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Geography at University of Oxford

Oxfordへの当塾生徒の合格率

65%

Oxfordの平均合格率

17%

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最終更新: 2026年5月

主要情報

  • A*AA典型オファー
  • 5:1志願者 / 定員
  • #1UK順位
  • 76定員(年)
  • L700UCAS コード

概要

コース概要

Oxford Geography is a single-subject 3-year BA with UCAS code L700. The 2027-entry offer is A*AA at A-level or 39 in the IB with 766 at HL; Geography is recommended but not required. There is no written admissions test or written-work submission.

なぜOxfordでGeographyを?

The course has a broad structure: Year 1 covers earth systems processes, human geography, geographical controversies and geographical techniques. Years 2 and 3 move into geographical thought, foundational choices across human, physical and environmental geography, options, fieldwork and a dissertation.

A university lecture hall from the back, students taking notes

Section 01

国際学生の出願

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Section 02

出願要件

  • A-LevelA*AA
    Geography recommended.
  • IB Diploma39 (including core points) with 766 at HL
  • Advanced Placement (AP)Either four APs at grade 5 (including any subjects required for the course) or three APs at grade 5 (including any subjects required for the course) plus ACT 32+ or SAT 1470+.
Admissions test
No pre-registered admissions test for 2027 entry. Oxford retired the legacy written test for this course family — applicants are assessed on UCAS application, predicted grades, personal statement and interview alone.
Interview
Two college interviews of around 25 minutes each. Subject-specific discussion or problem-solving interviews typical of Oxford tutorial teaching. Most interviews are in person at the college; many colleges still offer online interviews for international applicants.

Section 03

出願プロセスと重要日程

  1. YEAR 12

    Build Geography readiness

    Develop broad subject knowledge across physical, human and environmental geography, and practise connecting case-study evidence to larger concepts. Use reading, lectures, maps, data and current affairs to build material you can discuss analytically.

  2. 12 MAY

    UCAS application opens

    UCAS applications for 2027 entry open in May 2026. Applicants can begin drafting their course choices, personal statement responses, education history and reference arrangements.

  3. 01 SEP

    Completed UCAS applications can be submitted

    From 1 September 2026, completed 2027-entry UCAS applications can be submitted. This is the point to move from drafting to final checks.

  4. 15 OCT

    Submit UCAS

    Oxford Geography applicants must submit their UCAS application by 6pm UK time on 15 October 2026. Geography does not require a separate written admissions test or written work submission.

  5. NOV

    Watch for shortlisting and interview instructions

    Shortlisted candidates may receive limited notice before interview and should check emails carefully. Geography interviews are online, so applicants should prepare a reliable device, internet connection, quiet space and Microsoft Teams access.

  6. EARLY — MID DEC

    Attend online interviews

    Oxford expects undergraduate interviews for 2027 entry to take place online in December 2026. The checked official sources support early-to-mid December as the general interview period; a Geography-specific final timetable/date range was not verified in this audit.

  7. 12 JAN

    Receive Oxford decision

    Shortlisted applicants for 2027 entry are due to receive the outcome of their Oxford application through UCAS on 12 January 2027, with colleges following up directly later that day.

  8. MAY

    Reply to UCAS offers

    Applicants who have received all decisions by the spring UCAS deadline normally need to choose firm and insurance offers by the UCAS reply deadline. For most Oxford offer holders, this is the point to decide whether to make Oxford the firm choice.

  9. AUG

    Meet offer conditions and confirm place

    Conditional offer holders have their place confirmed through UCAS if they meet all offer conditions. Oxford states that applicants who miss conditions are reviewed by their college, while Oxford does not participate in UCAS Clearing or Extra.

Section 04

入試テスト

Student working through problems at a desk with timed papers

Geography(University of Oxford)の2027年度入試では、出願者に書面の入試テストは課されません。出願は推薦書・成績・パーソナルステートメント・提出物・面接で評価されます。

Always verify on the official Oxford admissions tests page.

Section 05

面接:当日の流れと対策

Invitation → Decision: the interview timeline

Interview Invitation

Late Nov

Arrival to Interview

Early Dec

Technical Question

Mid Dec

Decision

Early Jan

Question Types You’ll See

Interpreting a map, graph, image or short data stimulusApplying a familiar geographical concept to an unfamiliar place or scenarioDiscussing a current environmental, social or geopolitical issue across different scalesExplaining and challenging an argument from personal reading or the UCAS personal statementComparing physical and human geography perspectives on the same problem

The interview is an academic discussion rather than a recital of memorised case studies. It may involve interpreting a map, graph, image or short data stimulus, applying a concept to an unfamiliar place, or discussing a current environmental, social or geopolitical issue across scales.

Practise with a map, graph, satellite image or short data extract: start with what you observe, separate evidence from interpretation, say what you cannot yet conclude, and explain what further data would test your answer. Be willing to revise your view when the interviewer adds new information.

