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Chemistry with Biomedicine with a Year in Industry at King's College London, University of London - UCAS

Course summary

Our Chemistry with Biomedicine MSci integrated Master's degree is designed to give you the in-demand skills to make a real impact on the world. You'll gain deep knowledge and hands-on laboratory experience across all areas of chemistry and biomedicine. Plus, a year-long professional placement in a major UK company means you can directly apply your learning, gaining crucial skills and experience for your future career. Our unique interdisciplinary approach and strong links with King's world-class Health Faculties and hospitals will prepare you to tackle complex, real-world problems, opening the door to a range of future-focused careers. Our graduates pursue roles in the chemical, biotech and pharmaceutical industries, but also in tech, finance and even law, where their analytical and problem-solving skills are invaluable. Taught by leading scientists who are shaping the future of chemistry, our course provides rigorous training in core principles including physical, organic and inorganic chemistry, plus the lab skills to apply your learning and understand the power of chemistry in solving challenges and driving innovation. You will also tackle an open-ended project, helping sharpen your essential career skills like project management, communication and teamwork. Key benefits

  • One of very few universities to offer a degree in Chemistry with Biomedicine – including the only London university to do so.
  • 8th in the UK for Chemistry (Times Higher Education, QS 2025 subject rankings).
  • Enhanced by the opportunity for a Year in Industry, where students apply to nationally competitive year-long internships in the wide variety of professions open to our graduates from traditional chemical, pharmaceutical and biotech industries through to business, finance, law and more.
  • Career flexibility: you’ll gain a wide range of skills to use in the growing fields of biomedical engineering, biotech, chemical biology and biological and biomedical research.
  • Benefit from our strong links to King’s world-class Health Faculties and teaching hospitals, and strengths in biomedical research.
  • Explore emerging fields and cutting-edge innovations in chemistry through modules informed directly by our scientists' pioneering research.
  • 6th in the UK for producing the most employable graduates (Times Higher Education Graduate Employability rankings 2024/5).
Please see our online prospectus for further details on this programme: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/chemistry-with-biomedicine-with-year-in-placement-msci

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

  • Chemistry, Royal Society of

How to apply

Application codes

Course code:
F1CF
Institution code:
K60
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1
  • Year 2

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Required subjects: Chemistry, and at least one of Biology, Mathematics or Physics.


English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in each skill
PTE Academic62 overall with a minimum of 59 in each skill
TOEFL (iBT)92 overall with 23 in writing and 20 in the other skills
Cambridge English Advanced176 overall with a minimum of 169 in each skill
Cambridge English Proficiency176 overall with a minimum of 169 in each skill
Trinity ISELevel III (ISEIII) with pass in each skill
Institution's Own TestPass the King's Pre-Sessional English Language Programme with Band 6.5

We also accept a number of English language tests taken as part of school-level qualifications. For more details, please see our website. Please note that the course requirements are under Band D.

Band D

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/how-to-apply/english-language-requirements


Student Outcomes

Operated by the Office for Students
45%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
90%
Go onto work and study

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9535 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9535 Year 1
Scotland £9535 Year 1
Wales £9535 Year 1
Channel Islands £9535 Year 1

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

For International fees and information, please see the course details on our online prospectus: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate The fees stated are for entry in the forthcoming September. If you are applying for deferred entry, to commence the following September, fees may be subject to change. All International applicants to Undergraduate programmes are required to pay a deposit of £2,000 against their first year’s tuition fee. This deposit is payable when you firmly accept an unconditional offer to study with us, and will be offset against your tuition fees when you join King’s.
Chemistry with Biomedicine with a Year in Industry at King's College London, University of London - UCAS