Global success

Cardiff University’s School of Geography and Planning continues to ride high in global subject rankings, retaining a top 100 position in the 2019 QS World University Rankings by Subject for Geography.

New for 2019 is a domestic ranking which places the School 20^th in the UK.

This latest recognition of the School’s teaching and research excellence echoes other recent rankings and measures. The School is currently ranked 9^th in the UK (in the Geography and Environmental Studies subject area) in the 2019 Guardian University League Tables and 8^th in the UK for Town and Country Planning and Landscape in The Times / Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019.

The School offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes concerned with political economic, social and environmental geographies as well as planning, development, urban design and the built environment. There is a strong emphasis on practical application of class-based theories to live, real-world scenarios, and all undergraduate programmes offer a European and International field study visit.

Wider success for Cardiff University in the QS rankings also reflects positively on the School with the Architecture/Built Landscape subject area ranking in the top 50 globally, placing 37^th. The School of Geography and Planning offers a joint Master'r programme in Urban Design with the Welsh School of Architecture.