MSc Chemistry

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2027, the tuition fees are as follows:

• MSc (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £14,900
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £38,600

The fees quoted above are fully inclusive of tuition, administration and computational costs.

Fees for entry are subject to yearly review. The University reserves the right to increase your tuition fee by up to 7% each year for courses lasting more than one year, including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our educational and wider student experience. Postgraduate fees information .

Always contact the admissions team if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.

International student CAS deposit

Self-funded international applicants are required to pay a deposit of £2500 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. Some applicants will be required to pay a higher deposit. More information on tuition fee deposits .

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

We offer a number of postgraduate taught scholarships and awards to outstanding UK and international students each year.

The University of Manchester is committed to widening participation in master's study, and allocates £300,000 in funding each year. Our Manchester Master's Bursaries are aimed at widening access to master's courses by removing barriers to postgraduate education for students from underrepresented groups.

We also welcome the best and brightest international students each year and reward excellence with a number of merit-based scholarships. See our range of master’s scholarships for international students .

And, if you have completed an undergraduate degree at The University of Manchester, or are currently in your final year of an undergraduate degree with us, you may be eligible for a discount of 10% on tuition fees if you choose to study on a taught postgraduate course here. Find out if you're eligible and how to apply .

For more information on master's tuition fees and studying costs, visit the University of Manchester funding for master's courses website to help you plan your finances.

Students successfully completing this unit should have developed the knowledge and understanding necessary to:

• Undertake a substantial research project with a high degree of autonomy;
• Produce a detailed scientific report on their research;
• Communicate their knowledge of the research topic and defend the course of their investigation.
 

On successful completion of the course students should be able to:

• Review critically the state of knowledge in a given research topic drawing from a range of primary sources
• Formulate appropriate research questions based on a review of current literature
• Plan, structure and execute a substantial research project with a high degree of autonomy and in a safe and efficient manner
• Maintain a clear, accurate and chronological record of work undertaken as part of a project
• Generate an appropriate archive of results obtained from experimental and theoretical research
• Synthesise new, experimental and theoretical data and make analyses of data based on theoretical models and chemical context
• Prepare and present a detailed written scientific report covering all aspects of the research undertaken
• Communicate knowledge of the research topic and defend the course of investigation orally
 

A wide range of feedback opportunities exist during the project, including:
• 1:1 meetings with project supervisor;
• Research seminars in which peer feedback will be available.
• Feedback on a draft of the literature review submitted for formative feedback by the supervisor.
• Formative Feedback on the execution component of the project based on 1st semester work
• Practise presentation to supervisor and research group with peer feedback.
• Feedback on one chapter/section of report by supervisor.
• Continuous peer-feedback on literature review, presentation skills and research methods through staff-facilitated meetings.
 

Dependent on the project undertaken, but likely to involve the primary research literature and specialist reviews/monographs.