Chemistry

On our BSc (Hons) Chemistry degree, we combine hands-on laboratory experience with classroom learning to provide you with the specialist knowledge and skills you’ll need to pursue a career or further study in the chemical sciences.

You’ll study core areas like inorganic, organic, physical, and analytical chemistry while exploring specialist fields such as synthetic chemistry, catalysis, materials chemistry, and green chemistry - equipping you with skills for real-world applications and sustainable solutions.

Our curriculum is designed to align with industry needs and developments, equipping you with the skills employers demand—like planning and conducting experiments independently, interpreting outcomes, and adapting methodologies to solve unfamiliar problems.

This degree also provides the option to spend an additional year broadening your horizons, either through a placement in industry or studying with one of our partner universities overseas, subject to availability.

This course is also available with a foundation year.

FEATURES AND BENEFITS

• We’ve invested over £115 million to transform the way we teach and the way our students learn. The new Dalton building is equipped with dynamic learning spaces, world-class teaching and research facilities and collaborative study zones. This means you’ll graduate with the skills and experiences employers look for.

• We have invested half a million pounds to enhance our undergraduate lab experience and extend our wide range of analytical instrumentation, ensuring that you will benefit from a professional work environment. This includes a high-specification lab area with industry-standard equipment and an adjacent computer suite.

• Our teaching is supported by a range of technological innovations including videos, specialist software and interactive simulations via VR to help you to prepare for practicals in advance – building your confidence in using lab equipment and allowing you to practice, virtually, from home.

• In your first year you will have access to our online homework system, which gives you immediate, targeted feedback and hints to help you understand and practise key concepts.

• We have embedded career preparation activities into each year of your course to help you explore options, gain key employability skills, build your confidence to apply for work experience and plan your future graduate career.

• You can take the four-year route, spending a year studying overseas in Europe, North America or Australia, or boost your career prospects with a 9-12 month placement.

• Apply for the BSc (Hons) course now and you can choose to move on to the integrated masters degree (MChem) at the end of Year 2. As long as you’re working to a high enough standard you can then switch over to the MChem route.

• Our diverse research activities directly inform our teaching. These focus on alleviating global problems to create a sustainable and healthy future. Specific areas of interest include hydrogen fuel cells, catalysts, biosensors, drug discovery, green chemistry and the chemical monitoring of environmental change.