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MSc Geoscience

What will I learn?

The programme aims to integrate theoretical studies with essential practical skills in the Earth Sciences, both in the field and in the laboratory. Students develop the ability to work on group projects, prepare written reports, acquire oral skills and gain training in the methods of scientific research. The MSc Geosciences provides the opportunity to acquire graduate-level study and research skills across a broad area of the Earth Sciences, providing a strong foundation for a research degree or employment in the geosciences sector.

Why should I study this degree at UCL?

The Department of Earth Sciences at UCL is engaged in world-class research into the processes at work on and within the Earth and other planets, offering a broad range of study within the geosciences from palaeontology to deep Earth geophysics.

Graduate students benefit from our lively and research-driven teaching and learning environment. Our main research groups focus on Earth and planetary structure and evolution, crustal dynamics, palaeoclimate, palaeobiology and palaeoenvironments, environmental geochemistry, polar climate modelling and natural hazards.

The department also hosts the NASA Regional Planetary Image Facility, Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre, the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction and engages in extensive collaborative work with the Royal Institution and the Natural History Museum and many other external research institutions.

Structure

Emphasis will be on providing a set of courses that suit your aspirations, background and experience. To ensure coherence to your studies, you can follow one of several ‘pathways’: Earth Systems Science; Palaeobiology; Earth and Planetary Physics; Environment; and Hydrogeology.

Research Project

We will help you design a research project that you will find exciting and appropriate to your interests. Enthusiastic support will be provided by a staff member with research interests in the area you choose. Our very favourable staff/student ratio ensures close supervision. A thesis would be submitted by the 1st September.

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