Chemistry with Foundation Year at Keele University
Chemistry with Foundation Year (MChem, F103) at Keele University asked for 56 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had under 96 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on keele.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~56 points
Openbelow CCC
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is the 2026 one and may have changed. Check keele.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 56
15% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had under 96 points.
15 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, a baccalaureate 5%, an Access course 5%.
Course
- Award
- Master of Chemistry
- Code
- F103 · F1 chemistry
- Duration
- 5 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry for partially meeting the academic criteria for Chartered Chemist (CChem). More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
80%
still studying
UK 90%
10%
left higher education
UK 8%
10%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
10 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course96%92%
Learning opportunities91%89%
Assessment and feedback91%79%
Academic support99%94%
Organisation and management96%86%
Learning resources96%91%
Student voice97%87%
30 final-year students · 82% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£27k3 years£24.5k5 years£30.5k
£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 15 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
45% working15% working and studying15% studying20% unemployed10% other
UK, same subject: 86% in work or study
70%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 75%
80%
say their work is meaningful
UK 80%
40%
use what they learned
UK 55%
- Science, engineering and technology associate professionals20%
- Elementary occupations15%
- Natural and social science professionals15%
- Teaching Professionals10%
- Administrative occupations5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 20 graduates · 60% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Keele, West Midlands, England
- Postcode
- ST5 5BG
Subjects
chemistry physical sciences
Campus
- Campus
- Keele University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Chemistry at other universities
The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
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