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Chemistry BSc

UCAS code: F100

Please note the course details including entry requirements and application deadlines apply to 2024 entry. Fees supplied apply to students entering King's in 2025. Details for 2025 entry will be published shortly, please check back for more details in the coming weeks.

Key information

Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Campus
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
AAB
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
3 years
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2025
Application deadline:
31 January 2024
Apply via UCAS

The Chemistry BSc degree will give you a theoretical and experimental understanding of chemistry in the modern world. The programme is delivered within a research-enriched teaching context, transcending the traditional divisions of physical, organic and inorganic chemistry and integrating practical methods throughout. It is designed to train the next generation of articulate, flexible chemists for a wide variety of careers starting with chemical, biotech and pharmaceutical industries and extending to wide careers such as finance, law and media.

Key benefits

  • Research-enriched teaching delivered by internationally renowned scientists and researchers.
  • Designed to give graduates flexibility to develop a career in the growing areas of biotech and nanotechnology, chemical biology and biomedical research.
  • Flexibility to transfer to Chemistry MSci, Chemistry with Biomedicine degree, or to a Year in industry programme.
  • Fully integrated laboratory facilities in the heart of London.
  • 7th in the UK for employability (Times Higher Education Graduate Employability rankings 2023/4)

We are taught by academics who are experts in their respective fields, conducting world-leading research, in state-of-the-art facilities

Samer, Chemistry BSc

Employability

Our Chemistry graduates are in high demand because employers recognise the wide range of skills that they possess. We train Chemists to think logically and apply mathematical and practical techniques to solve real problems. Our ambition is to produce graduates who have a wider vision of the applications of chemistry for the coming decades and who are equipped for flexible careers to adapt to the changing global and national challenges facing Chemistry. Graduates from our course can be found in a range of sectors where they can exploit their skills and expertise including research, management, finance, medicine and law.

Destinations

Recent graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:

  • Scientist, Pfizer Ltd
  • Team Leader, GE Healthcare
  • Pharmacokineticist, GlaxoSmithKline plc
  • Nuclear Safety Engineer, Babcock
  • Industrial Chemist, Rohm GmbH
  • Research Scientist Manager, Facebook UK
  • Engineering Co-Ordinator, Greencore
  • Policy Analyst, Sandbag Climate Campaign
  • Senior Environmental Consultant, March Consulting Group
  • Water Engineer, WRC Engineering
  • Senior Manager Audit, HSBC
  • Head Of Client Integration, BNP Paribas
  • Science Teacher
  • Head of Chemistry

Employability

Our Chemistry graduates are in high demand because employers recognise the wide range of skills that they possess. We train Chemists to think logically and apply mathematical and practical techniques to solve real problems. Our ambition is to produce graduates who have a wider vision of the applications of chemistry for the coming decades and who are equipped for flexible careers to adapt to the changing global and national challenges facing Chemistry. Graduates from our course can be found in a range of sectors where they can exploit their skills and expertise including research, management, finance, medicine and law.

Destinations

Recent graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:

  • Scientist, Pfizer Ltd
  • Team Leader, GE Healthcare
  • Pharmacokineticist, GlaxoSmithKline plc
  • Nuclear Safety Engineer, Babcock
  • Industrial Chemist, Rohm GmbH
  • Research Scientist Manager, Facebook UK
  • Engineering Co-Ordinator, Greencore
  • Policy Analyst, Sandbag Climate Campaign
  • Senior Environmental Consultant, March Consulting Group
  • Water Engineer, WRC Engineering
  • Senior Manager Audit, HSBC
  • Head Of Client Integration, BNP Paribas
  • Science Teacher
  • Head of Chemistry

Key information

Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Campus
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
AAB
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
3 years
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2025
Application deadline:
31 January 2024
Apply via UCAS

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