Meteorological Courses
This
webpage contains information about meteorology courses in British universities.
It does not explicitly contain information about research opportunities. Details
of research opportunities can be found here.
Information about research opportunities can also be found on the webpages of the schools and departments which are listed below.
Scholarships
The Society offers two Postgraduate scholarships at MSc level and up to eight undergraduate vacation support scholarships in meteorology and its related disciplines
more informationLinks to each University are given and where the address or telephone numbers ares not clear from the University website, these are given too.
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The University of Birmingham
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
MSc in Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Contact Dr Xiaoming Cai
The University of East Anglia
School of Environmental SciencesThree and four-year degree BSc progammes are available as follows:
BSc in Meteorology and Oceanography
BSc in Mathematics with Meteorology
BSc in Environmental Sciences
BSc in Environmental Earth Sciences
BSc in Geophysical Sciences
In the four-year programmes, opportunities exist to spend a year in industry or to study for a year in France, Spain, Sweden, the USA or New Zealand
Contact for BScMSc in Atmospheric Sciences
MSc in Climate Change
Contact for MSc
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The University of Edinburgh
School of Physics
School of Geosciences
BSc in Physics with Meteorology
Tel: +44 (0)131 650 7218 Fax: +44(0)131 650 5902
BSc in Geophysics and Meteorology
Tel: +44 (0)131 650 4845 Fax: +44(0)131 668 3184
MSc in Remote Sensing and Image Processing
Tel: +44 (0)131 650 5097 Fax: +44(0)131 650 5780 -
The University of Lancaster
Department of Environmental Science
This degree programme includes some meteorology and climate science
BSc in Environmntal Science
Contact: The Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
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The University of Leeds
School of Earth and EnvironmentBSc in Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
BSc in Environmental Science
MRes in Physics of the Earth and Atmosphere
BSc in Earth System Science
Contact
Tel: +44 (0)113 343 6719 Fax +44 (0)113 343 1590 -
The University of Liverpool
Department of Earth and Ocean SciencesBSc in Physics with Ocean and Climate Studies
BSc in Mathematics with Ocean and Climate Studies
BSc in Oceans, Climate and Physical Geography
BSc in Ocean and Earth SciencesThese combine oceanography with meteorology and climatology.
Tel: +44 (0)151 794 5147 Fax: +44(0)151 794 5196
Contact: The Admissions Secretary, The Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences, The University of Liverpool, 4 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 3GP
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The University of Manchester
School of Physics and Astronomy
School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental SciencesThis course includes optional models in meteorology and climatology.
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The University of Oxford
Department of Physics
Sub-department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
BA in Physics - three year programme
MPhys in Physics - four-year programme
In both of these programmes, there are core courses in atmospheric physics. The MPhys includes, in the fourth year, a major option entitled Physics of atmospheres and oceans.
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The University of Plymouth
School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences
BSc in Ocean ScienceThis combines oceanography with meteorology and climatology.
MSc in Global Environmental Change
MRes in Global Environmental ChangeThese include courses on meteorology and climatology..
Contact see course links above.
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The University of Reading
Department of Meteorology
BSc Science Foundation Year (leading to Meteorology)
BSc in Meteorology- three-year programme
BSc in Meteorology with a year in Oklahoma - four-year programme
BSc/MMath in Mathematics and Meteorology
Reading University’s School of Mathematics, Meteorology and Physics also offers
MSc/Diploma courses in
Applied Meteorology
Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate
Mathematical and Numerical Modelling of the Atmosphere and Oceans
Contact: Department of Meteorology, The University of Reading, PO Box 243, Reading, RG6 6BB. Address correspondence to either the Undergraduate Admissions Tutor or the MSc Admissions Tutor, as appropriate.