Chemistry Degree Courses in Southampton, UK

Chemistry at The University of Southampton:
Chemistry is a subject that will give you the expertise for the multidisciplinary world of research. By choosing to study a bachelor's or masters chemistry degree at the University of Southampton, you will have the opportunity to undertake an exciting and challenging combination of theory, applications and practical work. Conveniently located only 75 miles south-west of London and 19 miles north-west of Portsmouth, Southampton is located in Hampshire on the south coast of England.

Bachelor's & Masters Chemistry Degree Programmes:

BSc Chemistry
The aims of the BSc Chemistry programme are to enhance your sense of enthusiasm for chemistry and to involve you in an intellectually stimulating experience of learning in a supportive environment. Whether you are hoping to become a professional scientist or are seeking a broad scientifically-centred education, our BSc Chemistry degree is designed to meet your needs. Our overall aim is to provide you with the highest quality of teaching and pastoral support in attractive modern surroundings. 

We will provide a strong foundation for a successful career as a professional chemist and provide opportunities for you to develop a range of transferable skills for both chemical and non-chemical careers. We will provide you with a sound background in all aspects of chemistry as part of a rounded scientific education, as well as comprehensive training in practical chemistry and an appreciation of the importance of the discipline in different contexts. 

MChem Chemistry
The MChem single and combined Honours programmes aim to enhance your sense of enthusiasm for chemistry and to involve you in an intellectually stimulating experience of learning in a supportive environment. Our first single honours MChem, Chemistry with Professional Training, was the first of its kind in the UK. Many students have since graduated from this programme and taken up successful careers within chemistry as well as the wider working environment. 

We will provide a sound basis for a successful career as a professional chemist and provide opportunities for you to develop a range of transferable skills for both chemical and non-chemical careers. You will gain extensive in-depth knowledge and understanding of chemistry and related subjects, as well as a comprehensive training in practical chemistry and an appreciation of the importance of the discipline in different contexts. You will also have the opportunity to work on an original project in an industrial or academic research laboratory to equip you for a successful career as a professional chemist and enable you to fulfil the requirements of the Royal Society of Chemistry for the CChem qualification.

BNatSci Chemistry and Biological Science (specialising in chemistry)
As many modern sciences are developing at the boundaries of traditional disciplines, this Natural Science programme should provide you with the qualifications and skills to contribute to this development. At the start of the degree you choose two topics.  At the end of year 1 you decide which of these you wish to focus on - this becomes subject 1 whilst the other becomes subject 2.

The objective is to offer an undergraduate programme which allows you to pursue a combination of two science subjects, with both subjects being studied in each year of the degree. These combinations are collectively known as Natural Sciences. Maintaining learning in two key sciences in all levels of your degree provides you with an interdisciplinary training that will reflect the multifaceted nature of many aspects of modern science, both in terms of research and industrial application. You must take at least two experimental subjects (subject 1 and subject 2).  All the modules chosen for this degree will be selected from subjects offered by the Academic Units in the Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences.

MNatSci Chemistry and Biological Science (specialising in chemistry)
The objective of this course is to offer an undergraduate programme which allows you to pursue a combination of two science subjects, with both subjects being studied in each year of the degree. These combinations are collectively known as Natural Sciences. As many modern sciences are developing at the boundaries of traditional disciplines, this Natural Science programme should provide you with the qualifications and skills to contribute to this development. At the start of the degree you choose two topics.  At the end of year 1 you decide which of these you wish to focus on - this becomes subject 1 whilst the other becomes subject 2.

Maintaining learning in two key sciences in all levels of your degree provides you with an interdisciplinary training that will reflect the multifaceted nature of many aspects of modern science, both in terms of research and industrial application. You must take at least two experimental subjects (subject 1 and subject 2). All the modules chosen for this degree will be selected from subjects offered by the Academic Units in the Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences.

BNatSci Chemistry and Ocean and Earth Science (specialising in chemistry)
As many modern sciences are developing at the boundaries of traditional disciplines, this Natural Science programme should provide you with the qualifications and skills to contribute to this development. At the start of the degree you choose two topics.  At the end of year 1 you decide which of these you wish to focus on - this becomes subject 1 whilst the other becomes subject 2.

The objective is to offer an undergraduate programme which allows you to pursue a combination of two science subjects, with both subjects being studied in each year of the degree. These combinations are collectively known as Natural Sciences. Maintaining learning in two key sciences in all levels of your degree provides you with an interdisciplinary training that will reflect the multifaceted nature of many aspects of modern science, both in terms of research and industrial application. You must take at least two experimental subjects (subject 1 and subject 2).  All the modules chosen for this degree will be selected from subjects offered by the Academic Units in the Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences.

MNatSci Natural Sciences Chemistry and Ocean and Earth Science (specialising in chemistry)
The objective is to offer an undergraduate programme which allows you to pursue a combination of two science subjects, with both subjects being studied in each year of the degree. These combinations are collectively known as Natural Sciences. Maintaining learning in two key sciences in all levels of your degree provides you with an interdisciplinary training that will reflect the multifaceted nature of many aspects of modern science, both in terms of research and industrial application. As many modern sciences are developing at the boundaries of traditional disciplines, this Natural Science programme should provide you with the qualifications and skills to contribute to this development.

