Bsc (hons) Environmental Science in Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Bsc (hons) Environmental Science in Manchester Metropolitan University

Overview

The world around us is changing – and our Environmental Science degree will let you understand how. You’ll learn the skills and knowledge to measure, model and assess environmental change and its impact. Developed with employers, including environmental agencies and private businesses, this is a programme with real-world relevance, built around developing the techniques and expertise you’ll find in the workplace.

The course combines aspects of physical and life sciences, helping you build an understanding of environmental issues today. You’ll also gain a wide range of practical and analytical skills, working in the lab and the field. By the time you graduate, you’ll be able to collect, process, and analyse data from a range of sources across different scientific disciplines – giving you the understanding to make informed recommendations in a professional context.

Our Environmental Science degree also provides the option of spending an extra year expanding your horizons, either studying with one of our partner universities overseas, or working on a placement in industry.

Features and Benefits

• We've been ranked in the top three of the People and Planet University League of most sustainable universities for six years running
• We are fully accredited by professional bodies such as the Institution of Environmental Sciences, with all students eligible for free membership and associated benefits.
• We offer free Carbon Literacy training to our students, to build their understanding of sustainability and to enhance their employability.
• The Department has been awarded Green Hero Status for Excellence in Environmental Education and Practice from the Green Organisation.
• The four-year study abroad route gives you the opportunity to study overseas during your third year in North America, Australia or in Europe.
• Alternatively, the four-year sandwich route allows you to spend your third year on an employment placement, enhancing your career opportunities on graduation.
• Residential fieldwork opportunities in the UK or overseas are available during each year of the Environmental Science degree.
• Our laboratories and facilities are state-of-the-art and will give you first-hand experience of a wide range of manual and instrumental lab skills and techniques.
• Our practical facilities include a dedicated instrumentation laboratory with an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) spectrometer and ion chromatograph (IC) for environmental measurements, a GIS laboratory and a field store with the equipment for sampling and assessing a wide range of environments.

Career prospects

Environmental science graduates may go on to a variety of subject specific careers in the environmental and sustainability industries, in consultancies and environmental services, or in teaching or research. Recent graduates have found employment across a wide range of sectors including environmental consultancies, public utilities, local authorities, industrial research laboratories, and conservation organisations. Our Environmental Science course is designed to equip you with transferable skills that may also be applied to non-subject-specific career pathways such as in management, local government, teaching or the civil service. For those who wish to continue their studies, there is a range of environmental and conservation postgraduate programmes here at Manchester Met.

Know more about Studying in UK

Tuition Fees in UK (1st Year Average)	MS: £17276 | MBA: £17276 | BE/Btech: £16632 | BBA: £15130 | BSc: £16632 | MFin: £19000 | MA: £15560 | MIM: £18241 | MEM: £16950 | MArch: £14271 | BHM: £12662 | MIS: £15344 | MEng: £12876 | MBBS: £28865| MPharm: £15452
Average Accomodation & Food Costs in UK	£850 to £1,050 a month
Entrance Exams in UK	TOEFL: 88 | IELTS: 6.5 | PTE: 59 | GMAT: 590
Work and Study in UK	Permitted for 20 hours/week with a valid study permit.
Post Study Work Permit in UK	2 Year after graduation depending on the course.
Cost of Student Visa in UK	£348
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