Five reasons to study environment and sustainability at Surrey
What makes our environment and sustainability degrees different and what’s the secret behind our graduates’ success? Here we reveal five reasons why you should choose the University of Surrey for your environmental degree.
1. Supportive environment
Surrey’s Centre for Environment and Sustainability (CES) is a friendly and supportive environment. We are proud to offer excellent learning environments in which our internationally and culturally diverse group of students and staff can flourish.
2. Focus on green energy
You’ll learn about the advanced technologies and processes which are helping to solve global issues related to climate change. This includes the latest techniques for energy efficiency and storage, treating emissions, wastewater processing, and renewable energy sources such as biomass, wind and solar.
3. Teaching inspired by research
We have an outstanding reputation for the quality of our research, teaching and strong links with industry. These strengths inform our teaching and you’ll not only be learning from CES academics but also from staff and departments from across the University.
4. Fantastic work placement opportunities
Surrey won the award for 'Best University Placement Service' (over 750 placements) for the third year running in 2021. Our renowned Professional Training placement programme enables you to gain a year’s valuable work experience with organisations such as:
- AECOM
- Aviva Investors
- Forum for the Future
- Global Action Plan (GAP)
- John Lewis Partnership
- LC Energy
- Minimise Solutions
- NUS
- Solar Aid
- Telefonica
- Unilever
- World Wildlife Fund.
5. Great employment prospects
Surrey has been named 'University of the Year for Graduate Employment' in the Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022.*
Our environment and sustainability degrees open up a huge range of career opportunities – not only in the environmental sector but also in renewable energies, government, food and rural affairs, charities and more. We have strong links with industry and the public sector. Graduates from CES have gone on to gain employment from organisations such as:
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- The Big Cat Sanctuary
- National Grid
- Green Building Initiative
- Climate Bonds Initiative
- Frazer-Nash.
* UK domiciled graduates of full-time, undergraduate qualifications, in full-time employment, from higher education institutions
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