無料のGeography面接練習問題バンクで本番さながらの問題を練習しましょう。

無料練習問題
Two people in academic discussion across a table

Section 06

合否決定のしくみ

Oxford Geography decisions should be treated as holistic rather than formulaic.

There is no written admissions test and no written-work submission for Geography. In reality, that means the interview, academic record and UCAS evidence have to do more work than they would for a course with a separate test.

We recommend treating every part of the application as evidence of the same thing: whether you can think geographically with precision, flexibility and evidence.

Our recommendation · weighting of admission factors

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Oxbridge Mentors recommendation, drawn from observed offer patterns. University of Oxford does not publish official weightings — exact balance varies by college, course and year.

Section 07

Personal Statement のコツ

Handwritten notes and a laptop open to a draft document

A strong Geography personal statement should not read like a travel diary. We recommend building it around two or three problems you have investigated: climate risk, migration, urban inequality, water, geopolitics, conservation, development, remote sensing or another topic you can analyse with evidence.

The personal statement may matter as a source of interview discussion, so the best statements make it easy for a tutor to ask a hard follow-up question.

Use specific reading, data, maps or field observations. It is worth showing how your view changed after comparing sources, rather than listing books without explaining what you did with them.

専門家による一行一行の解説付き完全例文を見る。

Geography PS例文

Section 08

プロジェクト

  1. 01正当性
  2. 02プロジェクト概要
  3. 03実施内容
  4. 04困難
  5. 05解決策
  6. 06振り返り

Projects are useful because they show method, not just interest. We recommend choosing a narrow question and producing something tangible: a map, short report, annotated dataset, fieldwork write-up or mini-dissertation.

  • Local climate-risk atlas: Choose one neighbourhood and combine public flood, heat, air-quality, land-use and deprivation data into a short GIS or map-led report explaining who is most exposed and why.
  • Migration, housing and inequality case study: Compare two cities or boroughs using census data, policy reports and academic articles to test how migration, housing markets and planning decisions interact.
  • Fieldwork micro-dissertation: Design a small field investigation using transects, land-use surveys, interviews or observational mapping, then write up methods, limitations and findings in a research-note style.
Open books, a notebook, and a coffee on a wooden desk

Section 08

その他のサプリキュラム

Other supercurriculars should widen your evidence base and sharpen your questions. Use them to build chains of reading rather than a long activity list.

These are support, not substitute: one careful project with reflection beats five activities you cannot discuss.

  • Field observation:

    Keep a field notebook that links everyday observations to concepts such as place, scale, landscape, risk, mobility and inequality.

  • GIS and data skills:

    Practise mapping with open datasets and explain the methodological choices behind each map rather than just producing visuals.

  • Long-form reading:

    Read across human and physical geography, then write short synoptic notes that compare methods, evidence and assumptions.

  • Lectures and public talks:

    Use RGS, university and museum events to build a chain of questions for further reading rather than treating attendance as the endpoint.

  • Essay writing:

    Enter or practise with essay competitions to develop an argument under constraints, especially on climate, development, geopolitics or urban change.

Section 08

コンペティション

Competitions are not required for Oxford Geography. They can still stretch your reading, argument and data-handling if you choose a question that genuinely fits your interests.

  1. Oxford Essay Prize tests Independent research, structured argument and the ability to go beyond the school syllabus. Prepare by: Use Oxford's academic competitions hub to identify a relevant humanities/social-science essay question, then build a reading list before drafting.
  2. John Locke Institute Essay Prize tests Analytical essay writing on questions that often overlap with politics, economics, history, philosophy and social geography. Prepare by: Choose a question with a clear spatial or environmental angle, define terms precisely and support claims with named evidence.
  3. Trinity College Cambridge essay prizes tests Discipline-specific critical writing for sixth-form students, useful for developing source-led arguments. Prepare by: Select a relevant humanities or social-science question and practise building a balanced argument from academic rather than purely journalistic sources.
  4. Nuffield Research Placements tests Research design, data handling, scientific reasoning and reflective communication. For Geography, it is most relevant when the project involves environmental fieldwork, GIS or spatial data, climate evidence, remote sensing or physical-geography methods. Prepare by learning basic data skills, reading around environmental science or spatial analysis, and keeping a clear project log.
  5. RES Young Economist Essay tests Evidence-led analysis of current economic problems, often useful for development, urban, environmental and geopolitical topics. Prepare by: Frame the essay around a real-world spatial issue, use diagrams or data where appropriate and evaluate policy trade-offs.

None are required; one or two done well beats five half-attempted.

Section 09

コース内容

  1. Year

    01 / 03

    1

    Preliminary Examination

    Foundations across human and physical geography

    The first year gives all students a shared grounding in physical systems, human geography, geographical debate and geographical techniques. It also introduces field-based work through Dorset, Oxford and Wytham Woods exercises, so students begin linking conceptual study with observation, data and place-based analysis.

    Early funded fieldwork introduces Oxford-style geographical enquiry in both human and physical settings.

