The School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences has a renowned history for international excellence in research and teaching. Geology at Birmingham dates back to 1881 and Geography began here in 1924. We are proud of our long history and build on our successes through our research and teaching to address the challenges of the 21st Century such as climate change, oil exploration, renewable energy and resilience.
Our research spans five major themes:
- Environmental health sciences
- Geosystems
- Society, economy and environment
- Water sciences
- Urban and regional studies (Centre for Urban and regional studies)
We welcome students and staff to a supportive interdisciplinary community of some 60 academic staff, 28 technical and support staff and 24 research staff.
We have a thriving postgraduate community, with around 90 research students and more than 150 following our acclaimed taught postgraduate programmes.
Our undergraduate teaching programmes reflect our research expertise, enabling students to benefit from staff actively involved in innovative, leading-edge research. Our teaching has been ranked ‘excellent’ in the HEFCE quality review. Our graduates are successful and highly sought after by employers.
We offer excellent facilities for postgraduate study through both taught courses and by research. Staff and students benefit from:
- Extensive map and archive facilities
- Earth Imaging Lab
- Stable-Isotope Laboratory (SILLA)
- Environmental library
- fully digital drawing office
- Environmental chemistry, sedimentology, ecology, groundwater and palaeobiology laboratories all with state-of-the-art equipment, and specialist computer facilities
We are also home to the nationally important Lapworth Museum of Geology, one of the finest geological collections in the UK. It is free to the public and open all year round.
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School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Scholarships
Below you will find scholarships related to School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. Distinction can be made between scholarships provided by the University and those provided by independent providers.
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30 Sep 2024
Birmingham Marshall Scholarship
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University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Grant
1000000 KRW
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Not specified
Global Scholarship Program (GSP)
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Grant
332500 USD
Deadline
31 May 2024
Study Abroad Graudate Scholarships Of SBS Foundation
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Independent provider
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40000 USD
Deadline
31 Mar 2025
Study Abroad Master/Doctoral Program Of Lotte Foundation
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Independent provider
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40000 USD
Deadline
30 Sep 2024
Study Abroad Graduate Scholarships Of Chungcheongnam
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Independent provider
Grant
40000 USD
Deadline
31 Mar 2025
Study Abroad Graduate Scholarships Of Jeollanam
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Independent provider
Grant
40000 AUD
Deadline
13 Oct 2024
Veterans’ Fund Indigenous Scholarships
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40000 AUD
Deadline
30 Apr 2024
Veterans’ Fund Graduate Scholarships
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10000 USD
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30 Apr 2024
OAS/OEA Scholarship
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Grant
5000 USD
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Not specified
Korean American Scholarship Foundation
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Grant
1500 MYR
Deadline
18 May 2024
Malaysia International Scholarship (MIS)
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Various benefits
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DFL Scholarship Program
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Grant
Various benefits
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Anytime
Summer courses of Lectures for Institutes of Languages from the University
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Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
30 Apr 2024
Aktion Austria - Slovakia: Summer Slovak Language Course - scholarship (A to SK)
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Grant
Various benefits
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Beijing Government Scholarship for International Students
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Various benefits
Deadline
30 Nov 2024
CEEPUS (Central European Exchange Program for University Studies)
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Not specified
The Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) Scholarships
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Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
24 May 2024
The Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships
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1500000 KRW
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Not specified
Fully Funded GKS Korean Government Scholarship
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7000 USD
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Out-Of-State Tuition Scholarship
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Various benefits
Deadline
30 Sep 2024
Birmingham Marshall Scholarship
Merit-based Need-based
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University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Independent provider
Grant
1000000 KRW
Deadline
Not specified
Global Scholarship Program (GSP)
Merit-based
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Grant
332500 USD
Deadline
31 May 2024
Study Abroad Graudate Scholarships Of SBS Foundation
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
40000 USD
Deadline
31 Mar 2025
Study Abroad Master/Doctoral Program Of Lotte Foundation
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
40000 USD
Deadline
30 Sep 2024
