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Chemistry
We are committed to providing high quality courses which provide you with a wide range of employment opportunities.
| Course Title | UCAS Code | Duration | Typical Offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSc Chemistry | F100 | Three years full-time | BBB |
| MChem Chemistry | F105 | Four years full-time | AAB |
| MChem Chemistry (with a year in Industry) | F106 | Four years full-time | AAB |
| MChem Chemistry (with a year abroad) | F107 | Four years full-time | AAB |
| BSc Chemistry with Forensic Science | F1F4 | Three years full-time | BBB |
| MChem Chemistry with Forensic Science (with an optional year in Industry, or abroad) | F1FK | Four years full-time | AAB |
| BSc Pharmaceutical Chemistry | F154 | Three years full-time | BBB |
| MChem Pharmaceutical Chemistry (with an optional year in industry) | F153 | Four years full-time | AAB |
Chemistry at the University of Leicester
The Department of Chemistry offers a portfolio of high quality courses that are designed to give graduates a varied range of employment opportunities. The courses we offer are carefully structured to ensure you cover all the relevant topics; however, they are also flexible, allowing you to move between many of the different courses at the end of your First Year.
Chemistry is a broad discipline and amongst the courses on offer in our Department you should be able to find one that is tailored to your specific interests.
We are committed to high quality teaching and student support, and we are very active in research. We have internationally recognised research groups specialising in all areas of chemistry including: biological chemistry, green chemistry and molecular properties. We take pride in our research-led teaching, which ensures that our syllabus is filled with cutting-edge topics and our graduates are ready to work in the chemical industry.
Why Choose Chemistry at Leicester?
Places:81
Places: 81
Applications: 833
National Student Survey: 2nd for student satisfaction. 97% of students satisfied overall with their course.
Teaching Quality score: Excellent
Example Jobs: IT Support Worker; Lab Technician; Pharmacy Technician; Researcher – Science; Risk Analyst; Scientific Trainee; Synthetic Chemist.
Example Employers: Chatsworth House Trust; Deloitte; Eco-oil; Health Interactions; Huntingdon Life Sciences; Nationwide; PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP); Reads 4 Company.
Example jobs and employers information comes from the University’s ‘Where Did They Go?’ survey, and shows destinations of 2009/10 graduates six months after graduation.
You will benefit from our excellence in teaching, research and welfare provision and from our well-equipped teaching and research laboratories. The Chemistry Department has consistently been highly rated in University Guides. The Department also rates highly in the National Student Survey with 97% of our students being satisfied with their course. We have a range of modern flexible courses, which encompass a wide range of topics.
The Department owns a wide variety of modern analytical instruments, such as FTIR and UV/Visible spectrometers and gas chromatographs, which you will encounter during your undergraduate studies. In addition, you will also get to use more specialised instruments such as high-field NMR spectrometers,high-resolution mass spectrometers and X-ray diffractometers.
We also have our own Departmental library and quiet study area, which contains numerous chemistry research journals and reference books. Our modern teaching methods mean that you will learn current chemistry topics using interactive multimedia learning techniques.
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
All of the courses are modular. The academic year is divided into two semesters with assessments usually at the end of each semester. This allows frequent and rapid feedback on progress during the course. A typical week might include nine hours of lectures, seven hours of laboratory work, and two or three workshops or tutorials.
In addition, although not timetabled, you are expected to spend some hours each week on private study, which will include preparation for tutorials and the writing up of laboratory reports. You will be assessed by a variety of methods based on examinations, in-course assessments (essays, presentations, and posters), laboratory work, and a research project in your final year.
All the courses contain a number of lectures, but these can have different teaching styles depending on the course content. They are generally interactive and may contain web-based delivery and demonstrations. All of our courses are linked to Blackboard – a virtual learning environment that gives you access to lecture notes, self-test exercises, supplementary information and background literature about the course.
Opportunities to Visit and Further Information
Choosing where and what to study at university is an important decision for you. We believe it is important to give you the opportunity to talk to our admissions team, so you can learn whether our programmes are the right choice for you
For further information, please contact the admissions tutor:
Dr Corey Evans
0116 252 2100
chemadmiss@le.ac.uk
www.le.ac.uk/chemistry
