University of Birmingham

• The University of Birmingham is one the UK's leading research-based universities, rated the fifth most successful university in the UK for research excellence in the 2001 Research
  Assessment Exercise.
  
  
• It enjoys an outstanding reputation for excellence in environmental science, engineering and policy, with over 150 academic staff actively researching in these areas, many of whom are recognised as international leaders in their fields.
  
  
• The University currently has around 26,000 students, including over 3,000 international students from over 100 countries.

• The University's spacious and attractive campus provides excellent amenities for both academic work and recreation and is close to the centre of Birmingham, with its wide variety of social, cultural and entertainment facilities.

• Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at Birmingham is a large, dynamic, research-led School with excellent laboratory and IT facilities.
  
  
• It has more than eighty academic and research staff offering a wide range of environmental expertise, focused around four major research themes: hydroecology (integrating research in climatology, hydrology, hydrogeomorphology and ecological processes and climate); climate and atmospheric research (specialising in applied meteorology and climatology); earth sciences (environmental geophysics, palaeoenvironments, sedimentology and petroleum geosciences) and environmental health and risk management.
  
  
• The School incorporates the Division of Environmental Health and Risk Management, a multi-disciplinary research and teaching centre focusing on the provision of postgraduate and post-experience education and training in the fields of environmental health and risk management. It has particular expertise in air pollution, water chemistry and pollutant cycling.
  
  
• The School supports the University's Centre for Environmental Research and Training which provides a focus for interdisciplinary environmental research and teaching at the University of Birmingham.

The School offers a wide range of training at all levels, from undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes to short courses and professional development courses. It also offers a range of postgraduate research opportunities in Physical Geography, Ecology, Environmental Health, Environmental Risk Management and Earth Sciences.

Undergraduate Courses
(UCAS codes show in brackets)

• BSc Environmental Science (F900) / with a Professional Placement Abroad (F850)
• BSc Environmental Management (F851)
• BSc / MSci Environmental Geoscience (F630) / with an International Year (F632)
• BSc / MSci Geology (F600) / with an International Year (F601)
• BSc / MSci Resource and Applied Geology (F611) / with an International Year (F613)
• BSc Geology with Biology (F6C1)

Postgraduate Courses

• MSc/Diploma Air Pollution Management & Control
• MSc Environmental Health
• MSc/Diploma Food Safety, Hygiene and Management
• MSc Hydrogeology
• MSc Meteorology and Applied Climatology
• MSc / Diploma Science of Occupational Health, Safety and the Environment
• PhD with Integrated Study: Atmospheric Sciences and Air Pollution
• PhD Research Opportunities in Physical Geography, Ecology,
  Environmental Health, Environmental Risk Management and Earth Sciences.

Short Courses

• Post Experience Qualifications in Food Safety & Food Legislation
• Certificate in HACCP Principles
  

Lynne Pearce
Information Officer
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Univeristy of Birmingham
Edgbaston B15 2TT

Tel: 01214148141
Fax: 0121414 8142
Email: l.m.pearce@bham.ac.uk
Web: www.gees.bham.ac.uk