Program Overview

Our professionally accredited Chemistry with Forensic Investigation degree provides you with a solid grounding in investigative techniques and modern instrumentation. This enables you to gain the problem-solving and presentation skills that a forensic chemist needs.

• Benefit from our research-active academics and strong professional links, gaining the confidence to translate your ideas into practice.
• Our forensic chemistry courses offer one of the best staff-to-student ratios in the country, with 91.7 per cent of our students saying that they are satisfied with the teaching on their course in the National Student Survey 2023.
• Our award-winning Professional Training placements gives students industry work experience opportunities with leading organisations in the UK and abroad.

Our forensic chemistry degree courses combine core chemistry modules with topics such as forensic evidence, the toxicology of drugs and DNA profiling.

You’ll also benefit from our excellent links with leading companies, where you can choose to complete a Professional Training or Industrial Research placement.

You can apply to study for either a BSc or an MChem. The MChem builds on the BSc with a masters year and is a direct route to a masters qualification, known as an integrated masters. If you study for an MChem, you’ll spend a year doing industry-based research before returning for a final year of masters-level modules.

Our award-winning Professional Training placement scheme gives you the chance to spend a year in industry, either in the UK or abroad.

We have thousands of placement providers to choose from, most of which offer pay. So, become one of our many students who have had their lives and career choices transformed.

Chemistry with forensic investigation placements

Students can complete one of our award-winning Professional Training placements. These help you gain management and leadership skills, allowing you to become confident in problem-solving and communication. This gives you a real advantage in pursuing whatever career you choose.