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Chemistry with an Industrial Placement Year BSc (Hons)

University of Sheffield

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  • Qualification

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

  • Location

    Main Site

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    29-SEP-25

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary


The BSc Chemistry with an Industrial Placement Year gives you a great opportunity to build up your CV. You will spend 12 months between your second and third years on a work placement, paying reduced fees for the year you are away from campus.


Four years of industry level experience and advanced study will give you the skills of a forward-thinking 21st-century chemist, and take your career to the next level.

Take your chemistry skills to the next level with experience in a real commercial lab environment – choose an BSc Chemistry with an Industrial Placement Year at Sheffield and you’ll have the edge when it comes to a career in the industry.Sustainability modules are part of our core teaching, and you’ll learn about this right from the start. The first two years will be about the fundamental concepts and skills you need – eventually unlocking a wide range of optional modules later, including environmental, biological, medicinal, computational and astrochemistry.The whole of your third year will be spent on industrial placement, inside a chemistry based business environment. With first-hand experience of somewhere like GlaxoSmithKline, Unilever, or overseas, you’ll begin to understand which direction your career could go – and maybe even secure a job for when you graduate.And then you’ll pour all that experience into your advanced study and research project in year four, when you’ll join a team working on new discoveries – before graduating, primed for an exciting career.


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 final 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.

Application deadline

29 January

Tuition fees

Students living in Hong Kong
(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.

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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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Pathway programmes are available to help students with English as a second language and different educational backgrounds prepare for their academic career.
With nearly 11,000 international students, Sheffield is a diverse, welcoming city that's celebrated for its safety and strong sense of community and culture.
The university offers a range of scholarships for high-achieving international students who demonstrate excellent academic potential.

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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