The BSC Medicinal Chemistry courses you will get an integrated training in core and medicinal chemistry, including studying topics such as physiology, pharmacology and cell biology. Our professionally accredited BSc/MChem Medicinal Chemistry programmes, which include modules delivered by our School of Biosciences and Medicine, will teach you the fundamentals of medicinal chemistry and enable you to make your own discoveries. 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. By the end of the course you will have the knowledge and skills you need to enter the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industries. You’ll benefit from innovative teaching methods and have the freedom to conduct your own research project using state-of-the-art instrumentation. We have excellent links with leading pharmaceutical companies in the UK and further afield, and you can choose to take a Professional Training placement year. This will give you the opportunity to gain an invaluable insight into working life as a medicinal 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 to study, opting to undertake an MSc or PhD, or enter teacher training. 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 and Chemistry Teacher, Tormead School.