Chemistry with External Placement (MChem)

From September 2026 this placement opportunity will be available through our core courses: MChem Chemistry, MChem Medicinal Chemistry and MChem Chemistry Digital Methods and Computational Modelling. Our MChem Chemistry degree with research project abroad or industry experience is the first of its kind in the UK. It allows you to combine your degree with 6 months of industrial experience, or a research placement abroad at an overseas university. This degree is designed for ambitious undergraduates with academic or commercial research aspirations. You'll benefit from excellent career development opportunities and advanced practical training. You’ll use state of the art equipment in our range of laboratories. These include the single crystal diffraction lab, the mass spectrometry lab and the only dedicated X-ray crystallography teaching facility in a UK university. If you choose a placement in industry, you'll develop work experience, skills and awareness from spending time in a commerc

Offers will be based on exams being taken at the end of S6. Subjects taken and qualifications achieved in S5 will be reviewed. Careful consideration will be given to an individual’s academic achievement, taking in to account the context and circumstances of their pre-university education. Please see the University of Southampton’s Curriculum for Excellence Scotland Statement (PDF) for further information. Applicants are advised to contact their Faculty Admissions Office for more information. UK students International students Other ways to qualify You might meet our criteria in other ways if you do not have the qualifications we need. Find out more about: skills you might have gained through work or other life experiences (otherwise known as recognition of prior learning ) Find out more about our Admissions Policy. A foundation programme will give you the language skills and subject knowledge you need if you're not qualified for direct entry to your chosen undergraduate course. You'll progress to your chosen course after successfully completing the foundation programme. Find out more about undergraduate foundation programmes for international students. The Science Foundation Year will give you the skills and knowledge to progress to this course if you don't have the right qualifications for direct entry. It could be the right option if you: are studying for A levels in subjects other than those we normally ask for are a mature applicant with skills and experience from employment and can show recent study you come from a part of the world where the education system is different from the British A level system Find full details on our Science Foundation Year page. Please contact our enquiries team if you're not sure that you have the right experience or qualifications to get onto this course. Email: enquiries@southampton.ac.uk Tel: +44(0)23 8059 5000

International students: £31,000 per year

UK students: £9,535 per year

UK/Home: £9,535 per year

International: £31,000 per year

September 2025

Apply via UCAS by (equal consideration deadline)

• Highfield, Southampton, United Kingdom