Undergraduate

Physics

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Overview

Entry requirements

Careers opportunities

A degree with a reliable industrial market and a shortage of good analytical chemists. An accredited course and a placement year are what employers in pharmaceuticals and materials look for first.

Roles graduates go into

  • Analytical chemist
  • Research and development chemist
  • Formulation scientist
  • Quality control chemist
  • Process chemist
  • Chemistry teacher, with a teaching qualification

Where they work

  • Pharmaceutical and fine chemical companies
  • Consumer goods and materials manufacturers
  • Contract testing laboratories
  • Environmental and water testing
  • Schools and universities
After the course

Chartered Chemist status through the Royal Society of Chemistry, or a doctorate for research.

Fees and funding

Where you can study it

31 universities run this course

Entry terms differ between departments. An adviser will tell you which of these you are a realistic candidate for.

University Duration Enquire
University of St Andrews St Andrews 5 years Enquire now
Durham University Durham 4 years Enquire now
University of Bath Bath 4 years Enquire now
University of Warwick Coventry 4 years Enquire now
University of Edinburgh Edinburgh 5 years Enquire now
Loughborough University Loughborough 4 years Enquire now
University of Manchester Manchester 4 years Enquire now
University of Southampton Southampton 4 years Enquire now
University of Leeds Leeds 4 years Enquire now
University of Sheffield Sheffield 4 years Enquire now
University of York York 4 years Enquire now
Lancaster University Lancaster 4 years Enquire now
University of Exeter Exeter 4 years Enquire now
Newcastle University Newcastle 4 years Enquire now
Cardiff University Cardiff 4 years Enquire now
University of Liverpool Liverpool 4 years Enquire now
University of Surrey Guildford 4 years Enquire now
University of Sussex Brighton 4 years Enquire now
University of Strathclyde Glasgow 5 years Enquire now
University of Leicester Leicester 4 years Enquire now
Swansea University Swansea 4 years Enquire now
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh 5 years Enquire now
University of Portsmouth Portsmouth 4 years Enquire now
University of Hertfordshire Hatfield 4 years Enquire now
University of Kent Canterbury 4 years Enquire now
University of East Anglia Norwich 4 years Enquire now
University of Aberystwyth Aberystwyth 4 years Enquire now
University of Hull Hull 4 years Enquire now
Northumbria University Newcastle 4 years Enquire now
Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield 3 years Enquire now
University of Lincoln Lincoln 4 years Enquire now
Where you will study

University of St Andrews

It is the only university we work with in St Andrews, so what is on this page is the whole of our list there.

The region
Scotland
Courses there, all told
706 across every university we list in it
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