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BSc (Hons)

Chemistry

Name: Chemistry, BSc (Hons)
Price: £9,250 per year GBP

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

3 years

Start

September 2024

UCAS Code

F100

Delivery

In-person

Look beyond standard Chemistry studies. Look to a unique course where you'll learn the sustainable practices behind today’s ‘Green Chemistry’.

With our Chemistry degree, you’ll get to explore how the world works. You'll understand the chemistry of materials and drugs that fight disease. You'll learn the components that power modern tech and the pesticides that protect our crops.

It’s important that we also consider how our reliance on chemicals impacts our environment. We place a strong emphasis on the new approaches in chemicals manufacture that have given rise to so-called ‘Green Chemistry’.

With state-of-the-art facilities, we’re proud to offer an unparalleled learning experience. With us, you'll get both the theory and practical abilities you’ll need to become a skilful chemist. You’ll be better prepared than most to understand the new environmentally friendly systems. This will make you much more employable than most, thanks to this knowledge.

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in the North West for student experience
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in the UK for academic support
National Student Survey (Chemistry)
2024

With state-of-the-art facilities, we’re proud to offer an unparalleled learning experience. With us, you'll get both the theory and practical abilities you’ll need to become a skilful chemist.
You’ll get an insight into ‘green chemistry’ and how the chemical industry is adopting revolutionary processes which are more environmentally friendly.
Our optional sandwich year lets you put classroom learning into professional practice – gaining vital experience and radically enhancing your employability.

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You’ll gain hands-on skills in our state-of-the-art facilities, including advanced analytical instruments, such as mass spectrometers, X-ray diffractometers, electron microscopes and more.
We don’t think about chemistry in terms of branches, instead offering a more interdisciplinary approach that combines perspectives, concepts and techniques throughout your modules.
This is an entirely unique degree – as well as offering a solid lab-based foundation in the traditional aspects of Chemistry, you’ll also explore cutting-edge topics such as Green Chemistry or Nanotechnology.

Modules

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Chemistry degree jobs

Our BSc (Hons) Chemistry degree course can open up a virtually endless range of career paths and possibilities, with both advanced scientific knowledge and highly transferrable skills.

When you graduate from this course, you’ll find a diverse range of options ahead of you. It’s a degree underpinned by practical modules that offer the chance to develop subject-specific skills, as well as the transferable skills that increase your employability.

As such, you should be ready to take your first steps in the chemical, pharmaceutical and food and drink industries, or in chemical research and development.

But you could also consider less obvious career paths, like nanotechnology, environmental science, forensic science, biotechnology and teaching.

And, because of those transferrable skills, some of our Chemistry BSc graduates have found rewarding roles in accountancy and finance, law and even publishing.

Entry requirements

We will consider your educational achievements, predicted grades, work experience and personal statement. If you don't meet the grades for your chosen course, we will consider you for other programmes.

We know that many factors can influence the grades you achieve in school or college. If your life experience has affected your academic studies, we can take this into account. Use the UCAS Points Calculator below to check whether you are eligible.

Unsure if you meet our entry requirements? Contact our friendly Course Enquiries team to talk through your options.

UCAS: 104-112 points at A2 including Chemistry at grade C
BTEC Extended Diploma in Applied Science: DMM including Chemistry units. Please see UCAS for specific unit requirements
BTEC Diploma in Applied Science: D*D-D*D* including Chemistry units. Please see UCAS for specific unit requirements
Pass Access Course: 104-112 points including 15 level 3 credits in Chemistry at Distinction
International Baccalaureate Diploma: Pass including 104-112 points from Higher Level subjects including Higher Level 5 Chemistry
T Level Science accepted at grade M overall including specialism in Technical: Laboratory Sciences
IELTS: grade 6.0 with no component lower than 5.5
GCSEs: 5 at grade C/4 including Maths and English or equivalent

Not got the grades?

Our courses with a foundation year could be exactly what you're looking for. They provide an alternative route to study for this degree.

Find out more about our courses with a foundation year.

Fees and funding

2024/25

Full-time£9,250 per year

Sandwich year£1,500 for the sandwich year

Part-time£1,540 per 20 credits

International

Full-time£16,500 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of bursaries, scholarships and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

Select your country to see eligibility information and how to apply by selecting more info on the cards below.

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Care Leaver Bursary
Our Care Leaver Bursary is for students who need extra support because they have been in care or are estranged from their parents.
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Estranged student support
Estranged Student Support Bursary is for students who need extra support because they are estranged from their parents.
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Dependants Bursary
Students with financially dependent children may be eligible for our Dependants Bursary as part of our financial support package. 
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Financial support package
If you are from a low income household our Financial Bursary may be able to help.
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While you’ll learn the theory through a mixture of lectures, seminars and tutorials, this is a course that focuses heavily on practical skills. As such, you’ll have regular practical sessions designed to reflect the multidisciplinary nature of the subject. These will increase in depth and complexity as the course progresses, taking the form of self-initiated mini projects and culminating in a double-module project in your final year.

Our Chemistry degree is known for its excellent facilities. You’ll study in laboratories within our purpose-built JB Firth Building, which boasts state-of-the-art equipment including mass spectrometers, NMRs and electron microscopes. In short, it’s everything you need to gain hands-on experience of the latest techniques.

Each module you’ll study usually involves six hours a week of contact time – supported by a tutor – but you’ll also need to spend a similar amount every week in your own independent study. And, while each module differs, we’ll assess your progress throughout the course through a combination of coursework and examinations.

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This course is delivered by the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

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