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Post-offer Visit Day

Welcome to Earth Sciences

Congratulations on receiving your offer to study at Durham University. We are really looking forward to welcoming you to the Department of Earth Sciences and to our Post-offer Visit Day for the Earth Science programmes.

What to Expect

During the day we will demonstrate the structure of our degree programmes and provide further information on the modules you can study, what you will need and not need before you arrive to study, and the exciting opportunities that you can get involved in when you are here. We will also provide a series of activities that demonstrate some of the ways in which we teach practical classes in the department. These activities may involve examining lumps of lava or volcanic rock to understand how they form, getting practical experience with environmental or geophysical monitoring kit, or looking down a microscope at the remnants of frozen magma chambers to try and understand how igneous rocks crystallise.


You can also speak to our student ambassadors about life in the department and in Durham, to chat to our teaching staff, and take a tour of our teaching and research facilities, if you have not already done so. 
We hope that you will have an enjoyable, interesting day and that your visit will help inform you about your future university career. We look forward to seeing you and to answering any questions you may have.

Department information

The schedule information for each open day can be found below.

More information

Schedule for the day

Wednesday 14 February, Wednesday 20 March and Saturday 27 April 2024

13:30 - 16:30

Time Activity
13:30

Introduction to Durham Department of Earth Sciences and our degree programmes. 
14.15 

Taster sessions 1 and 2 (2 x 45 minutes): Practical activities and examples of teaching in the department. Your chance to get up close and personal with Earth Science issues. Each activity will be led by one of our lecturers with support from our student ambassadors.
15.45 

A chance to ask staff and current undergraduates students about teaching and fieldtrips and life in the department, an opportunity to go on a short department tour or explore the information on modules and student work on display in our teaching rooms.

 

Information for Guests of Offer-holders

Welcome to the Department of Earth Sciences. Thank you for travelling to see us and we really hope that you enjoy your time here. Although it is not possible to allow you to participate in the academic taster sessions and practical activities, we would like to invite you to listen to our introductory talk where we will outline our degree programmes and the modules we offer, and to attend a question-and-answer session with members of staff (13:30-14:15 and 15:45-16:30). There will also be an opportunity to tour the department with one of our student ambassadors if you have not already done so.