Why study IB Geography?
You can go on to university courses like an honours degrees in Geography, or go on to academic
degrees like Politics, Law, Economics or Geology. IB Geography also opens the doors to vocational
qualifications in Media (Journalism) or Travel and Tourism. The skills learned by studying Geography
are relevant to many careers, like journalism (especially travel journalism), national and local
government, especially planning, and government administration, or careers related to Geography in a
variety of industry sectors especially energy and transport. Alternative paths may include working
for NGOs in development scenarios or going into teaching.
What other subjects should I take with IB Geography?
Geography goes well with Economics and Maths at HL for those wanting to do academic degrees in
either Economics or Geography.
For more information on specific university requirements to different countries see our UCAS page and our US Admissions pages.
If you are an international student taking the IB Diploma the basic offer is made for your 3 IB Higher level subjects. It is very important when choosing these subjects that you understand what options you will have for university when the time comes. ITS has a long-established, highly experienced counselling team who can help you make these decisions and plan your academic course. But to start with, try out this excellent tool from the Russel Group which helps you experiment with your subject choices. Then come and see us.
How can ITS help?
Since 2005 we have been helping thousands of students at our schools in Hong Kong and since 2012
online across the world. We help you in a number of key ways:
