and the physical environment as well as the interactions between them. We teach and
research across the discipline – from Antarctica to Bangladesh, from spatial theory to flood modelling, and from
GIS to urbanisation and sustainable development. We endeavour to enthuse and stimulate you from the
seminar room to the fieldsite, stretching you to realise your intellectual potential.
Our aim is to sustain a world-class research, teaching and learning environment with high-quality laboratories
and IT facilities in a supportive and collegiate atmosphere. As a result of this, our graduates are eminently employable
Career Opportunities::
Durham Geography graduates are the second most employable in the UK, according to the 2015 Times Graduate Prospects Score.
Of those students that left in 2017:
89% of Geography graduates secured employment or went on to further study within six months of graduating
Of those in employment::
90% are in graduate level employment
Median salary £25,000
The careers our graduates choose are incredibly diverse - some directly leading on from the Geography degree including property and surveying, environmental consultancy, conservation, town planning, market research, development work, logistics, youth and community work, education, energy, utilities and tourism. A significant number progress into careers with no direct link to Geography, but capitalising on the relevance of the many transferable skills that we teach, including banking, law, PR, consultancy, insurance, IT, health and social work and media. Examples of high profile recent employers include Civil Service, Deloitte, Rolls Royce, RBS, London Wildlife Trust, NHS, National Audit Office, Merlin, Thomson, Grant Thornton and Haycock.
A significant number of our graduates continue to academic Masters or PhD study. Others pursue professional postgraduate programmes in areas that are closely related to Geography (e.g. environmental science, real estate management, town planning, GIS) and non-related fields (law, finance, teaching, HR, marketing).
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