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Among 111 UK higher education institutions with 3,000+ graduates (HESA Graduate Outcomes 2026).
Get ready for degree-level study with our degree with a foundation year. In Year 0, you’ll be part of a supportive Natural and Applied Sciences Foundation Year, gaining essential skills, knowledge and research experience, as well as the confidence to complete a full honours degree as part of this four-year course.
Examine the earth’s changing landscapes with a Geography with Foundation Year degree from Canterbury Christ Church University. If you're passionate about making a difference in this current climate, this course offers hands-on experience, critical thinking, and deep insight into both human and physical geography.
Taught by passionate experts and guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, you’ll investigate pressing global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, urbanisation, and inequality.
What you’ll learn across your four-year course
Explore climate change, sustainability, and the human-environment relationship in a global context.
Investigate physical landscapes, ecosystems, and weather systems through immersive fieldwork.
Develop mapping and data analysis skills using GIS and digital tools.
Take a multidisciplinary approach as you learn about biological, chemical, physical environmental processes.
Explore new landscapes and cultures through international field trips.
What’s more, you’ll develop the skills to collect, manipulate, analyse, map, visualise, and communicate geographical phenomena as you independently research your own topics.
With a strong focus on fieldwork, lab skills, and real-world problem solving, you’ll graduate ready for careers such as environmental consultancy, planning, policy, or further study.
Specialist facilities
You will learn in our flagship STEM Verena Holmes building with impressive, modern science labs and a team of highly qualified lab technicians to support your work, alongside teaching during local and residential fieldtrips.
Career prospects
We host a careers fair specifically for students on our courses where you can talk to employers, find out about the exciting careers they offer and get advice on how to progress into those careers with the skills you have learned.
Previous graduates from Geography and Environmental Science courses at Canterbury Christ Church University have gone on to work as:
Team Leader (Elmhurst Energy)
Senior Planning Officer (Hertsmere Borough Council)
Community Outreach Program and Education Manager (Angari Foundation)
Graduate Consultant (Mott MacDonald).
Some of our graduates go on to complete MScs or PhDs or pursue postgraduate courses or train as teachers.
For a list of core and likely optional modules, please visit our website.
https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/courses/geography-with-foundation-year
This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
Canterbury Christ Church University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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The following entry points are available for this course:
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Home (UK) Fees:
Home (UK) tuition fees for Foundation Years at Canterbury Christ Church University will be set in line with the maximum tuition fee cap for foundation years in classroom-based subjects or non-classroom-based subjects, as set by the UK Government. Home (UK) tuition fees for subsequent years 1-3 are currently set in line with the maximum tuition fee cap for standard undergraduate degrees set by the UK Government, currently £9,535. However, this is subject to any changes to the maximum tuition fee cap, or any other changes to regulated undergraduate tuition fees, that might be subsequently approved by Parliament for the 2026/27 academic year onwards.
International Tuition Fees (including EU fees):
Undergraduate tuition fees for International students are not subject to the Government’s regulations on maximum tuition fees. The University’s 2026/27 Overseas tuition fees for international students, and information about any mid-course increases, will be published on each course webpage. More details about International student fees and funding and any Scholarships which are available can be found on the following weblink which will be updated for 2026/27 entrants in due course: https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/fees-and-funding/international-student-fees-and-funding
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