Program Overview

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Chemistry with Biomedicine BSc

Key Information

Course type: Single honours Delivery mode: In person Study mode: Full time Required A-level: AAB Duration: 3 years Application status: Open Start date: September 2025 Application deadline: 29 January 2025

Course Description

The Chemistry with Biomedicine BSc degree will give you a strong theoretical and experimental understanding of chemistry. You’ll explore the different strands of chemistry and apply them to biological and biomedical systems - all under the guidance of our research-led scientists. This programme is designed to train the next generation of articulate, flexible and biomedically aware 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

• The only London university to combine Chemistry and Biomedicine, taking advantage of King’s strengths in biomedical research.
• Flexibility to transfer to Chemistry with Biomedicine MSci, to Chemistry MSci/BSc degrees or to a Year in industry programme.
• Research-enriched teaching delivered by chemists working within a very broad range of biomedical and health applications.
• Career flexibility: you’ll gain a wide range of skills to use in the growing fields of biomedical engineering, biotech, chemical biology and biological and biomedical research.
• Fully integrated laboratory facilities in the heart of London.
• One of very few universities to offer a degree in Chemistry with Biomedicine.
• 7th in the UK for employability (Times Higher Education Graduate Employability rankings 2023/4).

Course Essentials

King’s Chemistry with Biomedicine BSc provides you with a comprehensive theoretical and practical understanding of chemistry and how it is applied in biomedicine to prepare you for a professional life in the ever-changing, interdisciplinary environment of 21st century chemistry. To achieve these goals, this programme integrates the teaching of core chemical principles with techniques from biomedical research, all illustrated with examples taken from the very broad range of chemical biology and biomedicine research and practice at King’s.

Entry Requirements

Subject Requirements

• Required subjects: A-level (or equivalent) grade A in Chemistry, and grade A in one from Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics or Biology.
• Preferred subjects: Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics or Biology

A-Levels

• Required grades: AAB
• 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.

Contextual A-Level Information

• ABC
• 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.

International Baccalaureate Diploma

• 35 points overall or an aggregate score of 17 from three Higher Levels.
• Must include grade 6 in Higher Level Chemistry, and grade 6 in Higher Level in one from Biology, Mathematics and Physics.

Contextual International Baccalaureate Information

• 32 points overall or an aggregate score of 15 from three Higher Levels.
• Must include grade 6 in Higher Level Chemistry, and grade 6 in Higher Level in one from Biology, Mathematics and Physics.

Alternative Accepted Qualifications

• Access to HE Diploma
• BTEC Nationals/CTECs
• Cambridge Pre-U
• European Baccalaureate
• Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers

International Applicants

• Equivalent International qualifications
• English language requirements: English language band: D

Selection Process

• Contextual consideration
• Deferrals
• Foundation courses
• Graduates
• Personal Statement
• Resits
• Transfers

Teaching Methods

• Lectures
• Workshops
• Laboratory Sessions
• Independent study
• Coursework
• Preparation for examinations

Assessment

• Coursework
• Written/Practical Examinations
• Written Reports
• Practical assessment
• Class tests
• Oral Presentations
• Unseen Examinations

Structure

• Courses are divided into modules.
• You will normally take modules totalling 360 credits.

Required Modules

• Integrated Chemistry Laboratory 1 (15 credits)
• Integrated Chemistry Laboratory 2 (15 credits)
• General Chemistry (15 credits)
• Organic Chemistry 1 (15 credits)
• Organic Chemistry 2 (15 credits)
• Inorganic Chemistry 1 (15 credits)
• Physical Chemistry 1 (15 credits)
• Mathematics for Chemists (15 credits)

Optional Modules

• There are no optional modules for this year.

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.

Destinations

• Our graduates have found employment within roles like:
  • Scientist
  • Team Leader
  • Pharmacokineticist
  • Nuclear Safety Engineer
  • Industrial Chemist
  • Research Scientist Manager
  • Engineering Co-Ordinator
  • Policy Analyst
  • Senior Environmental Consultant
  • Water Engineer
  • Senior Manager Audit
  • Head Of Client Integration
  • Science Teacher
  • Head of Chemistry

Tuition Fees

• Full time tuition fees UK: £9,535 per year
• Full time tuition fees International: £35,800 per year

Funding

• To find out more about bursaries, scholarships, grants, tuition fees, living expenses, student loans, and other financial help available at King's please visit the Fees and Funding section.