BSc in Chemistry
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
DURATION
3 up to 4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
GBP 9,250 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* only for home students. We will continue to accept applications from international students after the 25th of January
** UK students: ยฃ9,250 per year | international: ยฃ15,800 for the first year
Introduction
Why choose this course?
Do you want to be involved in making positive changes to the world? This could be the course for you. Chemistry affects every aspect of our lives, from clothing to medicines that help millions of people. It plays an integral part in solving global challenges such as food security, plastic pollution, developing alternative energies, and synthesising new medicines and materials.
Chemistry at Kingston offers knowledge and skills relevant to industry, research and teaching. You'll gain practical skills in our laboratories, broaden your knowledge of environmental chemistry, and develop the academic and professional skills valued by employers.
Through optional modules, you can tailor this degree to your interests and career goals. An individual project enables you to investigate a chosen area in depth.
This course scored 100% overall student satisfaction (National Student Survey 2020).
Reasons to choose Kingston University
- This degree is accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).
- You'll have the opportunity to have a one-year work placement. This will give you valuable experience and help prepare you for a career in chemistry.
- Kingston's state-of-the-art laboratories include networked computers for each workspace, which are newly refurbished through a ยฃ6 million investment.
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Curriculum
What you will study
Year 1
Year 1 introduces the fundamental aspects of the subject. Three foundation modules consolidate your existing knowledge and provide a base on which you can develop advanced concepts. You will learn and develop the laboratory and practical techniques needed for the later years of the course. You will also broaden your knowledge through a module that discusses environmental chemistry. A further module of academic and professional skills enables you to enhance transferable skills valued by employers.
Core modules
- Foundation Organic and Physical Chemistry
- Foundation Inorganic and Environmental Chemistry
- Introduction to Spectroscopy and Experimental Techniques
- Academic Skills for Molecular Sciences
Year 2
Year 2 takes a more in-depth look at inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. You will continue to carry out experimental work, developing the theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to become a competent professional. Additional modules, covering experimental and analytical chemistry, will expand your skills for interpreting the results of modern spectroscopic investigations. An optional sandwich year provides an opportunity to gain first-hand experience with how chemistry is applied in an industrial situation. The industrial placement tutor will help prepare you to find a placement.
Core modules
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Organic and Medicinal Chemistry
- Physical Chemistry
- Analytical and Experimental Chemistry
Year 3/4
In Year 3, you will undertake a more specialised study of the inorganic, physical and organic chemistry taught in Years 1 and 2, with the chance to choose optional modules in areas of analytical or polymer and industrial chemistry. There is also a project module, which forms an important part of this year's work and allows you to investigate a research topic in a chosen area of interest.
Core modules
- Organic and Natural Product Chemistry
- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
- Project
Optional modules
- Advanced Analytical Science
- Polymer and Industrial Chemistry
Please note
Optional modules only run if there is enough demand. If we have an insufficient number of students interested in an optional module, that module will not be offered for this course.
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Career Opportunities
Types of jobs
- Analytical chemist
- Teacher
- Quality assurance scientist
- Regulatory analysis
- Clinical skills technician
- Development technologist
- Senior chemist
- Quality control analyst
- Project Assistant
- Medical Representative
Employers
- Eli Lilly
- Allergy Therapeutics
- GSK
- AWEC Plc
- Scapa
- Isolagen
- Leatherhead Food Research
- Martindale Pharmaceuticals
- Ashfield Healthcare
- Schwarz Pharma
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Program Admission Requirements
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