Geography (Human and Physical) with Professional Experience BSc (Hons)

Explore our natural and human worlds – and the complex relationships between the two – with our BSc Geography (Human and Physical) with Professional Experience degree. This four-year course includes a year-long professional placement, which occurs between your second and final year of study.<br/><br/>By combining your study of human and physical geographies, you can explore a hugely diverse range of topics. For example, you can examine:<br/><br/><br/>- the differences and dynamics of political systems and cultures<br/><br/><br/>- sustainable development of urban spaces<br/><br/><br/>- the way the natural environment responds to – and recovers from – change.<br/><br/><br/>The course also offers you the chance to help address issues critical to our shared global future, including:<br/><br/><br/>- climate change<br/><br/><br/>- natural disasters<br/><br/><br/>- social inequalities<br/><br/><br/>- poverty.<br/><br/><br/>For more information, please visit our course page: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/geography-ug/bsc-human-and-physical-geography-with-professional-experience

There are so many reasons to choose the University of Reading in Clearing this year. Join a diverse and supportive community where lecturers will inspire you with their discoveries and guide you in making your own. Reading’s award-winning parkland campus offers the spaces and places you need to make the most of your studies and student life.<br/><br/>The University of Reading is a research-intensive university. It works with governments, international agencies, businesses, and charities to tackle some of the biggest problems facing the world today, such as climate change, heart disease, and international conflict.<br/><br/>Named The Sustainable University of The Year, 2025, this year Reading launched one of the UK's largest ever undergraduate scholarship schemes, designed to develop future Global Sustainability Leaders Scholarships. The scholarship offers £6000 per year (for up to 4 years of study) towards living expenses and will be available to apply to, for those entering Clearing and who meet the scheme's criteria. With over 150 clubs and societies, Reading knows how important life is beyond your studies too and with the student union in the heart of the campus, there's little doubt making the University of Reading your first call in Clearing will be one of the best decisions you ever made.