Subject Guide

Physical Sciences

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Full UK Coverage Official HESA Data Career Outcomes
Average Graduate Salary
£24,000
Real earnings 15 months after graduation (Full-time)
Total Courses7,283
Data SourceOffice for Students

BScPhysical Geography

University Academy 92
FT3Y
Satisfied87%
Drop-out20%
Salary£28k
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BScChemistry with a Year Abroad

The University of Liverpool
FT4Y
Satisfied87%
Drop-out9%
Salary (3yr)£26k
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BScChemistry with professional placement or study abroad

The University of Bath
FT4YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied83%
Drop-out5%
Salary£28k
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MChemChemistry with Placement

Heriot-Watt University
FT5YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied90%
Drop-out10%
Salary (3yr)£27k
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MChemChemistry For Drug Discovery and Development

University of Lincoln
FT4YPlacement
Satisfied74%
Drop-out7%
Salary£26k
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BScChemistry

University of York
FT3YPlacement
Satisfied78%
Drop-out5%
Salary£29k
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BScMedicinal Chemistry

Heriot-Watt University
FT4YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied90%
Drop-out10%
Salary (3yr)£27k
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BScChemistry with a Foundation Year

Loughborough University
FT4Y
Satisfied83%
Drop-out14%
Salary (3yr)£27k
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BScAstronomy Space Science and Astrophysics with a Foundation Year

The University of Kent
FT4Y
Satisfied84%
Drop-out14%
Salary (3yr)£28k
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BScPhysics with Geophysics

The University of Liverpool
FT3YAbroad
Satisfied91%
Drop-out11%
Salary (3yr)£25k
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BScPhysics

University of Southampton
FT3Y
Satisfied84%
Drop-out10%
Salary£31k
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BScPharmaceutical Chemistry

Queen Mary University of London
FT4Y
Satisfied83%
Drop-out0%
Salary (3yr)£28k
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BScPhysics with Astrophysics with a Foundation Year

The University of Kent
FT4Y
Satisfied84%
Drop-out14%
Salary (3yr)£28k
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MPhysTheoretical Physics (Undergraduate Masters)

Queen's University of Belfast
FT4Y
Satisfied87%
Drop-out11%
Salary£28k
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BScPhysics and Philosophy

University of Bristol
FT3Y
Satisfied89%
Drop-out10%
Salary£30k
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BScMedicinal Chemistry

Queen's University of Belfast
FT3Y
Satisfied91%
Drop-out35%
Salary£30k
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BScPhysics

University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
FT3YPlacement
Satisfied65%
Drop-out5%
Salary£28k
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BScChemistry with Cosmetic Science

The University of Reading
FT3YPlacementFoundation
Satisfied81%
Drop-out15%
Salary£29k
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MChemMedicinal Chemistry with a Year in Industry

The University of Leeds
FT4YFoundation
Satisfied88%
Drop-out20%
Salary£30k
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BScPhysics

University of Nottingham, the
FT3YFoundation
Satisfied84%
Drop-out10%
Salary£30k
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BScPhysics with a Year in Industry

The University of Kent
FT4Y
Satisfied84%
Drop-out14%
Salary (3yr)£28k
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BScChemistry

University of Lincoln
FT3Y
Satisfied71%
Drop-out0%
Salary£26k
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MChemChemistry with a year in Industry

The University of East Anglia
FT4Y
Satisfied88%
Drop-out5%
Salary£27k
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BScGeology

Cardiff University
FT3Y
Satisfied89%
Drop-out25%
Salary£28k
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Subject Snapshot

Total Courses7,283
Avg Graduate Salary£24,000
Data SourceOffice for Students