Chemical Sciences BSc (Hons) (4 year route including a Foundation Year at Carmel College)

This is the ideal option if you think you want to start studying Chemistry at a lower level than the three-year BSc (Hons) Chemistry programme and are uncertain of an area of specialism. You spend the Foundation Year at Carmel College (St Helens) studying Chemistry and Mathematics with options from Biology, Geography and Physics. You then transfer into the first year at the University and choose either: Chemistry (F100) Medicinal Chemistry (F1B2) Years Two, Three and Four are identical in content to the three years of the degree programme you have chosen, see module information under descriptions for F100 and F1B2.
Department Key Facts
Number of first year students156 Year One undergraduates in 2015
UK league tablesRanked 1st in the UK for 4* and 3* research in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. Also ranked 11th in the UK in The Guardian University Guide 2016. Accreditation Our MChem programmes have Master Accreditation from the Royal Society of Chemistry, and our BSc programmes have Bachelor Accreditation. 
Why this subject? Thrive in our outstanding undergraduate laboratories. Our £23 million Central Teaching Laboratories offer a unique environment for the study of Physical Sciences. Chemistry occupies the top floor, which houses Synthetic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry labs and capacity for 120 students at a time. These are fully stocked with new equipment for a wide range of experiments.