Study Abroad Graduate Scholarships Of Chungcheongnam
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
40000 USD
Deadline
31 Mar 2025
Study Abroad Graduate Scholarships Of Jeollanam
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
40000 AUD
Deadline
13 Oct 2024
Veterans’ Fund Indigenous Scholarships
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Grant
40000 AUD
Deadline
30 Apr 2024
Veterans’ Fund Graduate Scholarships
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
10000 USD
Deadline
30 Apr 2024
OAS/OEA Scholarship
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Independent provider
Grant
5000 USD
Deadline
Not specified
Korean American Scholarship Foundation
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
1500 MYR
Deadline
18 May 2024
Malaysia International Scholarship (MIS)
Merit-based
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Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
DFL Scholarship Program
Need-based
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Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Anytime
Summer courses of Lectures for Institutes of Languages from the University
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
30 Apr 2024
Aktion Austria - Slovakia: Summer Slovak Language Course - scholarship (A to SK)
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
Beijing Government Scholarship for International Students
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
30 Nov 2024
CEEPUS (Central European Exchange Program for University Studies)
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
The Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) Scholarships
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
24 May 2024
The Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships
Merit-based Need-based
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Grant
1500000 KRW
Deadline
Not specified
Fully Funded GKS Korean Government Scholarship
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
7000 USD
Deadline
Not specified
Out-Of-State Tuition Scholarship
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Provided by university
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
30 Sep 2024
Birmingham Marshall Scholarship
Merit-based Need-based
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University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Independent provider
Grant
1000000 KRW
Deadline
Not specified
Global Scholarship Program (GSP)
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
332500 USD
Deadline
31 May 2024
Study Abroad Graudate Scholarships Of SBS Foundation
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
40000 USD
Deadline
31 Mar 2025
Study Abroad Master/Doctoral Program Of Lotte Foundation
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
40000 USD
Deadline
30 Sep 2024
Study Abroad Graduate Scholarships Of Chungcheongnam
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
40000 USD
Deadline
31 Mar 2025
Study Abroad Graduate Scholarships Of Jeollanam
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
40000 AUD
Deadline
13 Oct 2024
Veterans’ Fund Indigenous Scholarships
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
40000 AUD
Deadline
30 Apr 2024
Veterans’ Fund Graduate Scholarships
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
10000 USD
Deadline
30 Apr 2024
OAS/OEA Scholarship
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
5000 USD
Deadline
Not specified
Korean American Scholarship Foundation
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
1500 MYR
Deadline
18 May 2024
Malaysia International Scholarship (MIS)
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
DFL Scholarship Program
Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Anytime
Summer courses of Lectures for Institutes of Languages from the University
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
30 Apr 2024
Aktion Austria - Slovakia: Summer Slovak Language Course - scholarship (A to SK)
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
Beijing Government Scholarship for International Students
Merit-based
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
30 Nov 2024
CEEPUS (Central European Exchange Program for University Studies)
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
The Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) Scholarships
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
24 May 2024
The Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships
Merit-based Need-based
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Independent provider
Grant
1500000 KRW
Deadline
Not specified
Fully Funded GKS Korean Government Scholarship
Merit-based Need-based
Read more about eligibility
Independent provider
Grant
7000 USD
Deadline
Not specified
Out-Of-State Tuition Scholarship
Merit-based Need-based
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The School has excellent research, laboratory and computing facilities for use by staff and students, including:
- Stable-Isotope Laboratory (SILLA)
- Facility for Environmental Nanoscience Analysis and Characterisation (FENAC)
- Geoscience Precision Cutting Laboratory
- environmental health research facilities, featuring state-of-the-art analytical instruments
- newly equipped laboratories for freshwater research, funded by the Wolfson Foundation
- fully equipped palaeomagnetic and rock preparation laboratories
- Geosciences Microscope Facilities
- Rock Magnetics Laboratory
- analytical facilities for solid and liquid analysis
- state-of-the-art Earth imaging and visualisation laboratory for teaching
- extensive computing capabilities for modelling seismic and sidescan-sonar data, groundwater flow modelling and satellite image analysis
- a comprehensive Map Library
The School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences is also home to:
- The Lapworth Museum of Geology, one of the finest geological museums in the UK
- The MRG Conzen collection.
In addition, staff and research students have access to many other facilities on campus including SEM and TEM facilities with microprobe capability at the University Electron Microscopy Centre; mass spectroscopy, raman and laser ablation facilities; PIXE, XRD, force and electron microscopes.