Course summary

If you don't have the usual scientific or mathematical background for our degrees, a foundation year is for you. Your first year will be spent improving your knowledge and skills, so you're at the right level to move to a degree. Shaped by a focus on sustainability, this four-year course builds you into a forward-thinking 21st-century chemist – ready to take your career to the next level. If you don't have the usual scientific or mathematical background for a chemistry degree, this four-year Chemistry with a Foundation Year BSc from Sheffield is exactly the place to begin. The foundation year gives you a broad spectrum of modules in chemistry, physics and mathematics. Complete this with an average mark of 60 or above, and you’re guaranteed entry into the next year of your degree. Sustainability modules are part of our core teaching, and you’ll learn about this right from the start. In years two and three, we focus on the fundamental concepts and skills you need to unlock a wide range of optional modules later, including environmental, biological, medicinal, computational and astrochemistry. As a chemistry student at Sheffield, you’ll have regular tutorials to delve deeper into the complex topics covered in lectures. These small group teaching sessions are led by your personal tutor in first year, and experts in later years. In your final year, you’ll explore the latest concepts and findings in chemistry and explore specialised modules in depth. Fourth years also work on a group research project, gaining valuable independent research experience – plus hands-on ability with our multi-million pound research labs. Whether it’s working alongside our academic researchers or crafting your transferable skills with your personal tutor, a Sheffield chemistry degree lays an outstanding foundation from which to build your career. Why study this course?

• Bespoke career support - enjoy advice, use the Skills for Success training programme to get broader transferable skills, and get support from your personal tutor to take your next steps.

• Summer research placement - we offer a guaranteed summer research placement if you meet the requirements of our Undergraduate Research Scholarship scheme.

• Focus on sustainability - sustainability modules are part of our core teaching in all our undergraduate courses from the start, and are also available as in-depth specialised options in year three.

• Research in Sheffield - 95% of our research is rated as world-leading or internationally excellent, with many of our academics gaining prestigious research awards.

• RSC accreditation - our courses are accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry, so you’ll receive all the organic, inorganic, physical and analytical chemistry skills a professional chemist needs in the 21st century.