Chemistry with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry MChem

Course description

The best route into a scientific research career in the ever-expanding healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors – this is the degree for a 21st century chemist.

In your first year, this Chemistry with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry MChem takes you through the essential topics – giving you the grounding you need to study specialist subjects, like pharmacokinetics, toxicology and drug design.

And because you’re studying at Sheffield, we’ll push you to explore the field’s latest concepts and findings – from environmental and sustainable chemistry, to advanced materials, nanotechnology and astrochemistry.

You'll learn how to use industry standard commercial software and even choose to spend your final year on your own biological and medicinal chemistry research project.

This combination of leading-edge content and skills essential to the chemistry industry means you’ll finish your degree ready to step right into a graduate position.

With Access Sheffield, you could qualify for additional consideration or an alternative offer - find out if you're eligible.

• Standard offer
• Access Sheffield offer

English language requirements |

You must demonstrate that your English is good enough for you to successfully complete your course. For this course we require: GCSE English Language at grade 4/C; IELTS grade of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component; or an alternative acceptable English language qualification

If you have any questions about entry requirements, please contact the school/department.

Equivalent English language qualifications

Visa and immigration requirements

Other qualifications | UK and EU/international

Graduate careers

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

You won’t be short of career options with a degree in chemistry from Sheffield. Our courses are designed to give you the skills that will help you succeed in your chosen career.

Employers hire our graduates because of their ability to plan projects, work to deadlines, analyse data and solve complex problems, independently and as part of a team.

Our Skills for Success training programme gives you a project to work on outside the lab. You’ll develop key skills that employers value, such as the ability to research a topic and communicate your findings by giving a talk, presenting a poster, hosting a debate or producing a video.

At our annual careers day you can explore career options, meet with employers who hire chemistry graduates and get tips from former students to help you take your next steps after graduation.

Many of our graduates choose to stay in the lab after their degree, working on global challenges or helping to develop innovative technologies and processes. Our graduates go on to work for pharmaceutical, consumer goods and chemical companies such as GSK, AstraZeneca, Unilever, Reckitt and Croda.

A chemistry degree from Sheffield can take you far, whatever you want to do. We have graduates putting their transferable skills to use in finance, computer programming, communications, market research and business development roles at major companies, charities and the Civil Service.