Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry and a Year in Industry MSci

Imperial College London · honours · 5 years · placement year · UCAS 0618course page ↗

A*AA at A level, A in Chemistry; graduates earn a median £36,000 three years on.

Typical A level offer
A*AA

A in Chemistry · 100% of entrants came with A levels · 90% stay on after year 1 · Imperial course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

A*AAtypical A level offer; minimum entry standard: aaa

Typical offer — the grades most applicants are asked for. A contextual offer can be lower for applicants from under-represented backgrounds; none is published for this course.

Imperial course page, read 19 September 2026 · Discover Uni entry profile

  1. 1A in Chemistry
  2. 2A in Mathematics
  3. 3Useful subjects: A in a third subject (Biology, Physics and Further Maths are preferred)
Who actually got in: 100% with A levels. 20% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 15 entrants.

UCAS tariff points — a points scale for grades: A* = 56, A = 48, so A*A*A = 160. Entrants’ totals include extra subjects.

Other qualifications1
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
IB39-40 pointsminimum entry standard: 38 points6 in Chemistry at higher level; 6 in Mathematics at higher level; 6 in a third subject at higher level (Biology, Economics or Physics are preferred)
Years 1–5

What do you study?

18compulsory modules in year 1

Module — one course unit, usually a term or a year long; “core” means everyone takes it. Credits are not published for this course.

Imperial course page · optional modules vary by year

Year 2 · 18 core
Year 3 · 8 core
Year 4 · 2 core, 9 optional
Year 5 · 2 core, 9 optional
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£36,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£30k
Median£36k
Upper quarter£43k

Median — the middle earner: half earned more, half less. Pay is for graduates of this subject at this university who finished in 2016-18, not adjusted for inflation; based on 75 graduates.

Discover Uni dataset (HESA and Office for Students, CC BY 4.0, contains HESA data); earnings from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes data (Department for Education) · aggregation level 13, 24, 23

Half of graduates earned between £30,000 and £43,000. Five years on, the median is £49,500. 90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 75% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 110% left90%20
In work or study, 15 months on20% studying90%50
Professional or managerial job75%30
Pay 15 months on, median£33,50020
Pay 3 years on, median£36,00075
Pay 5 years on, median£49,50080
Money

What does it cost?

£10,050a year for UK students, 2027/28 entry

Tuition fee loan — paid straight to the university; repayments start the April after you leave, at 9% of income above the threshold. UK fees are capped by government and rise with inflation; placement and study-abroad years are usually charged at a lower rate.

Imperial fees page · source

About £50,250 in fees over 5 years, covered by a tuition fee loan you repay only when earning above the threshold. International students: £45,500 a year (2026/27).

Fees by entry year2
Entry yearUK studentsInternational students
2027/28£10,050—
2026/27—£45,500
National Student Survey 2024-26

What do students say?

91%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 100% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 10 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 1; lowest: 45% on question 24.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 1100%
Question 282%
Question 3100%
Question 4100%
Question 5100%
Question 6100%
Question 791%
Question 873%
Question 9100%
Question 1073%
Question 1173%
Question 1255%
Question 1373%
Question 1473%
Question 1591%
Question 1682%
Question 17100%
Question 18100%
Question 19100%
Question 2091%
Question 2191%
Question 2291%
Question 2391%
Question 2445%
Question 2580%
Question 2691%

Question texts are published by the Office for Students; the dataset carries only the question numbers.

Modules, entry requirements and fees are facts read from Imperial College London’s course page on 2026-09-19 and may change; the university’s page is authoritative. Descriptions are not reproduced. Outcome figures are from the Discover Uni dataset. Imperial College London is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.