At the start of the degree you choose two topics.  At the end of year 1 you decide which of these you wish to focus on - this becomes subject 1 whilst the other becomes subject 2. You must take at least two experimental subjects (subject 1 and subject 2).  All the modules chosen for this degree will be selected from subjects offered by the Academic Units in the Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences.

MChem Chemistry with six month placement
The MChem single and combined Honours programmes aim to enhance your sense of enthusiasm for chemistry and to involve you in an intellectually stimulating experience of learning in a supportive environment. Our first single honours MChem, Chemistry with Professional Training, was the first of its kind in the UK. Many students have since graduated from this programme and taken up successful careers within chemistry as well as the wider working environment.

We will provide a sound basis for a successful career as a professional chemist and provide opportunities for you to develop a range of transferable skills for both chemical and non-chemical careers. You will gain extensive in-depth knowledge and understanding of chemistry and related subjects, as well as a comprehensive training in practical chemistry and an appreciation of the importance of the discipline in different contexts. 

You will also have the opportunity to work on an original project in an industrial or academic research laboratory to equip you for a successful career as a professional chemist and enable you to fulfil the requirements of the Royal Society of Chemistry for the CChem qualification.

MChem Chemistry with 1 year long placement
The MChem single and combined Honours programmes aim to enhance your sense of enthusiasm for chemistry and to involve you in an intellectually stimulating experience of learning in a supportive environment. Our first single honours MChem, Chemistry with Professional Training, was the first of its kind in the UK. Many students have since graduated from this programme and taken up successful careers within chemistry as well as the wider working environment.

We will provide a sound basis for a successful career as a professional chemist and provide opportunities for you to develop a range of transferable skills for both chemical and non-chemical careers. You will gain extensive in-depth knowledge and understanding of chemistry and related subjects, as well as a comprehensive training in practical chemistry and an appreciation of the importance of the discipline in different contexts. You will also have the opportunity to work on an original project in an industrial or academic research laboratory to equip you for a successful career as a professional chemist and enable you to fulfil the requirements of the Royal Society of Chemistry for the CChem qualification.

BSc Chemistry with foundation year in science
The University of Southampton offers a Foundation Year in Science as part of its suite of one year Foundation degrees that can lead to the first year of BSc degree programmes in Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Oceanography and Earth Sciences, and various branches of Engineering. The Foundation Year is the start of a four-year BSc degree for students who wish to study a science discipline but don't have the traditional entry qualifications. There are three core areas: biology, chemistry and maths. Sessions in the first two weeks of study explain the resources at the University that are available to students.

MChem Chemistry with Mathematics 
This programme aims to enhance your sense of enthusiasm for chemistry and mathematics, and to involve you in an intellectually stimulating experience of learning in a supportive environment. You will gain extensive in-depth knowledge and understanding of chemistry and mathematics and their relationship to each other, as well as comprehensive training in practical chemistry and an appreciation of the importance of the discipline in different contexts. The MChem Chemistry with Mathematics is a flexible combined honours degree that accommodates mathematics, while offering the same core content in chemistry as our other MChem degrees. 

We will provide a sound basis for a successful career as a professional chemist and provide opportunities for you to develop a range of transferable skills for both chemical and non-chemical careers. You will also have the opportunity to work on two full research projects, one in our research laboratories and another that might be with an external industrial or academic organisation. This experience will equip you for a successful career as a professional chemist and enable you to fulfil the requirements of the Royal Society of Chemistry for the CChem qualification.

MChem Chemistry with Medicinal Sciences
The MChem Chemistry with Medicinal Science programme aims to enhance your sense of enthusiasm for chemistry in combination with medicinal sciences and to involve you in an intellectually stimulating experience of learning in a supportive environment. It is a flexible combined honours degree that allows you to take a six-month external placement alongside your studies in chemistry and the physical and life science aspects of medicinal science. You will gain extensive in-depth knowledge and understanding of chemistry and the medicinal sciences that are academically and professionally complementary to it, as well as comprehensive training in practical chemistry and an appreciation of the importance of the discipline in different contexts. 

You will also have the opportunity to work on two full research projects, one in our research laboratories and another that might be with an external industrial or academic organisation. This experience will equip you for a successful career as a professional chemist and enable you to fulfil the requirements of the Royal Society of Chemistry for the CChem qualification. It will provide opportunities for you to develop a range of transferable skills for both chemical and non-chemical careers.

MSc Instrumental Analytical Chemistry
The programme is structured around a solid core comprised of the three main analytical techniques – Mass spectrometry, NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. Each of these techniques contains a number of key common themes (data collection, analysis and management). Supporting modules feature further analytical techniques and serve to embed themes of GLP, facility management and enterprise into the programme.

A group analytical project develops interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a team and will be the first opportunity for students to independently fully exercise some of the components of the course taught in the first semester. The integral research project provides an opportunity to explore any of the main themes directly or as part of a collaborative synthetic/analytical investigation.