Chemistry with a Placement Year Abroad Cardiff University

Overview

This Chemistry with a Placement Year Abroad degree offered at Cardiff University  includes a 9-12 month overseas placement during year three. Studying and working abroad allows you to experience a different culture, expand your network and develop your employability skills. This practical overseas experience will be a valuable addition to your CV when seeking graduate employment.

Key Features

You will develop a solid understanding of the main areas of chemistry before focusing on and area that is interesting or important to you through  a substantial research project worth half of the credits of your final year. Plus, you will spend many hours in our labs gaining hands-on experience and developing your research, mathematical and computational skills.

With more of an emphasis on research than our BSc degrees, backed up with analysis, interpretation and problem solving together with significant opportunities to develop transferrable professional skills, you can acquire all the attributes needed to be a self-sufficient working chemist.

Career prospects

Graduate chemists have an array of career options. Many join the chemical industry, while others enter academia or government establishments. A number of graduates use the logical and practical training they have gained to enter marketing, sales, management or finance. Scientific journalism, publishing and teaching are all realistic potential destinations. Equally, the specific skills gained in laboratories can provide a stepping stone to roles in the manufacturing industry.

Graduate careers

• Research Scientist
• Laboratory Technician
• Formulation Scientist
• Quality Control Analyst