Chemistry MSci

University College London

Master

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    4 Years

In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual modules, normally valued at 15 or 30 credits, adding up to a total of 120 credits for the year. Modules are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional modules varies from programme to programme and year to year. A 30-credit module is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).
Chemistry is offered either as a three-year BSc or as a four-year MSci. The first two years of study are identical, so you can defer which to opt for until the end of your second year. We advise you to select the four-year MSci programme initially as this keeps more options open.
In the first year, all students take the module 'Introduction to Chemical Principles'. This serves to consolidate A level (or equivalent) Chemistry and generate an awareness of modern chemistry as an integrated whole. In the second term the fundamentals of organic, inorganic and physical chemistry are introduced separately.
Along with your optional modules, you'll also take a module in mathematics that's appropriate to your ability.
In the second year, the three main themes of chemistry are again developed in individual modules, leaving you free to choose two options, which can be either chemical or non-chemical.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

On request

About this course

Consistently regarded as one of the best chemistry departments in the UK, we offer you an excellent education with high standards of teaching.
You will benefit from our outstanding research profile as you are taught by lecturers who are experts in a wide range of chemistry-related fields.
The MSci allows you to study more advanced topics and to work on an extended research project within one of our internationally renowned research groups.
We offer access to state-of-the-art facilities, enhanced by our strong affiliation to other centres of excellence such as the London Centre for Nanotechnology.

As a UCL Chemistry graduate you will have developed both discipline-based and highly sought after analytical skills, for example in logical thought and numeracy.
On completion of your degree you will have the obvious option of pursuing a career within the chemical industry. This is recognised as one of the most exciting and successful contributors to the UK economy, for example in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and nanotechnology sectors.
Many recent graduates have continued in research at universities including PhDs at UCL, Imperial, Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol, Edinburgh, Harvard, Manchester and NUS Singapore.
Our graduates are in great demand in many other fields such as management, the financial sector, information technology, scientific journalism, patent law, the scientific civil service, and in education.

English Language at grade C or 5, plus Mathematics at grade B or 6. For UK-based students, a grade C or 5 or equivalent in a foreign language (other than Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew or Latin) is required.

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Subjects

  • Mathematics
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Materials
  • GCSE Mathematics
  • Chemistry
  • Physical
  • CHEMICAL
  • Biology Human Physiology
  • Management
  • Chemistry MSci

Course programme

YEAR 1

Core or compulsory module(s)
  • Basic Inorganic Chemistry
  • Basic Organic Chemistry
  • Basic Physical Chemistry
  • Introduction to Chemical Principles
Optional modules

You will select a Mathematics module appropriate to your level of qualification to the value of either 1.0 or 0.5 credits, and will select either 0.5 or 1.0 credits from a wide range of options. Options typically taken by chemistry students include:

  • Biology
  • Human Physiology
  • Introduction to Earth Sciences
  • Introduction to Management
  • Languages
  • Mathematics (further calculus)
  • Physics of the Universe

YEAR 2

Core or compulsory module(s)
  • Principles of Inorganic Chemistry
  • Principles of Organic Chemistry
  • Principles of Physical Chemistry
Optional modules

You will select either one or two of the following modules:

  • Chemical Dynamics
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • Reaction Mechanisms in Chemical and Biological Systems


Plus further modules from a wide range. Options typically taken by Chemistry students include:

  • Biology
  • Human Physiology
  • Introduction to Earth Sciences
  • Introduction to Management
  • Languages
  • Mathematics (further calculus)
  • Physics of the Universe

YEAR 3

Core or compulsory module(s)
  • Advanced Topics in Inorganic Chemistry
  • Advanced Topics in Physical Chemistry
  • An Introduction to Research Methods
  • Literature Project
  • Principles and Methods of Organic Synthesis
Optional modules

You will select 1.0 credit from a wide range of advanced chemistry options and other approved undergraduate options. Chemistry options may include:

  • Biological Chemistry/Biological Macromolecules
  • Concepts in Computational and Experimental Chemistry
  • Inorganic Rings, Chains and Clusters
  • Numerical and Analytical Methods
  • New Directions in Materials Chemistry
  • Organometallic Chemistry
  • Pathways, Intermediates and Function in Organic Chemistry
  • Principles of Drug Design
  • Structural Methods in Modern Chemistry

YEAR 4

Core or compulsory module(s)
  • Advanced Chemical Research Project
Optional modules

You will select 2.0 credits from a wide range of advanced chemistry options and other approved undergraduate options. Chemistry options may include:

  • Frontiers in Experimental Physical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Rings, Chains and Clusters
  • Intense Radiation Sources for Chemistry
  • Microstructural Control in Materials Science
  • New Directions in Materials Chemistry
  • Organometallic Chemistry
  • Numerical and Analytical Methods
  • Stereochemical Control in Asymmetric Total Synthesis
  • Structural Methods in Modern Chemistry
  • Synthesis and Biosynthesis of Natural Products
  • Topics in Quantum Mechanics
Your learning

Your learning will combine lectures, practical classes and group workshops. In addition you will attend tutorials in groups of four to six students which provide specialised support for the core modules.

Assessment

Modules usually involve at least two methods of assessment; coursework (problem sheets, essays or poster presentations), an examination, or lab classes. Feedback, such as face-to-face marking in laboratories, is always provided. Your final-year project will be assessed through a written report, a presentation and an oral examination.

Additional information

Overseas students Fee - £25,960 (2018/19)

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