Geography at University of Sheffield
Geography (BSc (Hons), F800) at University of Sheffield asked for AAB in recent years; 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 sheffield.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~AAB
Competitive136 points · around ABB
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check sheffield.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 136
The middle entrant had 144–159 points.
50 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, a baccalaureate 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- F800 · F8 physical geography
- Duration
- 3 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Year abroad
- optional
- Foundation year
- optional
Accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) for the purpose of recognising the delivery of geographical knowledge, understanding, skills, approaches and attributes expected of high quality geography graduates. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
100%
still studying
UK 93%
0%
left higher education
UK 5%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
45 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course99%92%
Learning opportunities97%89%
Assessment and feedback92%85%
Academic support100%95%
Organisation and management100%90%
Learning resources98%91%
Student voice98%84%
20 final-year students · 59% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£30k3 years£25.5k5 years£33k
£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 15 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
75% working10% working and studying5% studying10% other
UK, same subject: 89% in work or study
80%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 70%
85%
say their work is meaningful
UK 85%
70%
use what they learned
UK 58%
- Engineering professionals20%
- Business and public service associate professionals20%
- Conservation and environment professionals10%
- Architects, Chartered Architectural Technologists, Planning Officers, Surveyors and Construction Professionals10%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals10%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 30 graduates · 55% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber, England
- Postcode
- S10 2TN
Subjects
physical geography geography, earth and environmental studies
Campus
- Campus
- Main Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Physical geographical sciences 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 BSc (Hons) | 104 - 136 points | 96–111 |
| King's College London, University of London | Geography and Environmental Science BSc (Hons) | AAB | 144–159 |
| Lancaster University | Physical Geography MSci (Hon) | 134 - 136 points | 144–159 |
| Loughborough University | Geography BA (Hons) | AAB | 128–143 |
| University of Birmingham | Geology and Physical Geography MSci | 136 points | 128–143 |
| University of Leeds | Geography BSc (Hons) | AAB | 128–143 |
| University of Nottingham | Geography BSc (Hons) | AAB | 112–127 |
| University of Sheffield | Geography this course | AAB | 144–159 |
| University of Southampton | Geography BSc (Hons) | AAB - ABB | 128–143 |
| University of York | Physical Geography and Environment BSc (Hons) | AAB | 128–143 |
| Queen's University Belfast | Archaeology & Palaeoecology and Geography BSc (Hons) | 112 - 135 points | 128–143 |
See all 196 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
More geography, earth and environmental studies at University of Sheffield
- Environmental Science BSc (Hons)
- Environmental Science with a Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
- Geography BA (Hons)
- Geography and Planning BA (Hons)
- Geography and Planning with Foundation Year BA (Hons)
- Geography with Foundation Year BA (Hons)
- Geography with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)