MSc Chemistry

You will have evidenced good practical skills, be literate, numerate, have high level of IT skills and be capable of logical, scientific, critical thinking and problem solving. You will have developed a great deal of autonomous decision making and research capability and you will be able to evidence a range of professional, personal transferable skills and be well versed with the concept of continuous professional development. These skills will make you well equipped for the workplace, be it in a chemistry environment or the wider world of work in general, or for further research if you so choose.

The UK’s chemical industry is one of the leading industrial contributors to the national economy and there are many opportunities to apply chemical knowledge, principles and skills to a successful career in the chemistry, pharmaceutical science, chemical engineering or other chemistry-related disciplines. “Chemistry will underpin economic growth, say industry leaders”, it was reported in the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) publication, Chemistry World, on the “Strategy for delivering chemistry-fuelled growth of the UK economy”. Currently the Chemistry-using industries contribute ~£195bn to the UK economy with approximately £10bn coming from chemical manufacturing and £9bn from pharmaceutical manufacturing. The areas of chemical manufacture, process technology, product development and application, and formulation skills are key areas of these chemical sciences. In chemicals (including pharmaceuticals) 95.6% of UK companies are SME’s employing 42% of the total workforce and account for 29% of turnover.

If you choose not to go into the chemical industry there are still extensive career opportunities in teaching and academic research

Successful applicants will normally be required to have a 2/ii (or better) honours degree in Chemistry. English competence for international applicants should be in-line with University requirements for science based Masters-level taught degrees (IELTS currently 6.5)

You will build upon your previous undergraduate studies to develop an in depth knowledge of selected aspects of advanced cutting edge topics in chemistry.

MSc Chemistry Level 7 Programme (all modules are 20 credits unless otherwise specified)

Advanced Topics in Organic Chemistry
Advanced Topics in Inorganic Chemistry
Advanced Topics in Physical Chemistry
Advanced Topics in Chemical Analysis

MSc Research Project (120 credits)

Select three from these four core option modules.