This course allows you to spend the third year on an industrial placement, gaining valuable experience by putting your knowledge and skills into practice. This MSci course is more advanced than a three-year BSc degree, allowing you to develop originality in the application of knowledge and research skills and deal with complex issues systematically and creatively. MSci degrees are recommended for those who might wish to retain a long-term commitment to the discipline, for example those who wish to proceed to postgraduate study or to a scientific or technical career, and also for those who simply wish to undertake a broader and deeper study of the subject.

The Department offers rigorous degree courses which will prepare you for a broad range of careers. Our graduates are highly employable and, in recent years, have entered many different careers, including roles in the hydrocarbon and mineral extraction industries and in the environmental professions, as well as going on to further research degrees.