Chemistry with a Year in Industry
Entry requirements
A level: AAB (specific subject requirements) BTEC: D*DD with a significant number of Chemical and Scientific Modules. IB: 6,6,5 at Higher Level including Chemistry.
About this course
MChem, BSc in Chemistry with a Year in Industry, a chemistry degree centred on fundamental concepts and practical laboratory applications. Core topics include Microelectronics and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The curriculum includes a dedicated third-year paid industrial placement within a chemistry-based setting, along with a substantial final-year integrated masters project. The first year covers core theory and introductory practical training through modules such as Introduction to Modern Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemists for a Sustainable Future, and Introduction to Practical Chemistry and Research Skills, with an optional module in Maths for Scientists. The second year advances core knowledge with modules including Organic Chemistry: Structure, Reactions and the Science of Life, Molecules, Energy, Quanta and Change, and Practical, Professional and Research Skills for Chemists. The third year consists of distance learning and industrial placement modules. The fourth year focuses on advanced specialized study and independent research through compulsory modules such as Applications of New Machine Learning Algorithms for Synthetic chemistry, Green Peptide Synthesis for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, and Integrated Masters Project.
Modules
- safely handle reagents/solvents and manipulate laboratory apparatus
- synthesize inorganic and organic molecules of straightforward structural complexity
- determine structure using spectroscopic data such as infrared (IR) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
- record data and physical measurements and comment on their precision and accuracy
- use PC-based spreadsheets, graphics and word-processing packages to manipulate and plot data and to prepare reports.
- Introduction to Modern Chemistry
- Chemistry and Chemists for a Sustainable Future
- Introduction to Practical Chemistry and Research Skills
- Chemistry in Action: Atoms, Molecules, Matter
- Fundamental Organic Chemistry for Biology and Synthesis
- Chemistry of the Material World
- Maths for Scientists
- Organic Chemistry: Structure, Reactions and the Science of Life
- Molecules, Energy, Quanta and Change
- Practical, Professional and Research Skills for Chemists
- Chemistry of Materials: What They Are and How We Know
- Organometallics: From Bonding to Catalysis
- Molecular Signatures: Spectroscopy and Chromatography
- Specialisms in Chemical Science
- Distance Learning for Year in Industry
- Industrial Placement for Integrated Masters Students
- Applications of New Machine Learning Algorithms for Synthetic chemistry
- Green Peptide Synthesis for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
- Designing metal oxide based chemical gardens for waste water treatment
- Chemistry at the Extremes: Reaction kinetics at interstellar temperatures
- Tackling air pollution via probing the atmosphere with lasers
- Re-engineering bacterial toxins for drug delivery
- Biosensors for point-of-care detection of bowel diseases
- The development of interactive web based visualisation tools for chemical education
- Developing an online drug discovery project for use in the undergraduate laboratory course
- Controlling crystallization in organic semiconductor films for light emitting diodes
- Graphene-Enhanced Nano-Clay Materials for Fuel Purification Applications
- Integrated Masters Project