BSc in Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science

Programme overview

Understanding our environment, including increasing demands on and exploitation of natural resources and climate change, is probably the greatest challenge influencing our present and future.

In this programme, you will be focusing on natural global and local processes as well as human environmental impact and the interactions between them. You will obtain knowledge of various ecosystems, climate and climate change, land forming processes and land use. This programme also puts a strong focus on methods for collecting data on environmental conditions and provide you with useful analysis and visualization tools commonly used in professional work. A unique blend of courses results in a high-profile degree from a top international university – a perfect platform for a career or for further studies. As a student in the programme, you will study in an international environment and the studies are a mix of lectures, short and longer field excursions, group work, seminars and computer labs.

The department count more than 30 nationalities among the staff. The teachers are involved in research that connects to the topics included in the courses. They have gathered long experience working in different environments in the world, from the coldest climates in arctic environments as Greenland and Svalbard to the arid environments in African deserts and tropical forests in Central Africa and South America.