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Geography and environmental science (Geography, earth and environmental studies) offer rates at 37 UK universities, 2025 UCAS cycle
In the 2025 UCAS main scheme (per application), the median geography, earth and environmental studies offer rate (often called the acceptance rate) across the 36 universities with data here (at least 20 applications each) was 92.2%; for applicants from outside the UK and EU it was 83.3% (the 32 with at least 20 such applications). G5 (all applicants): LSE 23.1%, Oxford 25.7%, Cambridge 30.2%, Imperial 48.4%, UCL 77.4%.
What is the geography and environmental science acceptance rate (offer rate) at each university?
Sorted by applications, largest first; click a header to re-sort. Brackets mean fewer than 20 applications: the rate is unstable and left out of the sorting and the median. University names link to all of that university's data.
| University | Offers | Outside UK and EU: applications | Outside UK and EU: offers | Accepted applicants (people) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Leeds 2,510 applications | 2,510 | 2,335 | 93.0% | 490 | 440 | 89.8% | 460 |
| University of Manchester 2,340 applications | 2,340 | 2,045 | 87.4% | 900 | 820 | 91.1% | 350 |
| University of Southampton 2,145 applications | 2,145 | 1,940 | 90.4% | 270 | 235 | 87.0% | 385 |
| University of Bristol 2,040 applications | 2,040 | 1,720 | 84.3% | 280 | 235 | 83.9% | 310 |
| University of Exeter 1,990 applications | 1,990 | 1,870 | 94.0% | 145 | 120 | 82.8% | 405 |
| University College London G5 1,860 applications | 1,860 | 1,440 | 77.4% | 1,050 | 765 | 72.9% | 345 |
| University of Edinburgh 1,800 applications | 1,800 | 1,205 | 66.9% | 455 | 350 | 76.9% | 210 |
| University of Birmingham 1,745 applications | 1,745 | 1,540 | 88.3% | 310 | 275 | 88.7% | 330 |
| Cardiff University 1,715 applications | 1,715 | 1,640 | 95.6% | 70 | 65 | 92.9% | 345 |
| University of Liverpool 1,610 applications | 1,610 | 1,495 | 92.9% | 65 | 45 | 69.2% | 340 |
| Durham University 1,405 applications | 1,405 | 1,345 | 95.7% | 210 | 195 | 92.9% | 390 |
| Newcastle University 1,335 applications | 1,335 | 1,245 | 93.3% | 55 | 45 | 81.8% | 315 |
| University of Nottingham 1,275 applications | 1,275 | 1,195 | 93.7% | 70 | 50 | 71.4% | 230 |
| University of Sheffield 1,130 applications | 1,130 | 1,015 | 89.8% | 85 | 75 | 88.2% | 120 |
| University of Glasgow 995 applications | 995 | 880 | 88.4% | 155 | 150 | 96.8% | 195 |
| King's College London 990 applications | 990 | 925 | 93.4% | 420 | 400 | 95.2% | 165 |
| University of Reading 975 applications | 975 | 945 | 96.9% | 60 | 60 | 100.0% | 200 |
| University of York 940 applications | 940 | 895 | 95.2% | 55 | 55 | 100.0% | 215 |
| University of St Andrews 915 applications | 915 | 440 | 48.1% | 170 | 125 | 73.5% | 125 |
| University of Cambridge G5 910 applications | 910 | 275 | 30.2% | 280 | 50 | 17.9% | 210 |
| Loughborough University 800 applications | 800 | 725 | 90.6% | 20 | 20 | 100.0% | 130 |
| Lancaster University 795 applications | 795 | 750 | 94.3% | 45 | 35 | 77.8% | 150 |
| London School of Economics and Political Science G5 715 applications | 715 | 165 | 23.1% | 250 | 40 | 16.0% | 60 |
| Queen's University Belfast 685 applications | 685 | 635 | 92.7% | 10 | 5 | (50.0%) | 140 |
| Royal Holloway, University of London 625 applications | 625 | 585 | 93.6% | 25 | 25 | 100.0% | 105 |
| University of East Anglia 600 applications | 600 | 570 | 95.0% | 25 | 15 | 60.0% | 140 |
| University of Leicester 580 applications | 580 | 535 | 92.2% | 35 | 20 | 57.1% | 105 |
| University of Oxford G5 565 applications | 565 | 145 | 25.7% | 180 | 15 | 8.3% | 115 |
| Queen Mary University of London 545 applications | 545 | 495 | 90.8% | 80 | 70 | 87.5% | 60 |
