Chemical Sciences Dublin City University

Overview

Among other topics, in this  Chemical Sciences program at  Dublin City University  you’ll study drug design, introduction to synthetic methods to prepare drugs, industrial and forensic analytical techniques, environmental chemistry and biomolecules during this year. You can also take a language module such as French or Spanish.

Path to a chemistry specialism

Having studied different types of chemistry and gained excellent hands-on lab experience, you can choose your specialist degree programme at the end of first year, although this is based on your first year results. You’ll have three options: the BSc in Analytical Science, the BSc in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and the BSc in Chemistry with Artificial Intelligence.

Chemistry is a wide field and qualified specialist chemists are hugely sought after. Even in your first year on the Chemical Science General Entry programme, you’ll do a dynamic range of lab work, developing your problem-solving skills while conducting innovative experiments that reflect the needs of the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and the broader chemical industry.