Three reasons to study a degree in Chemistry at Imperial
Choosing where to study for your undergraduate degree is an important decision that will help determine your career path and shape your future. Here are three reasons why you should study Chemistry at Imperial College London.
Study an innovative, interdisciplinary curriculum
On our chemistry courses you won’t learn about organic, inorganic and physical chemistry in separate modules. Instead, you’re taught in an interdisciplinary way, linking concepts from different areas together – which helps you to develop better problem-solving skills and a wider understanding of how science works.
Our innovative courses include:
iEngage module – designed to help you develop your personal and professional skills, encompassing topics like scientific ethics, plagiarism awareness, finding chemical information and how to think like a chemist.
Emerging technologies – where in year 3, you get the chance to use technology such as 3D printing, soldering, electronics, programming and AI to solve problems – for example our ‘Smart Garden’ challenge where you keep a plant alive by building sensors that water it automatically.
Python coding language – an industry-standard language taught from your first year (used for data analysis and programming your equipment).
Our courses have common first and second years, so you can choose to specialise by moving on to our Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular Physics or Management programmes, for example, in your first or second year (or switch from these to our broader Chemistry programmes).
Access state-of-the-art facilities
You will have access to some of the most advanced chemistry facilities in the UK within our £170m, 27,000 sqm interdisciplinary research centre at the White City Innovation campus, including our:
- Agilent Measurement Suite – equipped with £4m of analytical instruments to help researchers tackle societal challenges, from understanding disease on a molecular level to developing clean sources of energy
- Rapid Online Analysis of Reactions (ROAR) – a flagship national facility which aims to make robotically-controlled synthesis of any desired molecule as easy as dialling a number
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) lab – provides state-of-the-art high-field NMR equipment (Bruker Avance III HD 800 MHz and 600 MHz spectrometers) as well as computing and wet lab facilities
- 240-seat lecture theatre with 2D and 3D projection, and a fumehood for experiments and demonstrations.
Our facilities are one of the reasons our Chemistry degrees are ranked highly nationally and internationally (3rd in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023 and in the top 10 globally by the QS World University Rankings 2023).
Become part of a strong, supportive community
Studying at Imperial puts you at the heart of a dynamic environment of around 55 academic staff and over 700 undergraduate students. You’ll experience the benefits of two campuses with very different atmospheres. You’ll spend most of your first three years as part of a huge undergraduate community at our South Kensington campus in central London. Then for your final year project (or for your entire final year for MSci students) you’ll be based at our White City campus – a centre of excellence for innovation, entrepreneurship and multidisciplinary research.
The Department at South Kensington has an open plan office culture and a supportive personal tutor system. It runs summer seminars where students can learn more about their tutors’ research and how it’s being applied.
Our ChemSoc, which was recently awarded ‘best student society’ at Imperial, is very proactive in organising bi-weekly coffee breaks, regular academic seminars, careers workshops and major social events such as the Chemistry Christmas Ball. The Society also challenges you to take part in molecular gastronomy competitions in our Chemical Kitchen – such as making the best fruit tart, mocktail or pancakes!
Discover more reasons to study Chemistry at Imperial and browse our diverse range of Chemistry undergraduate courses.
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