Learning from leading researchers in the field, Students will discover the multiple connections between space, place, human culture and the physical landscape in which college live, addressing issues such as climate change, the causes and impact of inequalities, and how we live together in an increasingly urban world.

Students will learn key geographical skills in their first year and then tailor your degree to  interests, by drawing from a range of option modules in the fields of human, physical, and environmental geography, geographic information systems (GIS) and international development.

The Geography programme at Birkbeck, University of London covers a range of subjects from globalisation to food security, water resources to gentrification, and culture and development to nature conservation. Students will also complete a dissertation or a literature review in an area of special interest to their, furthering the development of important skills in data collection and analysis.

Through a mix of classroom and local and international field-based teaching students will acquire theory and knowledge, practical skills, and research and project management experience, all of which will enhance their employability.