Chemistry gives you a sound understanding of the chemical nature of matter and a grounding in laboratory-based chemical science. It is an extraordinarily multidisciplinary science and the interaction with other sciences has an enormous influence on our modern lifestyle and standard of living. You will explore the impact of chemistry, from the chemistry of elements and their compounds and the relationship between molecular structure and reactivity, to the role of energy, concepts of bond formation and chemical equilibrium. Issues such as green science and sustainability, energy and fuels, drug design and development and the creation of new materials will provide a robust foundation to your study, alongside bonding and reactivity, synthesis and reactivity, and the physico-chemical principles and techniques that underlie a wide range of modern analytical methods used in chemistry and the biomedical sciences. You may then concentrate on advanced materials chemistry, biomolecular chemistry, environmental chemistry, inorganic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, structural and computational chemistry, or the synthesis of bioactive molecules amongst other research interests.

Recent Chemistry graduates are employed: In the pharmaceuticals industry In the management of Research and Development units As research scientists in all Crown Research Institutes As research scientists in polymers and coatings firms In law firms as scientific advisors As technical assistants in industrial production companies As teachers of Chemistry The range of work in these places may include such fields as food, paper, brewing, paint and plastics, ceramics, metals and agricultural products. Special applications include forensic science, and the running of hospital laboratories.