Chemistry The University of Manchester

Overview

The innovative skills-based curriculum will give you the tools to succeed in your degree and our award-winning careers service will assist you in making choices for your future.

The courses will equip you with an armoury of skills to take into the world of work, including the ability to analyse problems, to work collaboratively as part of a team, and to develop laboratory, numeracy and communication skills. You will also gain an appreciation for a subject which links so many scientific disciplines through applications and examples as well as practical work and learning through research. In lectures the topics and examples you discuss will be taken from the latest research, much of which is carried out right here by the Department's academics.  

BSc Chemistry  from the offered at The University of Manchester offers you a three-year degree programme. The first two years follow a core structure, which allows greater flexibility in the third and final year.

Career opportunities

Chemistry graduates are skilled in scientific methodology and are numerate, versatile and creative, making them attractive to employers from a range of sectors.  

Around half of the graduates get their first job directly using their chemical knowledge; 25% go on to study a further degree; and the remaining 25% opt for diversecareers in a variety of industries. Roles that graduates opt for include:

• AnalyticalChemistry;
• Biotechnology
• Science Communication;
• Finance;
• Management;
• Computing;
• IT.