Working at Masters level will give you access to all of our department’s state-of-the-art fieldwork, laboratory and computational technologies. You will spend much of your time in our Palaeo and Environmental Research Laboratories, where Northumbria’s ongoing investment in STEM facilities has created world-leading resources for collaborative research. Perform analyses in our Stable Isotope Laboratory, analyse ‘big data’ using climate and ice-flow models on our High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster, and monitor previously inaccessible landscapes with Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS). Our facilities are run by a team of expert technical staff who are on hand to support you throughout your studies. Our internationally respected Cold and Palaeo-Environment Group (CAPE) attracts world-leading academics, staff who are at the forefront of creating new subject-specific knowledge and keen to inspire the next generation of environmental scientists. Our staff have a vast range of experience across global academic and industrial research projects, including work with NASA, the British Antarctic Survey, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, amongst many others. They continue to work on innovative research, and will involve you in their work as it progresses over the course of your Masters. You will learn from lecturers and technicians and at the top of their game in cutting-edge technology, and can draw on their diverse experience and expertise to support any major project topic.

Postgraduate Programmes: 5 year University Diploma or New-style 4 year Bachelor Degree - Average of 3.8 for courses requiring a UK 2:2 equivalent