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We offer Undergraduate, Graduate Taught and Graduate Research programmes spanning human and physical geography. We are consistently ranked as one of the best Geography departments in the UK, with world-class researchers leading our programmes.

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Our MSc Programmes cover a wide range of issues in modern geography.

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Our students are carrying out original research with real global impact.

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Welcome to your Geography subject guide

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This guide has been put together by the Geography Subject Librarian and it is relevant to all students in the Department of Geography. You will find here an overview of the library resources and support available to you to help you in your studies or research.

Use the menu to find out what is available, including key information on:

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Please get in touch through the help channels on this page if you have any enquiries! 

Subject Collections

Key electronic resources in your subject area include:

  • Border and Migration Studies Online Border and Migration Studies Online is a collection that explores and provides historical background on more than thirty key worldwide border areas, including: U.S. and Mexico; the European Union; Afghanistan; Israel; Turkey; The Congo; Argentina; China; Thailand; and others.
  • Digimap - Ordnance Survey Access for UCL students and staff only. Users must register with their UCL username and password on first use and agree to licence conditions. Online digital mapping and data extraction facilities using Ordnance Survey data of Great Britain. Login and choose "Ordnance Survey". Please note, from Aug 2019 OS Northern Ireland data is included.
  • Elsevier Reference Collection in Earth Systems and Environmental Science This reference collection contains trusted, peer-reviewed, comprehensive content from Elsevier's reference works. It contains "Featured Articles" for quick, clear overviews and subject hierarchies to put information in context. Accessibility statement for ScienceDirect .
  • GEOBASE See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to Ovid . This database can be accessed by no more than 4 users at a time. Index of literature in the fields of physical and human geography, geology, oceanography, geomechanics, mineralogy, ecology and development studies.
  • GeoRef See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to Ovid . Index of literature in the geosciences. See GeoRef InProcess for provisional content.
  • GreenFILE See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to EBSCOhost . Index of scholarly, government and general-interest publications, covering all aspects of human impact on the environment.
  • The International Encyclopedia of Geography : People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology This newly published work reviews and defines the concepts, research, and techniques in geography and interrelated fields.
  • OECD iLibrary Index of publications from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Formerly SourceOECD.
  • Royal Geographical Society Digital Archive (with Institute of British Geographers) The RGS’s archive contains vast collections of documents, maps, photographs, expedition reports, manuscript materials and books, and span 500 years of geography, travel and exploration.
  • SCOPUS See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to Scopus . Multi-disciplinary database containing references to journal articles, conference proceedings, trade publications, book series and web resources. Please use IE 8 or higher, Google Chrome or Firefox browsers.
  • Web of Science A multidisciplinary database containing references to journal articles, conference proceedings, trade publications, book series and web resources.

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Graduate Program: Geography

UCLA's Graduate Program in Geography offers the following degree(s):

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Masters available on Doctoral track

With questions not answered here or on the program’s site (above), please contact the program directly.

Geography Graduate Program at UCLA 1255 Bunche Hall Box 951524 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1524

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Human Geography MPhil/PhD

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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

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Art History

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UCL Geography is an established international leader in geographical research. We are committed to theoretically informed empirical research on major social and environmental issues. The department is distinctive in the scale and diversity of its research, as well as its international scope, collaborative links and policy orientation. Students are central to the department's research culture, and are offered access to specialist laboratories and computing facilities as well as professional development opportunities, including training, teaching experience and academic event hosting.

A significant number of our recent research graduates have gone on to lectureships and many others into university research, at institutions such as King’s College London, the University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore and California College of the Arts. Having gained a variety of technical and analytical skills as well as in-depth substantive expertise in particular fields, others have entered professions within government, non-governmental organisations and the private sector.

Employability

Skills development is an important component of the research degree process, and UCL provides a strong and varied graduate skills development programme. Within UCL Geography, research students have access to state-of-the-art research equipment, a variety of data archives and receive research council level training in methodology. The department also offers research students a range of teaching assistant opportunities that provide valuable experience. Our established track record in partnership working, knowledge transfer, applied research, public engagement and impact further enables students to gain broad experience to support career development.

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A UK Master's degree in a relevant discipline (pass of 68% or better), or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Students are normally required to have achieved an upper second-class UK Bachelor’s or its overseas equivalent at first degree level.

UCL (University College London) is consistently ranked among the top ten universities in the world, conducting leading research across a wide range of subject areas. Throughout its long and prestigious history, it has inspired and educated countless minds and produced 30 Nobel prize recipients. With one campus located in the heart of Bloomsbury and a second campus in vibrant east London, the university is home to around 42,000 students... more

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Designed primarily for students pursuing the Ph.D., the principal goal of the graduate program is to produce scholars and scientists able to produce geographical work of the highest quality. The M.A. exists here as a foundation for the Ph.D., and we admit to the M.A. program only those students who have the Ph.D. as their ultimate goal. Graduate students are a core part of the scholarly and scientific community that constitutes the Department. Their research and teaching contributions are regarded as central to its mission.

The UCLA Geography Graduate Program is rated in the top 10 of all US departments by the National Research Council.

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