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Environmental Science

Lancaster University · United Kingdom

Environmental Science

A three-year environment degree in Lancaster.

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Where
LancasterUnited Kingdom
Degree
BSc Hons
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027
Apply by
13 January 2027
Admission
SelectiveIB grades
EU/EEA fee
£31,700 a year2027/28
More facts
Degree
BSc Hons
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027

Deadlines

  1. 15 October 2026, 18:00 UK time

    Oxford, Cambridge, medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine/science
    Hard deadline
    Details

    Thirteen months before the course starts. UCAS says it is unusual for these universities to consider a late application. Admissions tests for these courses register earlier still, and the registration deadline is not the test date.

    UCAS’s deadline for these courses, three months before everyone else’s. UCAS says it is unusual for these universities to consider a late application, so treat 18:00 UK time on 15 October as the end. Admissions test registration closes even earlier.

    Source

  2. 13 January 2027

    Applications close
    Hard deadline
    DetailsSource

  3. 25 February 2027

    Extra opens
    Details

    For anyone who used all five choices and holds no offer: one further choice at a time.

    For applicants holding no offers.

    Source
All dates for this programme (2 more)

  1. 2 July 2027

    Clearing opens
    Rolling
    Details

    For applicants holding no offer, or whose results missed their conditions. Runs on vacancies, so it rewards moving quickly.

    IB results come out 6 July, so Clearing is already open when you get them.

    Source

  2. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    The point of the conditional offer. Universities confirm or release places against results that have only just arrived, which is what the whole UK calendar is built around.

    Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in the United Kingdom

What it is

Weather, climate, hydrology and flood risk in year 1, biogeochemistry, ecology and soil science in year 2, and a dissertation in year 3 by fieldwork, lab work or modelling, with field trips in the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales.

What you need

  • IB Diplomaat least 30 points
  • Maths HL (AA or AI); or Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, Computer Science, Psychology or Environmental Systems and Societies HLminimum 6 · One HL science from the A-level list, incl. Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Maths, Physics or Psychology
Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at Lancaster

Offers run from 30 points with 15 from three HL subjects to 36 with 16, e.g. 32 with 16 at HL for International Relations; a required subject usually needs HL 6. IB English at SL or HL 5 proves your English.

Where it says so

Check it on lancaster.ac.uk

How places are decided

    • IB grades
    Offers follow the IB points and HL grades; GCSE Maths and English at grade 4 are also needed.
Sources (2)
  1. Environmental Science at Lancaster — checked 2026-09-30
  2. IB applicants at Lancaster

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