Our Chemistry with a Year’s Professional Placement BSc will give you a strong theoretical and experimental understanding of chemistry, with a year professional placement in a major UK company to allow you to test your training and assess your career choices in the workplace.
Teaching is research-enriched, transcending the traditional divisions of physical, organic and inorganic chemistry and integrating practical methods throughout.
Our aim is 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 wider careers e.g. finance, law and media.
Key benefits
- The parent Chemistry BSc course is accredited by the Royal Society for Chemistry.
- Enhance your employability with a Year’s Professional Placement.
- Includes a major six-month project in one of our research groups.
- You’ll have access to our state-of-the-art laboratory facilities, located in the heart of London.
- You’ll benefit from research-enriched teaching from internationally renowned scientists and researchers.
Please see our online prospectus for further details on this programme: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/chemistry-with-year-in-placement-bsc
Course Details - Modules
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Course Details – Assessment Method
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How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
F101
Institution code:
K60
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Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Year 2
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
Including Chemistry at grade A, and grade A in at least one of Biology, Mathematics or Physics.
Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A levels.
NOTE: If you are taking linear A levels in England, you will be required to pass the practical endorsement in all science subjects.
Must be combined with two Scottish Advanced Highers. We do not count the Higher and Advanced Higher in the same subject
Access to Science (or similar subject) of which a substantial number of credits focusing on Chemistry, in addition to at least one of Maths, Biology, or Physics.
Must be combined with three Scottish Highers and include grade A in Advanced Higher Chemistry and grade B at Advanced Higher in at least one of Mathematics, Physics or Biology. We do not count the Higher and Advanced Higher in the same subject.
including 6,6,5 at Higher Level with HL6 in Chemistry, and HL6 in at least one of Maths, Physics or Biology. Note the total point score of 35 includes TOK/EE.
Note: IB students studying the new Maths curriculum would be required to study either Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretation at Higher Level to meet the subject requirement for this programme.
Please see our online prospectus for further details on our BTEC entry requirements.
Please note that Global Perspectives is not accepted by King’s as one of your Pre-U Principal subjects. Combinations of Pre-U principal subjects and other qualifications (such as A-levels) will be considered.
Required subjects: Chemistry, and at least one of Biology, Mathematics or Physics.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Minimum Qualification Requirements
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English language requirements
Test
Grade
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IELTS (Academic)
6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in each skill
PTE Academic
62 overall with a minimum of 59 in each skill
TOEFL (iBT)
92 overall with 23 in writing and 20 in the other skills
Cambridge English Advanced
176 overall with a minimum of 169 in each skill
Cambridge English Proficiency
176 overall with a minimum of 169 in each skill
Trinity ISE
Level III (ISEIII) with pass in each skill
Institution's Own Test
Pass the King's Pre-Sessional English Language Programme with Band 6.5
We also accept a number of English language tests taken as part of school-level qualifications. For more details, please see our website. Please note that the course requirements are under Band D.
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
70%
Go onto work and study:
80%
Fees and funding
England
9250.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
Scotland
9250.0
Year 1
Wales
9250.0
Year 1
Channel Islands
9250.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
For International fees and information, please see the course details on our online prospectus: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/index
The fees stated are for entry in the forthcoming September. If you are applying for deferred entry, to commence the following September, fees may be subject to change.
All International applicants to Undergraduate programmes are required to pay a deposit of £2,000 against their first year’s tuition fee. This deposit is payable when you firmly accept an unconditional offer to study with us, and will be offset against your tuition fees when you join King’s.
Provider information
Strand
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Westminster
WC2R 2LS
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