Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Chemistry (Placement Year) (F101)

This Bachelor of Science (Honours) course in pure chemistry opens up the fascinating world of chemistry, providing students with plenty of hands-on practical experience and flexible module choice - taught in Loughborough university's outstanding, recently built laboratory facilities.

The course provides a comprehensive study of the subject with the opportunity for students to tailor their degree in their final year through a range of optional modules. Across the duration of their undergraduate studies students will gain practical hands-on laboratory experience in Loughborough's state-of-the-art STEM Lab facilities. Students have the opportunity to add further value to their time at Loughborough University with a year spent working in industry gaining highly sought-after workplace experience through a placement scheme or by exploring options for study abroad.

Students will benefit from high levels of pastoral support, a peer-mentoring scheme, and the compelling insights of the department's renowned academic staff, many of whom are active in research with far-reaching impact.

In Years 1 and 2 the main areas of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry form the backbone of the course, with additional modules in spectroscopy, analytical chemistry, and mathematics. Laboratory classes, workshops and seminars support these lectures. After Year 2, the development of core chemistry continues along with optional topics which include drug synthesis and action, advanced analytical research methodologies, energy and equilibria, and inorganic chemistry. In the final year of the Chemistry degree students will study research techniques and methods that are complemented with further advanced modules in chemistry. Two investigative projects, often working in teams, are undertaken - building their research skills and teamworking abilities.