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Chemistry with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry BSc (Hons)

University of Sheffield

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Course options

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  • Qualification

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

  • Location

    Sheffield Main

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary


This specialist course has been designed to prepare you for the growing demands of the healthcare sector and pharmaceutical industry. Alongside essential chemistry topics, you'll study topics such as pharmacokinetics, toxicology and drug design.

In your first year, this Chemistry with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry MChem takes you through the essential topics – giving you the grounding you need to study specialist subjects, like pharmacokinetics, toxicology and drug design.And because you’re studying at Sheffield, we’ll push you to explore the field’s latest concepts and findings – from environmental and sustainable chemistry, to chemistry in space, supramolecular chemistry and molecular modelling.You'll learn how to use industry-standard commercial software and even choose to spend your final year on your own biological and medicinal chemistry research project.


Why study this course?

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RSC accredited

- this course is accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry for fully meeting the academic criteria for Chartered Chemist (CChem).-


Taught by the experts

- most of the people teaching you will have first-hand experience of industry and business processes, and running spin-out companies.-


Hands-on experience

- you’ll learn laboratory skills and techniques in your first and second year in our teaching labs. In your third year, you’ll work on a research project giving you independent research experience working on a real scientific problem. You’ll conduct experiments in our multi-million pound research labs, learning from our academic researchers.-


Sustainability focus

- at Sheffield we have a major focus on sustainability. Sustainability modules are part of our core teaching in all our undergraduate courses from the start, and are also available as in-depth specialised options in year three.-


Summer research placement

- we offer a guaranteed summer research placement if you meet the requirements of our Undergraduate Research Scholarship scheme.

Tuition fees

Students living in United States
(International fees)

£ 29,110per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

University of Sheffield

University of Sheffield

  • University League Table

    18th

  • Campus address

    University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, England

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Chemistry

    25th out of 52 4

  • Entry standards

    / Max 228
    149 65%

    24th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    87.0 87%

    21st

    2

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.14 78%

    21st

    7

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