  2. Year

    02 / 03

    2

    Final Honour School begins

    Core theory, methods and emerging specialisation

    The second year begins the Final Honour School phase. Students take the shared core paper in geographical thought, choose two foundational courses from the physical, human and environmental geography strands, and begin building a more specialised profile through options and fieldwork.

    A funded week-long overseas residential field course is currently offered in locations such as the Netherlands and Tenerife.

  3. Year

    03 / 03

    3

    Final Honour School completion

    Advanced options and independent research

    The final year consolidates specialist work through advanced options and the dissertation. Students complete independent research that may be field-based, geocomputational, laboratory-based, remote-sensing-led or archival, depending on the research question.

    The dissertation is the major independent research element and can draw on field, laboratory, archival, geocomputational or remote-sensed evidence.

Section 10

Geographyの知識を深める

For a foundation in the discipline, start with Geography: A Very Short Introduction, Human Geography: A Very Short Introduction, Prisoners of Geography, The Invention of Nature, Adventures in the Anthropocene, Why Geography Matters. These books help you move between geographical method, human geography, geopolitics, environmental change and the history of geographical thought.

For video-led enrichment, use Oxford Geography, Royal Geographical Society, NASA Earth Observatory, Our Changing Climate, The Economist. The stronger use of these channels is not passive watching; make notes on evidence, scale, uncertainty and alternative explanations.

For audio, try Ask the Geographer, Geographical Podcast, GeogPod, The Inquiry,Geography Is Everything. Podcasts work best when you turn one episode into a follow-up reading question or a case study you can analyse.

For practical skills, use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialization, Getting Started with QGIS, Getting started with the climate crisis, Fundamentals of Remote Sensing, Nature-based Solutions to Global Challenges Foundation Course. We recommend building one small map-led or data-led project from these courses, because Oxford Geography includes techniques, fieldwork and dissertation work.

A study planner, highlighters and a stack of revision cards

Section 11

カレッジ選択と再振り分け

30 colleges offer this subject. around a fifth of applicants make open applications of applicants submit an open application. around a third of successful applicants receive an offer from a college they did not originally specify of places come through the pool.

Oxford is collegiate, and applicants can either choose a college or make an open application.

College choice affects where you may live, receive college tutorials and belong socially, but it should not be treated as a shortcut to admission. Oxford uses reallocation so strong applicants are not disadvantaged by choosing a more oversubscribed college.

We recommend choosing a college for practical reasons, not because you think it will be easier.

Stone college quadrangle viewed through an archway

Section 12

卒業後のキャリア

Oxford Geography graduates move into environmental, public-sector, business, research, finance, technology and education roles.

Section 13

特別な事情について

Oxford uses contextual data to understand an applicant's achievements in the context of educational and socio-economic background. For UK applicants, this includes school performance information, neighbourhood data, care-experience status, free-school-meal history and participation in Oxford widening-participation programmes.

Applicants identified as most disadvantaged are strongly recommended for shortlisting where they are likely to achieve the standard offer and meet any required course-test threshold; Geography has no written test. Tutors can consider individual circumstances, but disruption or mitigating circumstances should be made clear through the appropriate UCAS or school-reference route.

Watch & Learn

Oxford Geography 参考動画

学生ブログ・模擬面接・講義体験・入試アドバイス。

Geography at Oxford

Official overview of the Oxford undergraduate Geography degree from the School of Geography and the Environment.

Open Day 2025 - Geography at Oxford: Where Will it Take You?

Open-day video introducing the course and the destinations it can lead to.

Going Places with Geography Part 1

Royal Geographical Society careers video showing how geography skills translate into varied careers.

NASA's Earth Observatory: 25 Years, 25 Images

A visual introduction to Earth-observation imagery and environmental change.

Are we using the wrong world map?

BBC World Service explainer on map projections and how maps shape perception.

All videos are the property of their respective creators.

Further Reading

Recommended Resources

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よくあるご質問

No. The official Oxford Geography course page states that there is no written admissions test for this course.
No. The official Oxford Geography course page states that written work is not required.
The official Oxford course page lists A-level A*AA, IB 39 with 766 at Higher Level, or equivalent international qualifications. Geography is recommended but not required.
Oxford lists 15 October 2026 as the application deadline for Geography 2027 entry; international applicants follow the same UCAS deadline.
The official course page lists 75% interviewed, 22% successful and an average intake of 76 across 2023-2025. This means many applicants are shortlisted, but final selection remains competitive.
Not reliably. Oxford says colleges do not specialise by subject, no college is easier to get into for a course, and reallocation is used so that strong applicants are not penalised for applying to oversubscribed colleges.
Oxford says tutors look for a strong academic record, ability to deploy knowledge with initiative, awareness of the world around you and readiness to engage with unfamiliar ideas; interviews are not simple knowledge tests.
They should check that their qualification is accepted, that they can meet the same 15 October deadline, that they understand the English-language requirement or waiver route, and that they have time to arrange a Student visa if they receive an offer.

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