Chemistry is a core science subject that touches every aspect of our daily lives and is central to our sustainable future within a knowledge-based society. Medicinal chemists develop life-saving drugs and vaccines that can enhance our quality of life beyond measure and play essential roles in tackling grand challenges such as antimicrobial resistance. Our courses will equip you with skills essential for your professional career, including the ability to analyse problems, to work as part of a team, and to develop laboratory, numeracy and communication skills. You will gain an appreciation for a subject which underpins so many scientific disciplines through applications and examples as well as practical work and learning through research. Four-year MChem degrees are available for high-calibre students with the ability and aspiration to practise Chemistry at the highest levels. BSc students with excellent performance may transfer to the MChem at any time up to the end of second year. Degrees with a year in industry are four- or five- year programmes with a one-year industrial placement (which may be international) in the penultimate year. At Queen’s, all our programmes are accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), meaning your education will equip you with an industrially approved degree.
A Level: AAA | Two Science subjects required to include Chemistry. Relevant Science subjects - Biology, Computer Science, ICT (not Applied), Digital Technology, Electronics, Environmental Science, Environmental Technology, Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Technology & Design. Other subjects considered on an individual basis. A-level General Studies and Critical Thinking are normally excluded from offers. However, the grade achieved may be taken into account when results are published in August and may be used in a tie-break situation. | Scottish Advanced Higher: AAA | Advanced Higher Chemistry + a second Science subject required (see list under A-level). Offers are normally made on the basis of a combination of Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers. | International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme: 36 UCAS points | 6,6,6 at Higher Level to include Chemistry and a second Science subject (see list under A-level). | Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017): H2H2H3H3H3H3 | To include Higher Level grade H2 in Chemistry and a second Science (see list under A-level). If not offered at Higher Level then Ordinary Level grade O4 in English and Mathematics.
The tuition fees quoted above are the 2026/27 fees and will be updated when the new fees are known. In addition, all tuition fees will be subject to an annual inflationary increase in each year of the course. Fees quoted relate to a single year of study unless explicitly stated otherwise. Further information on Fees and Funding can be found at: https://www.qub.ac.uk/Study/Feesandfinance/. — QUB Fees for 2027/28 Entry (Lab based)
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