BSc Chemistry with a Year in Industry

This BSc degree is designed to give you a broad education in chemistry and, in addition, supply you with a wide range of research, mathematical and computational skills, with practical training an essential element. This four-year course includes a 9-12 month paid work placement during year three. You will get the opportunity to create valuable contacts and develop transferable skills that will prepare you for a competitive work environment. Our strong links with industry can help you find a placement, in the past our students have completed placements with Dow Chemical Company, GSK, Pfizer and Kodak. You will gain a broad introduction to the main areas of chemistry and have the option to specialise in an area that is interesting or important to you through optional modules and a research project later in the course. Plus, you will spend many hours in our labs gaining hands-on experience and developing your research, mathematical and computational skills. Our graduates are employed as chemists working in research, process development and analysis, as well as in broader areas such as teaching, marketing, environmental control, patents and finance. The school is currently going through the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) re-accreditation process.