Undergraduate Environmental Sciences

Our research-led teaching ensures you develop the right skills and knowledge.

We'll expose you to the leading technologies and techniques, including:

• field mapping
• remote sensing
• surveying
• global imaging systems
• ecological modelling
• geology

We ensure our environmental earth sciences degrees are at the cutting edge of the profession.

Graduates are well-equipped to begin careers in industry or to pursue further studies.

Earth and Environmental Sciences at Newcastle is highly regarded. It's ranked:

• 16th in the UK – Geography & Environmental Science – Complete University Guide 2021
• Top 200 – Earth and Marine Sciences category – QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020

Graduates with an environmental science background find employment with conservation bodies. These include:

• Natural England
• The Wildlife Trusts
• the Environment Agency
• ecological consultancies
• water companies
• local government environmental health departments
• other environmental protection agencies

They undertake roles in environmental management, law, rural planning, and biodiversity management.

Our laboratories enable a range of chemical, biological, geological, and geoscience research activities.

These include field sampling, sample preparation, analytical chemistry, geochemistry, and molecular biology.

Specialist facilities include:

• gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
• liquid chromatography and high pressure liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
• inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy
• inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
• thermogravimetric analysis and TGA-MS
• mercury porosimetry

We also have:

• elemental analysis, including total organic carbon analysis
• ion chromatography
• atomic absorption spectrometry
• rock evaluation analysis
• molecular biology suite
• thermal and hydraulic conductivity testing equipment
• large testing frames – 250kN, 1000kN and 5000kN tension/compression loading machines