History and Geography - BA (Hons)
University of Exeter

Student rating

(4.3)

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UNISTATS, UCAS

Qualification

Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

Location

Penryn Campus, Cornwall

Study mode

Full Time

Start date

Sep 2026

Duration

3 Year

Course info

- Discover how studying history and geography can bring critical insights and multiple perspectives to the contemporary challenges facing our world - Gain practical experience and a well-rounded perspective with opportunities for field-based training both locally and nationally - Develop a portfolio of practical and creative work to showcase to future employers including analytical projects and campaign strategy documents - You’ll join an intentionally small community of students allowing you to actively discuss and debate your ideas and work closely with academic staff - Gain a range of valuable employability skills including multi-media competency, analysis and presentation preparing you for a range of careers in fields such as government, sustainability and international aid - To learn more about modules, assessment methods, facilities and our staff research expertise please visit our course page.

Key stats

Geography & Environmental Science

WUSCA Student ranking

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Complete University Guide Geography & Environmental Science ranking

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UNISTATS, UCAS

What students say

Nathan Strathdee

University of Exeter

History and Geography - BA (Hons)

The best part is the facilities and research community, particularly the opportunity to collaborate across faculties such as HASS/humanities. The campus is really rather beautiful in the summer. The worst element is the management's decision to place 14% of all academic staff at risk of redundancy whilst making limited changes to vastly inflated salaries of the management team. This will reduce the quality of research produced by the university and is causing massive uncertainty for PhD students who do not know if they will have a qualified supervisor in a few months time. Additionally, opportunities to teach alongside PhDs are being reduced leaving research students with reduced pay and reduced opportunities to develop their teaching skills.

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Emma

University of Exeter

History and Geography - BA (Hons)

Cute and small campus. Its looking a bit tired in some places but its currently being renovated. There was a lack of field trips, especially residentials. However, the staff really care and you are treated as an individual. Would recommend to anyone.

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Sophie Patrick

University of Exeter

History and Geography - BA (Hons)

Lovely location and student support is excellent, pastoral and disability support. Bus prices are expensive and some study spaces are a bit tired

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Poppy

University of Exeter

History and Geography - BA (Hons)

Studying geography at the Cornwall campus is great because there are so many places to do fieldwork. It's such a beautiful place to live and work.

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Poppy Richards

University of Exeter

History and Geography - BA (Hons)

Very accessible resources, the libraries are brilliant spaces, safe-feeling, supportive staff Everything is so expensive, especially sports and gym memberships.

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Aaron Bee

University of Exeter

Reviewed: 14/10/25

History and Geography - BA (Hons)

The best aspect is how the lecturers are really nice. The facilites are great and so is the libary making my course much easier. To improve maybe make the lectures a little more interactive as that helps some people learn better

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Thomas Sherriff

University of Exeter

Reviewed: 15/12/25

History and Geography - BA (Hons)

Exeter's campus has some very nice aspects - eg., the natural spaces, ponds, and so on. However, there is a lot of wastage and inefficiency in the name of technological progress. The campus is covered in TVs which just show one power point slide - those could have been posters. The gym's electronic barriers are constantly breaking, and more trouble than they're worth. Some of the Student Societies here are great, but the Students Guild can be a very bureaucratic and cumbersome organisation.

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Thomas Peterson

University of Exeter

Reviewed: 12/12/24

History and Geography - BA (Hons)

Friendly people, great campus, interesting lectures and lecturers. Could be improved with cheaper/better access to the sports facilities and teams.

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Elsa Gilham

University of Exeter

Reviewed: 12/12/25

History and Geography - BA (Hons)

There are plenty of study spaces which offer quiet zones for silent work on essays as well as areas for group work. The student guild make sure that student life outside of studying is of good quality as well as in uni. There are many support teams such as well-being which allow students to be supported and encouraged

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Ella-may

University of Exeter

Reviewed: 09/02/24

History and Geography - BA (Hons)

The library is open 24/7 which is really nice and there are loads of place to do work so there is always variety however the cafes/shops all close at either 3pm or 8pm and if youre late night studying youre limited to the expensive prices in the vending machines if you want a snack or refreshments.

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Austin Taylor

University of Exeter

Reviewed: 02/03/24

History and Geography - BA (Hons)

Exeter is a lovely city - student life is great if you enjoy the outdoors, sport, pubs, local culture, and the limited clubs we have here. It takes a bit of getting used to if you are from a large city. The Students' Guild has for a long time been a joke institution that has not only failed to reflect the concerns of said students but has actively worked against them. Fortunately, it seems to have improved a little this year and has introduced things like Money Week. Improving on last year's Guild is probably not such a big achievement, though, considering that they did literally nothing all-year except offer a couple of equivocal and vapid statements on the UCU strikes.

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