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Undergraduate
Application code:L702
Department of Geography and Environment

BA Geography

This programme looks at how the environment, people and economics collectively impact on our world. It includes an international field trip.
BA Geography at LSE

Overview

Introduction

During your studies, you’ll develop your skills in analysing and evaluating geographical information and completing fieldwork. There’s an opportunity to take part in a field trip in the second year and also study a language specialism – with the option to add this to your degree award. See the Programme Structure and Courses section for details.

LSE is ranked second for geography in the QS World University Rankings 2024 and our academics offer expertise in an extremely broad range of areas – including economic, political, environmental and social geography.

By the time you graduate, you’ll have all the skills needed to embark on a career in the environmental sector but also in many other areas such as financial services, IT and data analysis, government and policy setting and journalism.

Entry requirements

Here, you can check our entry requirements for GCSEs, A-levels (please read them alongside our information about subject combinations) and the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. We also consider applications from students with a range of other UK qualifications and from overseas. Please select the overseas button below and choose your country from the dropdown list to find the equivalency to A-levels of your qualification.

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We welcome students from all walks of life at LSE. We want to recruit students with the very best academic merit, potential and motivation. So, whatever your background, please do apply. Get all the details on our general entry requirements.

Competition for places at LSE is high. We cannot guarantee you an offer of a place even if you’re predicted or achieve our standard entry requirements.

Our standard offer requirements are intended only as a guide and, in some cases, you’ll be asked for different grades.

Programme content

On this programme, you’ll study 12 units over three years, plus LSE100.

You’ll also complete a dissertation in your final year.

Fieldwork is an important element of this programme and you can take part in an international field trip on the second-year Field Methods in Geography course (see the Fees and Funding section for details of costs).

You’ll need to complete a minimum of 27 hours of independent study across all your courses.

Year 1

You’ll take three compulsory courses and choose one course from four options. Alternatively, for your fourth course, you can choose from an option from outside the department, including a language course. You’ll also take LSE100.

Why study with us

Discover more about our students and department.

Meet the department

Our department is highly regarded both nationally and internationally – ranked second for Geography in the QS World University Rankings 2024.

Here at LSE, we offer a unique opportunity to study geography in a university with a worldwide reputation in the social sciences. We specialise in economic, urban and development geography, environmental social science and climate change, all with a strong emphasis on real-world applications.

Many of our academics are internationally renowned in their fields. You’ll find a good balance of experienced and younger academics in the department. Within the team, we’ve had three holders of the highly prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize Fellowships for researchers under the age of 36.

Our research is interdisciplinary and international in its scope and we work closely with academics from several other departments at LSE. Teaching staff are active within the following research centres:

Based in the heart of London opposite Lincoln’s Inn Fields, the department offers a lively, welcoming and supportive community for students and staff.
Learn more about our undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD study opportunities, as well as our research.

Your application

Overview

We consider each application carefully, taking into account all the details you’ve included on your UCAS form, such as:

You may also have to provide evidence of your English proficiency, although this is not needed at the application stage. See our English language requirements page.

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Fees and funding

The table of fees shows the latest tuition fees for all programmes.

You're charged a fee for each year of your programme. Your tuition fee covers registration and examination fees payable to the School, lectures, classes and individual supervision, lectures given at other colleges under intercollegiate arrangements and, under current arrangements, membership of the Students' Union. It doesn't cover living costs or travel or fieldwork.

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£9,250

Home student fee per each year of your programme

This is the 2025/26 tuition fee. The home student undergraduate fee may rise in line with inflation in subsequent years.

You should expect to pay a contribution of approximately £500 towards your fieldtrip for the second year course Field Methods in Geography. There are fieldtrip bursaries available from the department for students who can document financial need. An alternative field exercise will be undertaken by students who are unable to participate in the above one-week residential fieldtrip.

Learning and assessment

How you learn

Graduate destinations

Overview

Recent graduates from this programme have gone on to work in the areas of financial services, planning, consultancy, administration, marketing, development, teaching and further study.

Further information on graduate destinations for this programme

Median salary of our undergraduate students 15 months after graduating:

£32,000

Top 5 sectors our students work in:

Information, Digital Technology and Data
Government, Public Sector and Policy
Financial and Professional Services
FMCG, Manufacturing and Retail
Real Estate, Environment and Energy
This data is drawn from the 2021/22 Graduate Outcomes Survey, run by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Median salaries are calculated for respondents who are paid in UK pounds sterling and in full-time employment.

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