Geoscience

Geoscientists are critical for the sustainable exploration and management of the Earth’s raw materials upon which society depends. Environmental geoscientists are in increasing demand as we witness the deleterious effects of pollution and geohazards on humans and the environment.

Geoscience skills and expertise are essential to drive the green economy, which requires expertise in a number of areas, such as the siting of onshore and offshore wind farms, and locating critical metal resources necessary for hybrid batteries, solar panels and wind turbines.

Non-EU applicants are expected to have educational qualifications of a standard equivalent to the Irish Leaving Certificate. In addition, where such applicants are non-native speakers of the English language they must satisfy the university of their competency in the English language.

To verify if you meet the minimum academic and language requirements visit our qualification comparison page and refer to our International Office page for more information.

There is currently a global shortage of geology graduates. In recent years, graduates have gained employment in both the areas of environmental geology and mineral exploration, careers have been based both in Ireland or abroad in diverse fields such as infrastructure and engineering projects, geotechnical site investigations, hydrogeology, landfill management, environmental impact and protection, marine geology and mineral exploration in the field.

Currently, our graduates are in high demand and are being actively recruited by environmental geoscience, marine geoscience mineral exploration companies, guaranteeing unrivalled opportunities to work both overseas and in Ireland. 

Jobs taken by UCC Geology graduates include: