Geography (Placement Year) at Lancaster University
Geography (Placement Year) (BSc (Hons), F803) at Lancaster University asked for 128 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 144–159 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on lancs.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~128 points
Competitivearound ABB
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is the 2026 one and may have changed. Check lancs.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 128
The middle entrant had 144–159 points. 15% had fewer than the 128 asked.
15 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 100%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- F803 · F8 physical geography
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- October 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
100%
still studying
UK 90%
0%
left higher education
UK 8%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
20 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course93%90%
Learning opportunities90%89%
Assessment and feedback80%84%
Academic support95%96%
Organisation and management95%88%
Learning resources97%92%
Student voice83%83%
10 final-year students · 83% responded · NSS 2024-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£29k3 years£26k5 years£32.5k
£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 40 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
65% working14% working and studying9% studying6% unemployed6% other
UK, same subject: 88% in work or study
85%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 60%
85%
say their work is meaningful
UK 78%
50%
use what they learned
UK 48%
- Teaching Professionals15%
- Engineering professionals15%
- Conservation and environment professionals15%
- Architects, Chartered Architectural Technologists, Planning Officers, Surveyors and Construction Professionals10%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals10%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 55 graduates · 72% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Lancaster, North West England, England
- Postcode
- LA1 4YW
Subjects
geography geography, earth and environmental studies
Campus
- Campus
- Bailrigg Campus, Lancaster
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Geography at other universities
The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor University | Geography BA (Hons) | 104 - 136 points | 112–127 |
| Brunel University of London | Geography BSc (Hons) | ABB - BBC | under 96 |
| Cardiff University | Environmental Geography BSc (Hons) | ABB - BCC | 112–127 |
| Lancaster University | Geography (Placement Year) this course | 128 points | 144–159 |
| Queen Mary University of London | Geography BSc (Hons) | 128 points | 112–127 |
| Royal Holloway, University of London | Geography BA (Hons) | ABB - BBB | 96–111 |
| University of Birmingham | Geology and Physical Geography BSc (Hons) | 128 points | 128–143 |
| University of Glasgow | Geography BSc (Hons) | 120 - 128 points | 192–207 |
| Bath Spa University | Education and Geography BA/BSc (H) | BBB - BCC | 96–111 |
| Keele University | Environmental Science and Geography BSc (Hons) | 120 points | 112–127 |
| Kingston University | Geography BSc (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 96–111 |
See all 184 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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