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Department of Geography, University of Cambridge

Welcome to the website of the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge. Geography at Cambridge has a long tradition and an exciting future and we invite you to browse our site and find out more about us.

Information is available online about our Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses, research taking place in the Department, staff and other information via the links on the menu to the left.

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MPhil in Conservation Leadership

Information is now online about the new MPhil in Conservation Leadership. The full list of MPhils we offer are:

All poor, but no paupers: a Japanese perspective on the Great Divergence

All poor, but no paupers: a Japanese perspective on the Great Divergence

A set of Leverhulme lectures to be held at the Law Faculty on 5pm on 1st, 3rd, 8th and 10th February 2010, to be given by a Visitor to the Department, Professor Osamu Saito, Cambridge Group and Hitotsubashi University.

Prospective students

Thinking of applying to Cambridge as an Undergraduate in Geography? Check out our prospectus.

Research in the Department

The Department's Research Clusters investigate a range of issues in both the environmental sciences and social sciences.

RAE

Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008 result: The Cambridge University Department of Geography was ranked first jointly with the Departments of Geography at the Universities of Bristol, Durham and Oxford in the 2008 RAE Assessment Exercise. The percentages of research assessed were 30% at 4*, 40% at 3*, 25% at 2* and 5% at 1*. There were 49 Units of Assessment submitted in Geography and Environmental Studies across UK institutions.

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