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Master of Chemistry (with Honours) - MChem (H)
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Full Time
OCT
5 Years
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Master of Chemistry (with Honours) - MChem (H)
Open Application
Full Time
OCT-26
5 Years
Master of Chemistry (with Honours) - MChem (H)
Open Application
Full Time
OCT
5 Years
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Are you a student from the UK interested in studying Chemistry but your personal or educational circumstances have meant you are unlikely to achieve the grades typically required for Oxford courses? If so, then Chemistry with Foundation Year might be the course for you.The Foundation Year is completely free for UK students and is designed to be a one-year intensive academic course which will bridge any gap between school and our academically challenging undergraduate courses. The programme is carefully designed to build and develop your study skills, subject knowledge and capacity for independent study. Students that pass the course will be awarded a nationally recognised Certificate in Higher Education (CertHE) qualification. If you pass the course at the required level, you will be automatically admitted into Oxford as an undergraduate student if you wish to be, without the need to re-apply. For more information on this course please visit www.ox.ac.uk/fyps Chemistry is a wide-ranging science concerned with matter at the atomic and molecular scale. Important aspects are synthesis, structure, reaction mechanisms, properties, analysis and transformations of all types of materials. Chemists are a constant source of innovation: it is hard to imagine any product introduced in recent times that did not require the creative efforts of a chemist. Chemistry underpins the conceptual framework and methodology of biochemistry and molecular medicine and is at the heart of many major industries. For more information on this course please visit ox.ac.uk/ugchem.This course is for UK state school students who meet the eligibility criteria. For more information about the eligibility criteria please visit foundationyear.ox.ac.uk/eligibility.International students are not eligible to apply.
Exam type
A levelA level:
AAB Grades / Points required
Scottish Higher:
BBBBB Grades / Points required
Scottish Advanced Higher:
BBC - BB Grades / Points required
UCAS Tariff:
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Access to HE Diploma:
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Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal:
D3D3M1 Grades / Points required
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:
37 Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
DDM Grades / Points required
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£9,535 per year
Students from Domestic
Our Foundation Year courses are free of charge and there are no course fees. All tuition and accommodation costs are covered by the University of Oxford. Students admitted to the Foundation Year courses will also receive a bursary for other living costs. For 2025: £9,535 per year is for students progressing to a degree course.
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