The BSc Chemistry with Forensic Investigation course will enable you to acquire the problem-solving and presentation skills a forensic chemist needs, supported by a solid knowledge of investigative techniques and modern instrumentation. Benefitting from our research-active academics and strong professional links, you will gain the confidence to translate your ideas into practice. Our small and friendly Department offers one of the best staff-to-student ratios in the country, ensuring that you will have an excellent, well-supported academic experience. We have excellent links with leading companies in the UK, and further afield, and you can choose to take a Professional Training placement year in industry or a forensics investigative environment. This will give you the opportunity to gain an invaluable insight into working life as a chemist – and a real edge over other graduates when you enter the job market. Over the last decade, our employment figures have been amongst the best in the UK, with our graduates securing impressive salaries. We place 70-80 per cent of our graduates into graduate­-level jobs, compared with the national average of 66 per cent. While many of you will enter the chemical industry, as positions often follow naturally from successful Professional Training placements, others will continue studying (possibly for a MSc or PhD) or pursue other academic or professional qualifications. Our graduates are very successful, not only in the industrial sector but also in finance, government and education. Recent graduates have entered employment in roles such as: Scientist, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory; Research Technician, Battelle; Research Technician, Biointeractions; Analytical Chemist, Dextra Laboratories; Polymer Technologist, Plascoat Systems; Chemistry Teacher, Tormead School.