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Listed below is a non-exhaustive selection of just some of the many, many companies that you could think about applying to work at after completing your Earth Sciences degree...

​​The list below is grouped by job sector, but if you'd prefer to explore all companies without the groupings:

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Please note that this list was compiled for reference use only and that OUGS does not officially endorse any of the companies listed below.

Business, Consulting and Management

• Accenture
• Adam Smith International 
• Agilexe
• Arthur D Little
• CGL
• Deloitte
• Element Energy
• ERM
• Ernst & Young (EY)
• Management Solutions
• MASDAR
• McKinsey & Company
• Oliver Wyman
• Protiviti
• RPS
• The Palladium Group
• Wardell Armstrong International Ltd.
• Wood
• WSP

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Energy and Electricity

• Aurora Energy Research
• Baker Hughes
• BP
• Cairn Energy
• Carbon Clean
• Centrica
• Chevron
• ConocoPhillips
• Dana Petroleum
• E.ON
• EDF Energy
• EGS Energy
• Element Energy
• Enzen
• Equinor
• ERCE
• ExxonMobil
• Gaia Earth Group
• GeoScience
• Halliburton
• Horizon Nuclear Power
• Hurricane Energy
• Independent Oil and Gas plc
• Natural Power
• OPC
• OPITO
• Oryx Petroleum
• Perenco
• Petrofac
• PGS
• Schlumberger
• Shell
• Total
• Tullow Oil
• WindEurope

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Financial Services and Insurance

• AIG
• Air Worldwide
• Allianz
• Arch
• Aspen
• BDO
• Deloitte
• Ernst & Young (EY)
• KPMG
• Marsh
• PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
• RMS

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Professional Scientific and Technical Activities

• 3DMSI
• Ada Mode
• Air Worldwide
• Airbus
• ARGANS Limited
• AWE
• British Geological Survey (BGS)
• CGG
• Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
• DTN°
• FGPS
• Fugro
• Getech
• Government Statistical Service (GSS)
• Guralp
• Helford Geoscience
• Ikon Science
• inacoustic
• Logos Geoservices
• Merrett Survey
• Met Office
• MetDesk
• MetraWeather
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) [US]
• OPC
• Ordnance Survey
• Petrolab
• PGS
• RMS
• Satellite Applications Catapult
• SGS
• Smith Institute
• Telespazio
• The European Space Agency (ESA)
• UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
• Weatherquest
• Wheal Jane Consultancy

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Charity and Voluntary Work

• Action with Communities in Rural England
• Change Agents UK
• DAI 
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
• Forum for the Future
• Friends of the Earth
• Geology for Global Development
• Global Action Plan
• Groundwork
• MapAction
• National Trust
• Synchronicity Earth
• The Conservation Volunteers
• The Wildlife Trusts
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• World Resources Institute
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

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Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction

• AECOM
• AGS Ground Solutions
• Aquasource (SW)
• Arup
• Atkins
• AVEVA
• BWB Consulting
• Carbon Clean
• CGL
• Defence Science & Engineering Group (DESG)
• Feritech
• GHD
• Jacobs
• Mace
• Method Consulting
• Mott MacDonald
• NMCN
• Ramboll
• RB Plant
• Royal HaskoningDHV
• Tarmac
• Tata Steel
• UK Civil Service Faststream - Science & Engineering 
• Wood
• WSP

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Government, Public Administration and Defence

• AWE
• British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Coastguard (MCA)
• Defence Science & Engineering Group (DESG)
• Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
• Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
• Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
• GCHQ
• Government Statistical Service (GSS)
• Local Government
• Natural England
• Ordnance Survey
• The British Army
• The British Royal Air Force
• The British Royal Navy (including the Royal Marines)
• The Government Operational Research Service (GORS) 
• The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)
• U.S. Geological Survey
• UK Civil Service Faststream - Science & Engineering 
• UK Space Agency

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Scientific Information and Communication

• American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Cambridge University Press
• Centre for Alternative Technology
• Discovery Channel
• Elsevier
• Field Studies Council
• National Geographic
• Natural History Museum
• Nature
• Oxford University Museum of Natural History
• Oxford University Press
• Science Magazine
• Springer Link
• Stallard Scientific Editing
• Teach First
• The Geological Society London (Publications)
• Wiley

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Education and Academia

• British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
• CERN
• European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
• Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO)
• Montserrat Volcano Observatory
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) [US]
• National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS)
• National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) [US]
• National Oceanography Centre (NOC)
• Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• The Environmental Change Institute
• The European Space Agency (ESA)
• The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)
• The Science and Technology Facilities Council
• U.S. Geological Survey
• UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
• UK Space Agency

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Environment, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing

• Agua Enodo
• BWB Consulting
• Carrak Consulting
• Centre for Alternative Technology
• Change Agents UK
• Deep Planet
• Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
• ecoVeritas
• Environment Agency (EA)
• ERM
• Field Studies Council
• Forum for the Future
• Friends of the Earth
• Future Terrains
• Global Action Plan
• Green Horizons Environmental Consultants Limited
• International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
• National Trust
• Natural England
• Oracle Environmental Experts
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
• SLR Consulting
• Spalding Associates
• Stockholm Environment Institute
• Synchronicity Earth
• The Carbon Trust
• The Wildlife Trusts
• World Meteorological Organization
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

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Mining and Quarrying

• Anglo American
• Aurum Exploration
• BHP
• British Lithium
• Cornish Lithium
• De Beers Group
• E-Tech Metals
• First Quantum Minerals
• Fortescue Metals Group Ltd
• Glencore
• Lithium Americas
• Mawson Resources
• Nornickel
• Pangolin Diamonds
• Rio Tinto
• South32
• Vale

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Think Tanks and Policy Institutes

• Africa Practice 
• Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
• The Government Operational Research Service (GORS) 
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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