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Imperial College London · honours · 4 years · year abroad · UCAS 5317course page ↗

AAA at A level, A in Chemistry; graduates earn a median £33,500 three years on.

Typical A level offer
AAA

A in Chemistry · 74% of entrants came with A levels · 94% stay on after year 1 · Imperial course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

AAAtypical 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 Biology, Mathematics or Physics
  3. 3Useful subjects: A in a third subject
Who actually got in: 74% with A levels, 26% with the IB. 33% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 150 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 pointsminimum entry standard: 38 points6 in Chemistry at higher level; 6 in Biology, Mathematics or Physics at higher level
Years 1–4

What do you study?

22compulsory modules in year 1, 1 optional

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 · 0 core, 44 optional
Year 4 · 0 core, 100 optional
100 optional modules
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£33,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£28k
Median£34k
Upper quarter£42k

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 50 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, 23

Half of graduates earned between £27,500 and £42,000. Five years on, the median is £49,000. 85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 90% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 16% left94%155
In work or study, 15 months on30% studying85%45
Professional or managerial job90%20
Pay 15 months on, median£36,50010
Pay 3 years on, median£33,50050
Pay 5 years on, median£49,00060
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 £40,200 in fees over 4 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 2025-26

What do students say?

85%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 77% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 115 students answered

Highest: 95% agreed on question 22; lowest: 56% on question 14.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 190%
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Question 2685%

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.