Chemistry, BSc (Hons)

Chemistry profoundly influences our daily lives, from the materials we create to the medicines we use, and is essential for addressing global challenges like climate change and disease eradication. Deciding between an MChem or BSc programme can be challenging, but guidance is available before and during your studies. Both courses share a common structure, allowing transfers in the first or second year. Our teaching, grounded in advanced chemical research, includes lectures, workshops, tutorials, and hands-on laboratory sessions. In later years, you can specialise in areas aligned with your interests, undertake an individual research project, and access state-of-the-art equipment such as NMR and X-ray facilities.The three-year degree provides a comprehensive foundation in chemistry, emphasising practical skills through topics like bonding, structure, and spectroscopy in Year 1; core areas like organic and inorganic chemistry in Year 2; and optional modules plus a research project in Year 3. Graduates often pursue careers in emerging industries, pharmaceuticals, research, and education. Course details may change, so verify information on the provider's website.

Year 1 will develop your scientific skills, studying topics in Bonding, Structure and Periodicity, Carbon-based Compounds, Energetics and Spectroscopy to give you a solid basis on which you will build the rest of your degree. Alongside lectures and tutorials there is an emphasis on practical work, carried out across the well-equipped teaching laboratory, the instrumentation lab and the IT suite. In Year 2 you will develop your knowledge of the core areas of chemistry, such as Organic, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, while honing your practical skills and allowing you to choose optional modules suited to your developing strengths and interests. In Year 3 you will be able to choose further optional modules and you will carry out a research project working with one of the School’s renowned research groups.