The foundation year provides a route onto a degree if you don't have the qualifications or have not studied advanced level subjects sufficiently related to your course of choice. After successful completion of the Foundation Year in Environmental Science, you can progress on to BSc (Hons) Environmental Science.

Whether you want to understand how the material world works or explore the environmental issues shaping our world, the Department of Natural Sciences offers a range of degrees to enable you to learn about the areas and aspects that match your career ambitions.

Whichever route you take, you’ll have the skills and understanding you need to undertake further study or get started in your career.

After successful completion of the Foundation Year in Environmental Science, you can progress on to the relevant BSc (Hons) degree.

Environmental science graduates may go on to a variety of subject-specific careers in the environmental and sustainability industries, in consultancies and environmental services, or in teaching or research. Recent graduates of our BSc (Hons) Environmental Science programme have found employment across a wide range of sectors including environmental consultancies, public utilities, local authorities, industrial research laboratories, and conservation organisations. Our environmental science course is designed to equip you with transferable skills that may also be applied to non-subject-specific career pathways such as in management, local government, teaching or the civil service.