MGeol students have the option of spending the third year of their degree studying at an overseas partner university. Current partners are the University of Arizona, Tucson, North America and the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Paul Stockwell hiking in the Grand Canyon

The Department of Geosciences at the University of Arizona is a top-ranked American department and Arizona boasts world-class geological localities from the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley to the Petrified Forest and Meteor Crater. New Zealand is a beautiful and geologically diverse country and the University of Canterbury provides excellent educational facilities for geology students.

Our students are also able to participate in the Erasmus scheme which provides an invaluable opportunity for students on all our degrees to spend one or two semesters studying at a European University, improving their foreign language skills and experiencing a different academic and social culture.

Further details about the Year Abroad programmes.

To apply for our Year Abroad programmes in Arizona you should apply for the MGeol degree (Geology; Applied and Environmental Geology; Geology with Palaeobiology; Geology with Geophysics) that best suits your interests; for the Year Abroad in New Zealand apply for MGeol Geology. You register your interest in the Year Abroad programme in the first year. To be considered for the year abroad requires a 60% average by the middle of the second year. Places are limited, and selection is based on academic thresholds determined by the department.