Program Overview

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MSci Chemistry with Industrial Experience (F105)

2026 entry | view 2025 entry

Course summary

Join a University ranked first in the UK for Chemistry research (analysis of REF 2021) with an excellent reputation for teaching and learning (UK top ten for Chemistry, Complete University Guide 2025).

Gain paid experience with well-known employers and prepare for a variety of career options, especially in the chemical industry. Studying the MSci Chemistry with Industrial Experience will deepen your understanding of the subject and equip you with valuable professional insight.

Working in industry will allow you to develop real-world expertise and specialise in an area of science that most interests you. Many of our industrial partners are involved in meeting the global challenges that chemists can help solve, especially in healthcare and the environment. In recent years, our students have worked in drug discovery and development (AstraZeneca and GSK), crop science (Bayer), banknote development and production (Portals Paper) and catalysis (Johnson Matthey).

The transferable skills that you gain will prove invaluable in helping to shape your future career. Our alumni have established careers with a wide range of employers, including Teach First, GlaxoSmithKline, Deloitte LLP and HM Revenue and Customs.

Our students have used their final year projects to work on vital challenges in chemistry: they have helped to discover new catalysts that have the potential to reduce the environmental impacts of major chemical processes, identified and measured the sources of pollutants in our atmosphere, and engaged in organic chemistry projects related to drug discovery.

Think Big bursaries of £3,000 are available to support first-year international undergraduate students in this subject area.

Accreditations

Our Chemistry with Industrial Experience MSci is accredited by RSC.

Overview

Typical offer

• A-level standard offer: A*AA
• A-level contextual offer: AAB
• Go to entry requirements for the full entry criteria and contextual offer eligibility.

Programme duration

• 4 year(s) full-time.
• Part-time study is not available for this course

Application method

• UCAS (Code: F105)

Location

• Clifton campus, Placements

Fees

• £9,535 per year, home students
• £30400 per year, international students
• More about tuition fees, living costs and financial support.

Fees quoted are for 2025 entry only. Fees for 2026 will be confirmed, subject to government approval, later in 2025.

Course structure

In the first two years of the course, you will study alongside other chemistry students with course choices that allow you to tailor your degree to your own scientific interests. The third year is spent on an industrial placement. Your final year includes a 20-week research project in which you will work with an academic member of staff and their research team on a current problem in chemistry.

Full details about the course structure and units for this course can be viewed in the programme catalogue.

Entry requirements

We accept a wide variety of qualifications and welcome applications from students of all backgrounds. Below is a guide to the typical offers for this course.

A-level standard offer

• A*AA including Chemistry

A-level contextual offer

• AAB including A in Chemistry

BTEC

• D*DD in Applied Science BTEC National Level 3 Extended Diploma with Distinctions in five required Chemistry units

International Baccalaureate Diploma

• 38 points overall with 18 at Higher Level, including 6 at Higher Level in Chemistry

International Baccalaureate Diploma contextual offer

• 34 points overall with 17 at Higher Level, including 6 at Higher Level in Chemistry

European Baccalaureate

• 88% overall, with 8.5 in Chemistry

Scottish Qualifications Authority

• Advanced Higher: AA including Chemistry, and Standard Higher: AAAAA

Access to HE Diploma

• Access to HE Diploma in Science (or similar titles). The 45 graded Level 3 credits must include: at least 30 credits at Distinction and 15 at Merit or above; and at least 12 credits at Distinction from specified Chemistry units plus successful completion of a University of Bristol test and interview (or A at A-Level or equivalent in Chemistry)

Welsh Baccalaureate

• Requirements are as for A-levels, where you can substitute a non-subject specific grade for the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales or the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate at that grade.

Cambridge Pre-U

• Requirements for principal subjects are as for A-level, where D1/D2 is A*, D3 is A, M1/M2 is B, and M3 is C.

International qualifications

• The University of Bristol welcomes applications from international students, and we accept a wide range of qualifications for undergraduate and postgraduate study.

Selection process

• Regulations and codes of conduct we abide by to create a positive environment for learning and achievement are found in the University admissions policies and procedures.
• If applying with extenuating circumstances please see our policy.
• Full information about our selection processes for Chemistry with Industrial Experience can be found in the Admissions Statement.

Applicants must also meet these requirements

GCSE profile requirements

• Higher numeracy requirement (6 or B in GCSE Mathematics or equivalent)
• Further information about GCSE requirements and profile levels.

English language requirements

• If English is not your first language, you need to have one of the following:
  • IELTS 6.5 overall with 6.0 in all skills
  • GCSE English Language grade C or 4
  • an alternative qualification outlined in our Profile level E.

Additional requirements

• If this course is your Firm or Insurance choice and you do not achieve the required grades when we receive your results but do meet the grades for BSc Chemistry, you will automatically be offered a place on the BSc course.

Related courses

• MSci Chemistry with Study Abroad
• MSci Chemistry with Study Abroad in a Modern Language
• BSc Chemistry

Related Subjects

• Biochemistry
• Chemical Physics
• Chemistry with Computing
• Physics