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We take up to 100 new undergraduates per year
These are new courses from 2008.
88% of our 2007 graduates in Chemical and Forensic Sciences found employment, or went on to further study, within six months of graduating* ( see note )
* These statistics are derived from annually published data based on those UK domiciled graduates who are available for employment and further study and whose destinations are known.
Full course and syllabus details are available in a detailed booklet. Call 0800 073 1225
Director of Forensic Sciences
Dr Steve Dobrowski
Admissions Tutor
Dr Tasnim Munshi
Admissions Secretary
Miss Liz Rooker
Tel: 01274 236295
Fax: 01274 309742
Email:
chemistry4.admissions@bradford.ac.uk
Website:
www.bradford.ac.uk/acad/cfs
Bradford's new initiative in chemistry represents the fourth phase of chemistry teaching programmes in Bradford. In the context of the University's strapline of Making Knowledge Work, this heritage underpins a re-invigoration of Chemistry at Bradford, building on the exceptional employability of Bradford's chemistry graduates. The new Chemistry4 suite of programmes has been designed in response to employers’ needs in the 21st century for graduates with sound chemical skills and an appreciation of the context of their application.
The four specialist pathways in the programme relate to key employment sectors for chemistry graduates: pharmaceuticals, forensic, biotechnology, and quality control/analytical. Each pathway has been developed in consultation with major graduate employers and incorporates specific additional training related to the practice of chemistry within each industry.
Employer advice has encouraged us to establish a sound fundamental basis to chemical training in the early years of the programme, and you will establish the fundamentals of academic and practical chemistry in the first two years of the courses. From here, you can decide to specialise in a thematic pathway or undertake more general training into the third year. In the fourth year, the incorporated Master's-level training focuses on developing experience in real-world settings, and you can choose to incorporate academic research or industrial placement experience within the final-year programmes at this point. Academic research experience involves working on your own project as part of a research team alongside postgraduate and post-doctoral researchers at the University. Industrial experience will involve working as an employee in industry, usually as part of a wider team. This allows you to enhance your CV and gain real experience of chemistry applications. Close collaboration between the University and the employer will allow you to build a personal development programme, gain credit for an employer's training and utilise some of Bradford's short course analytical training provision. The University will help you apply for placement opportunities and will closely monitor your time with the employer.
The programmes allow you considerable flexibility in the study pathway that you follow. In addition to the choice of specialism and the choice of research or commercial experience, an integrated Year 0 (foundation) pathway is available for entrants with non-standard qualifications, and third-year exits (with a BSc qualification rather than MChem) are possible for those who choose not to develop further experience.
This programme will equip you with an understanding of chemical processes and analytical methods. The interdisciplinary nature of this programme allows you flexibility and allows you to combine chemistry with other subjects including forensic science, pharmaceutical science and biomedical science.
This pathway develops practical experience in analytical sciences and its applications in the chemical, pharmaceutical, forensic and environmental sectors. The programme includes 'hands-on' qualification training for key techniques using instrumentation in Bradford's University Analytical Centre (chromatography, electron microscopy, mass spectrometry, NMR, vibrational spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction).
With a focus on the design and synthesis of new molecular entities for therapeutic applications, this pathway develops experience of synthetic organic/organometallic chemistry including substantial practical experience of advanced laboratory techniques. Advanced programmes in this pathway will draw on the experience of Bradford’s Institute of Cancer Therapeutics and their new cancer medicines initiatives.
This pathway focuses on the development of medicines from active molecules to the pharmaceutical product. The courses develop experience of drug formulation, manufacture and clinical testing within the regulatory context for the pharmaceutical industry. The programme utilises the experience of Bradford's Institute of Pharmaceutical Innovation.
This pathway develops the legal and operational application of chemical sciences to the forensic field. This programme draws on the long-standing and successful provision of forensic training at Bradford, providing experience of the analysis of evidential materials, crime scene management and expert witness reporting.
If you do not possess the necessary science qualifications but would like to pursue one of these courses, you could come on our Science Foundation Year.
The placement is offered in the fourth year as part of the MChem year and can be undertaken in a university or commercial setting. This experience enables you to apply theoretical knowledge to practical problems, learn about work practices, and improve your career prospects.
Assessment on our courses is based on a blend of exams, oral and poster presentations, laboratory practicals and laboratory reports. Modules are supported through a Virtual Learning Environment, and feedback is offered on all assessments. If you select the four-year course, formal recognition will be given to your vocational year through the award of the MChem.
These are new courses from 2008. However, 88% of our 2007 graduates in Chemical and Forensic Sciences found employment, or went on to further study, within six months of graduating.
Each pathway on these Chemistry4 courses has been developed in consultation with major graduate employers in the pharmaceutical, forensic, biotechnology and analytical industries to provide training in these major employment sectors for chemistry graduates, so our graduates should be well placed for employment in these, and other, fields.
If you are offering any combination of GCE A levels, Vocational A levels, AS levels, and Scottish Framework qualifications, our standard offer is:
300 points (equivalent to B,B,B at A level), including at least 100 points in Chemistry.
General Studies and Key Skills are not normally considered in the points score.
At GCSE level, English, Mathematics and a science subject (or dual award) are required at grade C or above.
Offers are made subject to interview.
We welcome applications from candidates offering alternative qualifications. In all cases, the critical consideration will be your ability and achievement in the sciences and Mathematics. Please contact our admissions team for advice before you make a formal application.
16 June 2009