Environmental Geoscience BSc

University of Leeds · honours · 3 years · optional placement year · optional year abroad · UCAS 6501, 2462, 0938course page ↗

ABB at A level, including two from: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Further Mathematics, Geography, Geology, Marine Science; Mathematics, Physics, Statistics; graduates earn a median £27,500 three years on.

Typical A level offer
ABB

including two from: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Further Mathematics, Geography, Geology, Marine Science; Mathematics, Physics, Statistics · 95% of entrants came with A levels · 100% stay on after year 1 · Leeds course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

ABBtypical A level offer

Typical offer — the grades most applicants are asked for. Contextual offer: BBC, for applicants from under-represented backgrounds.

Leeds course page, read 19 September 2026 · Discover Uni entry profile

  1. 1including two from: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Further Mathematics, Geography, Geology, Marine Science; Mathematics, Physics, Statistics
Who actually got in: 95% with A levels, 2% with the IB, 2% via Access courses, 2% with other higher education. Based on 55 entrants.
Other qualifications4
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
AccessPass 60 creditswith 45 credits at Level 3, 30 credits with Distinction and the remaining 15 credits with Merit or above. The A2HE diploma must cover modules aligned with the subjects named in the A-level section
BTECDDMin National Extended Diploma. We can also accept a combination of National Extended Certificates and A-levels. The BTEC, with or without combination A-levels, must cover modules aligned with the subje
IB6,5,5 at higher levelincluding two relevant subjects
Advanced HighersAABBBwith BB in 2 Advanced Highers (AH). For non-AH applicants AABBBB. To include 2 relevant subjects
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£27,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£24k
Median£28k
Upper quarter£33k

Median — the middle earner: half earned more, half less. Pay is for graduates of this subject at this university who finished in 2016-18, not adjusted for inflation; based on 100 graduates.

Discover Uni dataset (HESA and Office for Students, CC BY 4.0, contains HESA data); earnings from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes data (Department for Education) · aggregation level 23, 13

Half of graduates earned between £24,000 and £33,000. Five years on, the median is £36,500. 85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 75% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 10% left100%35
In work or study, 15 months on20% studying85%25
Professional or managerial job75%15
Pay 15 months on, median£28,00015
Pay 3 years on, median£27,500100
Pay 5 years on, median£36,500115
Money

What does it cost?

£10,050a year for UK students, 2027/28 entry

Tuition fee loan — paid straight to the university; repayments start the April after you leave, at 9% of income above the threshold. UK fees are capped by government and rise with inflation; placement and study-abroad years are usually charged at a lower rate.

Leeds fees page · source

About £30,150 in fees over 3 years, covered by a tuition fee loan you repay only when earning above the threshold. International students: £33,700 a year (2027/28).

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

82%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 70% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 40 students answered

Highest: 95% agreed on question 5; lowest: 38% on question 24.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 190%
Question 273%
Question 388%
Question 478%
Question 595%
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Question 978%
Question 1070%
Question 1160%
Question 1270%
Question 1355%
Question 1455%
Question 1588%
Question 1690%
Question 1763%
Question 1866%
Question 1992%
Question 2093%
Question 2188%
Question 2275%
Question 2355%
Question 2438%
Question 2578%
Question 2682%

Question texts are published by the Office for Students; the dataset carries only the question numbers.

Modules, entry requirements and fees are facts read from University of Leeds’s course page on 2026-09-19 and may change; the university’s page is authoritative. Descriptions are not reproduced. Outcome figures are from the Discover Uni dataset. University of Leeds is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.