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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

  • Location

    Huddersfield Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

Known as the central science, Chemistry provides a fundamental understanding of how the world works at a chemical level. Since the 1840s, Huddersfield has provided a strong chemistry education to its students, supporting the local textile and dyeing industries as a result. Today, you’re not limited just to these industries. A Chemistry BSc(Hons) degree at Huddersfield can take you far as you make contributions to a wide variety of fields, including pharmaceuticals, healthcare and chemical engineering.


Why Study Chemistry BSc(Hons) at University of Huddersfield?

At Huddersfield, you’ll be joining a Chemistry department with a long and illustrious history. The course will prepare you with a solid understanding of the fundamentals of chemistry, with a focus on the following core areas of chemistry; organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, analytical chemistry and physical chemistry. You’ll gain relevant real-world experience throughout this course. You’ll be taught by leading academics through lectures, seminars, and sessions, which will be supplemented by modern industry instruments in our specialist chemical science labs. Following your first two years on the course, you’ll put your knowledge and skills to the test in an optional supervised work placement. During this placement year, you’ll experience working in a real-world environment within the industry, in the UK or internationally. You’ll also explore employment opportunities within organisations related to your studies and chosen pathway. This course will prepare you for a variety of potentially exciting careers in a range of fields in the industry, as well as for future study. You could work in chemical analysis, chemical manufacturing, healthcare, or pharmaceutics.


Professional Bodies

This course was last accredited in 2018 by the Royal Society of Chemistry, and for six years thereafter. This accreditation is reviewed on a regular basis.


Why Huddersfield?

Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.

Tuition fees

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£ 17,600per year

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University information

University of Huddersfield

  • University League Table

    65th

  • Campus address

    University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, Kirklees, HD1 3DH, England

100% of permanent teaching staff are Fellows of the Higher Education Academy – Huddersfield is the first and only UK university to achieve this.
Strengths in teaching, employability, internationalisation and inclusiveness.
Huddersfield has a thriving international community of over 3,300 students from nearly 100 different nationalities.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    47th out of 52 2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 228
    130 57%

    36th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    79.0 79%

    41st

    1
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.21 80%

    15th

    3

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