Chemistry with Foundation Year

University of Oxford
Undergraduate (Integrated Masters) 4+ Year Degree MChem (H) Full-time including foundation year 5 Years Chemistry

A-Level Entry

AAB

About this course

Are you a student from the UK interested in studying Chemistry but your personal or educational circumstances have meant you are unlikely to achieve the grades typically required for Oxford courses? If so, then Chemistry with Foundation Year might be the course for you.

The Foundation Year is completely free for UK students and is designed to be a one-year intensive academic course which will bridge any gap between school and our academically challenging undergraduate courses. The programme is carefully designed to build and develop your study skills, subject knowledge and capacity for independent study. Students that pass the course will be awarded a nationally recognised Certificate in Higher Education (CertHE) qualification. If you pass the course at the required level, you will be automatically admitted into Oxford as an undergraduate student if you wish to be, without the need to re-apply. For more information on this course please visit www.ox.ac.uk/fyps

Chemistry is a wide-ranging science concerned with matter at the atomic and molecular scale. Important aspects are synthesis, structure, reaction mechanisms, properties, analysis and transformations of all types of materials. Chemists are a constant source of innovation: it is hard to imagine any product introduced in recent times that did not require the creative efforts of a chemist. Chemistry underpins the conceptual framework and methodology of biochemistry and molecular medicine and is at the heart of many major industries. For more information on this course please visit ox.ac.uk/ugchem.

This course is for UK state school students who meet the eligibility criteria. For more information about the eligibility criteria please visit foundationyear.ox.ac.uk/eligibility.

International students are not eligible to apply.

Entry Requirements

A-Level Grades AAB
Scottish Higher BBBBB
Scottish Advanced Higher BBC - BB
BTEC DDM

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

2119 Natural and social science professionals
2111 Chemical scientists
1121 Production managers and directors in manufacturing
3115 Quality assurance technicians
3116 Planning, process and production technicians
3111 Laboratory technicians

Course Details

Qualification
Master of Chemistry (with Honours) - MChem (H)
Study Mode
Full-time including foundation year
Duration
5 Years
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Oxford
Scheme
Undergraduate (Integrated Masters)
Subjects
Chemistry