Geography

Geographers seek to understand the natural and human world, their interactions and their impacts. With the global population set to expand significantly over the next 50 years, humans will influence the global environment more than ever. 

Geographers work at the forefront of some of the most pressing local and global issues, including climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, urbanisation, demographic change, and food and water security. They study patterns and processes of natural and built environments and of human activities, and their causes and consequences.  

You can study physical geography, human geography and spatial information science within three of our undergraduate programs, and you can specialise in geographic information science as a postgraduate. 

Why choose geography at UQ? 

You’ll learn from world-leading academics and researchers, and develop your understanding, apply practical skills and draw on your analytical laboratory experience on our field trips within Queensland and overseas.  

A degree qualification in geography subjects will prepare you for a range of challenging and exciting roles in Australia and overseas, in areas as wide-ranging as geographical information systems, natural resource management and applied social research to environmental consultancy, and pollution monitoring and control.

Spatial information science graduates leave us with skills that extend across disciplines and professions, including ecology, archaeology, mineral and oil exploration, health, urban and regional planning, mathematics, cartography, surveying, environmental science, and more. 

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