Chemical Sciences BSc (Hons) (4 year route including a Foundation Year at Carmel College)

If you love chemistry and want to keep your future career options open, this programme offers a solid grounding in all aspects of chemistry, while allowing you to incorporate some non-chemical options to broaden your education. This is the ideal option if you think you want to start studying chemistry at a lower level than the three-year BSc (Hons) Chemistry programme and are uncertain of an area of specialism. You spend the foundation year at Carmel College (St Helens) studying chemistry and mathematics with options from biology, geography and physics.Carmel Collegeis located in St Helens, about nine miles from the main University campus. The College offers small class sizes and high standards of academic achievement. Find information about what essential and optional modules you will need to take during your Year Zero at Carmel College to progress to your chosen University of Liverpool degree programme in ourguide to progression routes. Our BSc programmes have bachelor accreditation from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) ensuring your degree with us will set you on the pathway to a successful career. The Royal Society of Chemistry is a learned society for chemists in the United Kingdom. We’ve been awarded a Gold rating for educational excellence. Discover what you'll learn, what you'll study, and how you'll be taught and assessed. Students follow a programme covering basic sciences including compulsory modules in: And optional modules chosen from: On successful completion of the programme at Carmel College, students transfer to the first year of their chosen degree programme. Programme details and modules listed are illustrative only and subject to change. This four-year Chemical Sciences degree programme aims to provide broad coverage of all aspects of chemistry with the foundation year at Carmel College. Assessment is mainly by examination and coursework but, depending on the modules taken, you may encounter project work, presentations (individual or group),

IELTS 6.5 overall, with no component below 5.5

International students: £1,955; Year in industry: £1,955

UK students: Full-time place, per year - £9,790; Year in industry: £1,955; Year abroad: £1,465

UK/Home: Full-time place, per year - £9,790; Year in industry: £1,955; Year abroad: £1,465

International: £1,955; Year in industry: £1,955

28 September 2026

UCAS deadline (equal consideration)

• Liverpool, United Kingdom