Course options
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Qualification
MRes - Master of Research
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Location
Newcastle University
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
01-SEP-25
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Duration
12 months
Course summary
Develop the advanced skills and knowledge required for further academic study or research-focused industry roles in environmental geoscience.
Overview
You'll choose your own unique pathway and develop your skills and interests within environmental geoscience. You'll explore these ideas in-depth via your dissertation. You'll lead and develop a research project at the forefront of research. Expert academics from across the environmental geosciences at Newcastle University will support you.
You'll gain advanced research skills from our scientific skills module. Our broad range of optional modules allows you to pursue your interests and build a unique portfolio of skills and knowledge.
You'll gain the advanced skills required to conduct research within environmental geoscience. This will provide excellent preparation for those interested in a research-focused job and/or further academic study. Potential roles include:
- environmental consultancy
- environmental management
- government agencies (eg Natural England)
- GIS / remote sensing consultancy
- further postgraduate study (PhD)
Your development
During the environmental geoscience programme, you'll develop a number of key transferable skills, which are vital for your future career, including:
- being able to communicate to a high standard, via written material and oral presentations, to both specialist and non-specialist audiences
- being able to work effectively as a member of a team
- the ability to deal with complex issues, both systematically and creatively
- being able to demonstrate self-direction and originality in solving problems and tackling tasks
- having excellent time management and planning skills
- having the capacity to lead, manage and implement an in-depth project
Careers
Potential roles include:
- environmental consultancy
- environmental management
- government agencies (eg Natural England)
- GIS / remote sensing consultancy
- further postgraduate study (PhD)
Modules
Tuition fees
- Hong Kong
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
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- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burma
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curacao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- East Timor
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- England
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea DPR (North Korea)
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Northern Ireland
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestinian Authority
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Republic of Ireland
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Scotland
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St Vincent
- St. Kitts & Nevis
- St. Lucia
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- UAE
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Wales
- Western Samoa
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
拢 22,800per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information
Newcastle University
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University League Table
26th
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Campus address
Medical Student Office, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
Subject rankings
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Subject ranking
23rd out of 73 3
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Entry standards
/ Max 211138 66%29th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10079.0 79%23rd
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 42.92 73%63rd
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