Geography with Professional Placement BSc (Hons)

**Reasons to choose Kingston**<br/>- Kingston is ranked in the top 5 in the country and top in London for Geography (Guardian League Table 2025).<br/><br/><br/>- This course has been accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (RGS).<br/><br/><br/>- We offer a diverse range of modules in both Human and Physical Geography so you are free to choose which areas of the discipline are of most interest to you.<br/><br/><br/>- Strong emphasis is placed on the applied nature of geography. This means youll engage with real-world learning, working in partnership with local authorities, community groups, international agencies, and NGOs, both in the UK and on fieldwork abroad.<br/><br/><br/>- Our careers team offer a programme of events and training sessions which will help you make the best of your career choices.<br/><br/><br/>- 100% of students found the course intellectually stimulating, thought staff were good at explaining things and made the subject engaging (NSS 2023). <br/><br/><br/>**About this course**<br/>This course is concerned with understanding the Earth’s environments and the global concerns of humanity. It offers a perfect balance of skills learning and practical fieldwork. <br/><br/>Fieldwork takes place in the UK and Europe*. Subjects include data collection, project management, social policy analysis, urban planning and design, environmental monitoring and management. <br/><br/>Teaching on the course will support your professional development. It often takes place with planning departments, environmental agencies, business support networks, community organisations and town centre management teams.<br/><br/>**Future Skills** <br/>Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability. <br/><br/>As you progress through your degree, youll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge. <br/><br/>At Kingston University, were not just keeping up with change, were creating it. <br/><br/>**Career opportunities**<br/>Graduates work in a wide range of areas, such as local government, retail, human resources, finance, insurance, ICT, education and research.