Chemistry is a core science subject that touches every aspect of our daily lives and is central to our healthy and sustainable future within a knowledge-based society. Chemists develop life-saving drugs, materials and catalysts that can enhance our quality of life beyond measure and play essential roles in tackling grand challenges such as climate change, sustainable growth, and 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: BBB | Two Science subjects required to include Chemistry. 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. | Access to HE Diploma | Access to HE Diploma | Access to HE Diploma | Access to HE course must contain sufficient relevant modules in Chemistry and another Science subject. Contact the Admissions and Access Service (admissions@qub.ac.uk) for advice. Successful completion of the Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 60 credits is required, including 45 credits at Level 3 and 15 at Level 2. | Scottish Advanced Higher: BBB | Advanced Higher Chemistry required + a second Science subject at Scottish Higher Level. Offers are normally made on the basis of a combination of Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers. | International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme: 32 UCAS points | 6,5,5 at Higher Level to include Chemistry and a second Science subject. | Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017): {'start': ['H3', 'H3', 'H3', 'H3', 'H4', 'H4'], 'end': ['H3', 'H3', 'H3', 'H3', 'H3', None]} | To include Higher Level grade H3 in Chemistry and a second Science. 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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