- UCAS course code
- F100
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
BSc Chemistry
Duration: 3 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: F100 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Scholarships available
Accredited course
- Typical A-level offer: AAA including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: AAB including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: ABB including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 36 points overall with 6,6,6 at HL, including specific requirements
Fees and funding
Fees
Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £36,000 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.
Policy on additional costs
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).
Scholarships/sponsorships
The University of Manchester is committed to attracting and supporting the very best students. We have a focus on nurturing talent and ability and we want to make sure that you have the opportunity to study here, regardless of your financial circumstances. For information about scholarships/bursaries/sponsorship please see our undergraduate fees pages and check the Department's scholarships information .
Course unit details:
Advanced Practical Training
| Unit code | CHEM30620 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 40 |
| Unit level | Level 3 |
| Teaching period(s) | Full year |
| Offered by | Department of Chemistry |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
The unit provides training for employability in industry and research.
Semester 1 provides a common training ground of experiments across the broad spectrum of chemistry topics and acts as a stepping stone from first- and second-year laboratories. Semester 1 experiments are generally split into two parts; the first part will enable a practice of fundamental skills with the second part being open-ended and an opportunity to develop planning, creativity and critical analysis.
Semester 2 will provide time for group research projects, focussing on a key area of chemistry as chosen by the research group. Research groups will work with a member of academic staff to develop project aims and deliver against these aims.
The CHEM30620 course will develop skills in employability including communication skills, reporting to a professional standard, research skills, creativity, planning work with milestones, budgeting, risk assessment, allocating work amongst team members and working as a team to achieve shared objectives.
Pre/co-requisites
| Unit title | Unit code | Requirement type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Chemistry | CHEM10600 | Pre-Requisite | Compulsory |
| Practical Chemistry | CHEM22600 | Pre-Requisite | Compulsory |
Pre-requisite units: CHEM10600, CHEM22600
Co-requisite units: CHEM30211 Core Chemistry 3 CHEM30311 Core Chemistry 2 CHEM30312 Core Chemistry 4 CHEM30411 Core Chemistry 1
Aims
After completing this unit you will be an independently functioning researcher able to:
- Review existing research to decide upon a sensible, safe and effective programme of work;
- Plan lab work with research milestones, appropriate budgets and risk assessments;
- Contribute to a research team, agreeing work allocations with team members, sharing research ideas and outcomes;
- Work safely and professionally, embodying the attitudes and behaviours of a professional chemist;
- Communicate effectively to the benefit of other team members;
- Manage and share datasets and other research outcomes;
- Report your findings to a professional standard, evidencing integrity and consistency;
- Select appropriate techniques for a given process based on analysis of the system or compound;
- Evaluate the outcomes of experiments and decide what course of action to take based on that outcome.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students should be able to: After completing this unit you will be an independently functioning researcher: able to make critical judgements regarding experimental techniques, to select appropriate techniques for a given process based on analysis of the system or compound, to report your findings to a professional standard, evidencing integrity and consistency, to work as part of a team to develop aims, plan activities and deliver against shared objectives.
Syllabus
The course includes three distinct activities:
1) Group Project Planning & Preparation – taking place during semester 1, 4 weeks of time dedicated to group work, specific tasks involved in planning for the group projects (such as risk assessment, budgeting and ordering), transferable skills and task management. This section is supported by a 2 hour workshop, online resources, weekly meetings with the project supervisor and an additional meeting with technical staff.
2) Laboratory Experiments – taking place during semester 1, 8 weeks of experiments. Each practical runs over two laboratory weeks. Students complete four practicals in total, chosen to reinforce existing skills and introduce new ones required for research projects.
3) Group Project Work – during semester 2 you will have 8 weeks dedicated to carrying out your group research project.
Transferable skills and personal qualities
The CHEM30620 course will develop skills in employability including communication skills, reporting to a professional standard, research skills, creativity, planning work with milestones, budgeting, risk assessment, allocating work amongst team members and working as a team to achieve shared objectives.
Assessment methods
| Method | Weight |
|---|---|
| Report | 30% |
| Project output (not diss/n) | 10% |
| Oral assessment/presentation | 30% |
| Set exercise | 30% |
Feedback methods
Feedback is provided in the following ways:
Weekly, formative feedback discussions will take place with GTAs and academic staff during laboratory activities, as well as in project supervisor meetings.
A formative feedback session with a member of academic staff will follow the first semester one practical.
Written feedback will be provided on laboratory reports submitted during semester one, and on the group project planning document.
In-person feedback on the research project will be provided at the group poster presentation, alongside written feedback on both the poster and the individual research project report.
Recommended reading
Individual experiments and research projects will prescribe specific reading from the relevant literature which will include journal articles, textbooks and patents.
In addition, general information can be found in texts such as:
Vogel, A.I., Tatchell, A.R., Furnis, B.S., Hannaford, A.J. and Smith, P.W.G., 1989. Vogel’s textbook of practical organic chemistry. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, pp.1023-1024.
Pass, G., 2013. Practical inorganic chemistry: preparations, reactions and instrumental methods. Springer Science & Business Media.
Lewars, E., 2003. Computational chemistry. Introduction to the theory and applications of molecular and quantum mechanics, p.318.
Harris D.C., 2016. Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 9th Ed., W.H. Freeman, pp. 667-712
Miller J.H., Miller J.C., Miller R.D., 2018. Statistics and Chemometrics for Analytical Chemistry, 7th Ed., Pearson Education
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Practical classes & workshops | 240 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 402 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Carl Poree | Unit coordinator |
| Roshila Moodley | Unit coordinator |
Additional notes
Assesment details:
Assessment task 1:
- Executive reports on teaching lab experiments (four reports, one per experiment, to be submitted over the course of semester one)
- Length :11 pages maximum (6 pages report + 5 pages supporting information) per report
- Weighting within unit (if relevant): 40%
Assessment task 2:
- Group project planning document
- Weighting within unit (if relevant): 10%
Assessment task 3:
- Individual project report
- Length:15 pages maximum
- Weighting within unit (if relevant):25%
Assessment task 4:
- Group poster presentation and dataset submission
- Length :A0/A1 poster and discussion with academic staff. Dataset – experimental data collected during semester two, length and content is project-dependent
- Weighting within unit (if relevant): 25%