Geographical Information Science

Based in the inter-disciplinary Wellcome Centre for Cultures & Environments of Health, you will benefit from engaged and transformative research, which draws on medical humanities, social sciences and medical sciences. Learn more with Geographical Information Science  from The University of Exeter.

Key Selling Points

• Top 25 in the world for Geography -QS World University Rankings 2022

• 6th in the UK for world-leading research in Geography and Environmental Studies -Based on 4* research in the Research Excellence Framework 2021

• Excellent research facilities including Sediment Research Facility and Environment and Sustainability Institute

• Top 20 for Geography and Environmental Science -The Complete University Guide 2023

Examine how experiences of health, illness and medical knowledge are shaped by diverse environments, cultural practices and beliefs.

Explore how diverse types of evidence about health and wellbeing are used across different disciplines and sectors, and the impacts this has on the ways we conceive, respond to, and experience health and social care.

Investigate how evidence from the medical humanities and social sciences can be used to help develop and evaluate innovative and effective public health initiatives.

Upon graduation, you will be equipped to become a leader in transforming health research and health and social care practice within a range of professions.Learn more withGeographical Information Science fromThe University of Exeter.

Courses include

• Cultures and Environments of Health
• The Body and Identity
• Global Public Health and Environmental Change
• Planetary Health
• Expanding Queerness: Critical Debates in Theory, Literature, Film and Television