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Chemistry (with Industrial Training Year) BSc Honours (F102)

Bachelor's degree

In Newcastle Upon Tyne ()

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

This professionally accredited BSc degree includes an industrial placement year to boost your skills and employability.     

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Industry
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Skills and Training
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • University

Course programme

Course Details

Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

Stage 1 Compulsory modules
  • CHY1101 Basic Organic Chemistry
  • CHY1102 Fundamentals of Biological and Medicinal Chemistry
  • CHY1201 Elements of Physical Chemistry
  • CHY1204 General Chemistry
  • CHY1205 Introductory Physical Chemistry
  • CHY1301 Fundamentals of Inorganic Chemistry
  • CHY1402 Analytical Methods and their Applications
Stage 2 Compulsory modules
  • CHY2001 Group Assignment in Chemistry or Medicinal Chemistry
  • CHY2003 Topics in Chemistry
  • CHY2101 Organic Chemistry
  • CHY2102 Bioactive Natural Products
  • CHY2201 Physical Chemistry
  • CHY2301 Inorganic Chemistry
  • CHY2401 Structural Chemistry
Year in Industry
  • ICM0026 Intercalating Module for F102/F122

You spend the year between Stages 2 and 3 on a work placement. This is a paid placement, which usually involves research into an aspect of chemistry of interest to your host company.

At the end of the year you write a report on your work and discuss your experiences with a member of University staff who will visit you. While on your placement you are employed by your host company but also retain your student status.

In the past, students have found placements throughout the UK and, occasionally, overseas.

The School of Chemistry will give you extensive support in finding and during your industrial placement. At the beginning of Stage 2 we help you to write your CV and send it to our wide range of industrial contacts.

We help you to organise your interviews, and any necessary travel to the companies. We keep in regular email contact with you while you are on your placement and visit you during the year to discuss your progress.

Stage 3 Compulsory modules
  • CHY3011 Research Literature Project
  • CHY3108 Advanced Organic Chemistry
  • CHY3206 Advanced Physical Chemistry
  • CHY3306 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

Careers Chemistry careers

A degree in chemistry can be the passport to a whole range of careers. If you want to pursue chemistry research in industry or academia, a good chemistry degree (usually an MChem) is essential, often followed by a research (PhD) degree. A large number of our graduates do follow such a career pattern.

Our Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry degrees are particularly suited for employment in the pharmaceutical industry, hospital laboratories and firms specialising in clinical diagnosis. The industrial training year often plays a decisive role in choosing a career and provides an excellent opportunity to gain the practical skills and experience that employers value so highly. Most chemistry graduates choose to pursue careers in scientific research-related roles or in technical occupations.

The main employers are those in the chemical and related industries such as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, petrochemicals, toiletries, plastics, and polymers. Other key employment sectors include the food and drink industry; utilities and energy research; health and medical; research organisations and agencies.

A small proportion of Chemistry graduates will choose to enter very different career areas such as finance, marketing, sales and advertising; arts, design and sport; and social and welfare professions.

Find out more about the career options for Chemistry from Prospects: The UK's Official Careers Website.

Chemistry (with Industrial Training Year) BSc Honours (F102)

Price on request