Chemistry (with placement year) at Loughborough University
Chemistry (with placement year) (BSc (Hons), F101) at Loughborough University asked for ABB in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 128–143 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on lboro.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~ABB
Competitive128 points · around ABB
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check lboro.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 128
The middle entrant had 128–143 points. 40% had fewer than the 128 asked.
40 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 100%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- F101 · F1 chemistry
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- built in
- Year abroad
- optional
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%
20%
left higher education
UK 8%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
25 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course96%92%
Learning opportunities90%89%
Assessment and feedback72%79%
Academic support86%94%
Organisation and management92%86%
Learning resources98%91%
Student voice93%87%
20 final-year students · 100% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£30k3 years£27k5 years£35.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 10 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
80% working15% working and studying5% studying
UK, same subject: 86% in work or study
75%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 75%
75%
say their work is meaningful
UK 80%
60%
use what they learned
UK 55%
- Natural and social science professionals20%
- Elementary occupations15%
- Teaching Professionals15%
- Business and public service associate professionals15%
- Finance Professionals10%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 25 graduates · 60% responded · 2022-24
Figures are for the main course; this variant is listed with it. Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Loughborough, East Midlands, England
- Postcode
- LE11 3TU
Subjects
chemistry physical sciences
Campus
- Campus
- Loughborough 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.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff University | Chemistry MChem (H) | ABB - BBC | 128–143 |
| Heriot-Watt University | Chemistry BSc (Hons) | BBC - ABB | 176–191 |
| Kingston University | Chemistry BSc (Hons) | 112 - 128 points | 96–111 |
| Lancaster University | Chemistry BSc (Hons) | 128 points | 112–127 |
| Loughborough University | Chemistry (with placement year) this course | ABB | 128–143 |
| Queen Mary University of London | Chemistry BSc (Hons) | 128 points | 112–127 |
| University of Dundee | Law (Scots and English Dual Qualifying) with Energy Law LLB (Hons) | ABB | — |
| University of Glasgow | Chemistry BSc (Hons) | 120 - 128 points | 160–175 |
| University of Liverpool | Chemistry BSc (Hons) | ABB | 128–143 |
| University of Southampton | Chemistry (Digital Methods and Computational Modelling) MChem | ABB | 144–159 |
| University of Strathclyde | Chemistry with Drug Discovery BSc (Hons) | 114 - 128 points | 208–223 |
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