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  • Digital Geosciences

    3 years full time

    BSc F640

    Earth Sciences
  • Environmental Geology

    3 years full time

    BSc F630

    Earth Sciences
  • Environmental Geology with a Year in Industry

    4 years full time

    BSc F690

    Earth Sciences
  • Petroleum Geology

    3 years full time

    BSc F620

    Earth Sciences
  • Environmental Geoscience

    4 years full time

    MSci F631

    Earth Sciences
  • Environmental Geoscience with a Year in Industry

    5 years full time

    MSci F644

    Earth Sciences
  • Environmental Geoscience with a Year of International Study

    4 years full time

    MSci FP42

    Earth Sciences
  • Geology

    3 years full time

    BSc F600

    Earth Sciences
  • Geology with a Year in Industry

    4 years full time

    BSc F603

    Earth Sciences
  • Geoscience

    4 years full time

    MSci F601

    Earth Sciences
  • Geoscience with a Year in Industry

    5 years full time

    MSci F642

    Earth Sciences
  • Geoscience with a Year of International Study

    4 years full time

    MSci F602

    Earth Sciences
  • Geosciences & Sustainable Energy

    3 years full time

    BSc FH62

    Earth Sciences
  • Earth, Climate and Environmental Change

    3 years full time

    BSc F764

    Earth Sciences
  • Earth, Climate and Environmental Change MSci

    4 years full time

    MSci F767

    Earth Sciences
  • Environmental Diagnosis and Management

    1 year full time

    MSc

    Earth Sciences
  • Energy Geosciences

    1 year full time

    MSc

    Earth Sciences
  • Petroleum Geoscience by Distance Learning

    2 years full time

    MSc

    Earth Sciences
  • Earth Sciences PhD

    4 years full time

    Earth Sciences

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