| University of Warwick 540 applications | 540 | 460 | 85.2% | 200 | 155 | 77.5% | 120 |
| University of Aberdeen 515 applications | 515 | 475 | 92.2% | 25 | 15 | 60.0% | 100 |
| Imperial College London G5 475 applications | 475 | 230 | 48.4% | 330 | 120 | 36.4% | 75 |
| Swansea University 425 applications | 425 | 410 | 96.5% | 5 | 5 | (100.0%) | 80 |
| University of Dundee 410 applications | 410 | 400 | 97.6% | 15 | 15 | (100.0%) | 60 |
| University of Sussex 320 applications | 320 | 310 | 96.9% | 20 | 20 | 100.0% | 50 |
| University of Essex 25 applications | 25 | 20 | 80.0% | 5 | 5 | (100.0%) | 5 |
| City St George's, University of London 15 applications | 15 | 10 | (66.7%) | 5 | 5 | (100.0%) | 0 |
- UCAS rounds every count to the nearest 5 (a 0 may be 1 or 2). The rates here are worked out from the rounded counts, so they can differ from UCAS's own rates, most for small numbers.
- Offer rate = offers ÷ applications, main scheme only (by the 30 June deadline). Applications count choices, up to five per person; accepted applicants count people, including those placed through Clearing, so they are shown as a count and not divided by applications.
- “Outside the UK and EU” goes by domicile (where the applicant normally lives), not nationality or fee status. UCAS does not split this table by country, so it does not mean Chinese applicants.
- This is a subject group (HECoS CAH level 1), not a single course. It includes geography (physical and human), geology and earth sciences, environmental science (examples, not a full list), and courses within a group can differ a lot.
- The all-applicants median covers the 36 universities in this table with at least 20 applications, and the outside-UK-and-EU median the 32 of them with at least 20 such applications (43 on this site in all), not the whole UK. A low offer rate means strong competition, not a better or worse course; read it with the number of applications.
Sources and definitions
- UCAS — Undergraduate end of cycle data resources 2025, provider-level (main scheme applicants, applications, offers and acceptances by provider, domicile and HECoS subject group) · accessed 2026-11-03
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What is the acceptance rate (offer rate) for geography and environmental science at UK universities?
In the 2025 UCAS main scheme (per application), the median geography, earth and environmental studies offer rate (often called the acceptance rate) across the 36 universities with data here (at least 20 applications each) was 92.2%; for applicants from outside the UK and EU it was 83.3% (the 32 with at least 20 such applications). G5 (all applicants): LSE 23.1%, Oxford 25.7%, Cambridge 30.2%, Imperial 48.4%, UCL 77.4%. In UK data "acceptance rate" can also mean the admit rate (students placed ÷ applications); see the glossary.
Which courses does this subject group cover?
UCAS publishes these figures by subject group (HECoS CAH level 1), not by course. This group includes geography (physical and human), geology and earth sciences, environmental science (examples, not a full list). Courses within a group can differ a lot, so check the university's own page for a particular course.
Are there figures for Chinese applicants?
Not in this table. UCAS splits these figures by domicile (UK, EU, outside the UK and EU), not by country or nationality, so "outside the UK and EU" does not mean Chinese applicants. UK-wide (UCAS, all universities): in the 2025 UCAS cycle, applicants domiciled in mainland China made 155,130 main-scheme applications, offer rate 69.3%; Hong Kong SAR 24,430, 66.1%. Seven universities publish their own course- or department-level figures; see the admissions statistics overview.