Undergraduate Environmental Sciences
Our teaching introduces you to innovative research in these fields. Our subject is globally significant to our future and that of the environment around us.
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