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Physics & Chemistry degrees compared with official data

915 courses at 67 universities, every page shows entry standards, graduate earnings, satisfaction scores and fees.

915
Courses
67
Universities

Top Physics & Chemistry courses

Ordered by the arithmetic mean of the official measures published for each course, NSS satisfaction, graduate activity and continuation. Official data only; no commercial league-table input. Two of the three measures are published rounded to the nearest 5 percentage points, so courses are grouped into bands against the whole board instead of scored out of 10, and courses whose measures are identical are listed alphabetically.

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MChem (Hons) Chemistry (Study Abroad)
Lancaster University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.7% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
MPhys (Hons) Theoretical Physics
Lancaster University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.3% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
MChem (Hons) Chemistry
University of Leicester · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 96.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
MPhys (Hons) Physics
University of Liverpool · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 96.1% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
MSci (Hons) Natural Sciences
University of Nottingham · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.9% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Chemistry
Huddersfield · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Chemistry
NTU · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93.9% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Chemistry (Study Abroad)
Lancaster University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.7% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Chemistry (with a Foundation Year)
Lancaster University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.7% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
MChem (Hons) Chemistry (with Industrial Placement)
Lancaster University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.7% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
MSci (Hons) Chemistry with a Year in Industry
University of Birmingham · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.6% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Forensic Anthropology
University of Dundee · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.9% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Physics with Astronomy
University of Liverpool · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
MChem (Hons) Chemistry
Lancaster University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 95.4% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
MChem (Hons) Chemistry
Southampton · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.3% · in work or study 100% · continued 94%
MSci (Hons) Chemistry with a Year in Industry
University of Nottingham · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.4% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
MSci (Hons) Physics
RHUL · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.1% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
MPhys (Hons) Physics
University of St Andrews · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.6% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Archaeology
University of Aberdeen · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.3% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
MA (Hons) Anthropology and Archaeology
University of Aberdeen · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.3% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
MA (Hons) Archaeology and Art History
University of Aberdeen · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.3% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Physics
Lancaster University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.1% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
MA (Hons) Archaeology
University of Aberdeen · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.1% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Theoretical Physics
Lancaster University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.9% · in work or study 92% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Physics
University of Lincoln · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.3% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
MSci (Hons) Physics and Astrophysics
University of Birmingham · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 83.3% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
MChem (Hons) Chemistry with Research in Industry
University of Liverpool · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
MSci (Hons) Theoretical Physics
University of Birmingham · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Physics
University of St Andrews · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.6% · in work or study 95% · continued 93%
BSc (Hons) Philosophy - Physics
University of St Andrews · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.6% · in work or study 95% · continued 93%
MPhys (Hons) Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
University of St Andrews · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.6% · in work or study 95% · continued 93%
MSci (Hons) Chemistry - Physics
University of St Andrews · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.6% · in work or study 95% · continued 93%
BSc (Hons) Chemistry
Swansea University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.4% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
MSci (Hons) Natural Sciences
University of Exeter · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 96.1% · in work or study 85% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Chemistry
University of Leicester · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.9% · in work or study 90% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Chemistry
University of Leicester · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.9% · in work or study 90% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Physics
University of St Andrews · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.6% · in work or study 95% · continued 90%
MChem (Hons) Chemistry (Digital Methods and Computational Modelling)
Southampton · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 85.4% · in work or study 100% · continued 94%
MSci (Hons) Earth and Planetary Science
Imperial College London · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.3% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Physics with Particle Physics and Cosmology
Swansea University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.1% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
MPhys (Hons) Physics (Study Abroad)
Lancaster University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.9% · in work or study 92% · continued 95%
MSci (Hons) Physics
University of Nottingham · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Chemistry
University of Plymouth · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93.7% · in work or study 95% · continued 90%
BSc (Hons) Chemistry
Lancaster University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.7% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Medicinal Chemistry
University of Leicester · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 91%
MChem (Hons) Chemistry
University of Leicester · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 91%
MChem (Hons) Medicinal Chemistry
University of Leicester · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 91%
MChem (Hons) Medicinal Chemistry
University of Leicester · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 91%

Pick your predicted grades above and each course gets a fit badge: they compare your UCAS points with that course’s admitted-student tariff, same logic as the calculator on every course page. Courses with no published tariff stay unbadged. Not a guarantee; many universities make contextual offers.

What Physics & Chemistry graduates earn

What Physics & Chemistry graduates actually earn, from real outcome data — 15 months, 3 years and 5 years after graduating.

Starting (15 months) HESA GO
£26,500 – £34,000
After 3 years LEO
£24,650 – £34,800
After 5 years LEO
£30,600 – £43,200

National figures for Physics & Chemistry graduates — HESA Graduate Outcomes (15 months) and the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset (3 & 5 years). These are national, not university-specific; actual pay varies by employer, region, role and experience. Different cohorts, so the bars are not one group over time.

Roles & employers

Where Physics & Chemistry graduates typically go.

Typical roles

  • Research scientist
  • Data analyst
  • Physicist / chemist
  • Lab technician
  • Science communicator

Where they work

  • Research institutes
  • Energy & manufacturing
  • Universities
  • Government labs

Every university offering Physics & Chemistry

Course counts link to each university’s full profile.

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