Chemistry

Curriculum

As a student studying chemistry after your GCSEs, you will find that it really develops your practical and mathematical skills. If you enjoy experimenting in the lab, you’ll love it. At first, you may find the jump in
demand from GCSE a little daunting, but you’ll soon adapt. Chemistry students get to investigate a huge range of ideas; the big question you’ll ask yourself is ‘what is the world made of?’ If you choose it as a career, you have the potential to help solve all sorts of problems. You could work on a cure for cancer, or you might develop a new food; the possibilities are endless. Even if you don’t decide to work in chemistry, studying it still develops useful and transferable skills for other careers. You’ll develop research, problem solving and analytical skills, alongside teamwork and communication. Universities and businesses regard all of these very highly.

Progression

Careers