Medicinal chemistry degrees
55 courses at 20 UK universities offer medicinal chemistry for 2027 entry: most ask for between 114 and 144 UCAS points; 16 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often AAB.
Qualifications BSc (Hons) 25, MChem (H) 21, MChem 5, Msci (Hon) 3
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Often studied with
Joint honours courses pairing medicinal chemistry with another subject.
Course codes
What these courses' UCAS codes start with.
- F1 chemistry 47
- C7 molecular biology and biochemistry 2
Universities
- Loughborough University 4
- Nottingham Trent University 4
- Queen's University Belfast 4
- University of Leeds 4
- University of Nottingham 4
- University of York 4
- Cardiff University 3
- Heriot-Watt University 3
- University of Liverpool 3
- University of St Andrews 3
- Keele University 2
- Newcastle University 2
- The University of Edinburgh 2
- University of East Anglia UEA 2
- University of Glasgow 2
- University of Manchester 2
- University of Sheffield 2
- University of Strathclyde 2
- University of Surrey 2
- University of Southampton 1
Courses
| Code | Course | Award | University | Entry | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F150 | Medicinal Chemistry | BSc (Hons) | Cardiff University | AAB - BBB | UCASUNI |
| F151 | Medicinal Chemistry with a Year Abroad | BSc (Hons) | Cardiff University | AAB - BBB | UCASUNI |
| F152 | Medicinal Chemistry with a Year in Industry | BSc (Hons) | Cardiff University | AAB - BBB | UCASUNI |
| F150 | Medicinal Chemistry | BSc (Hons) | University of East Anglia UEA | — | UCASUNI |
| F151 | Medicinal Chemistry | MChem (H) | University of East Anglia UEA | — | UCASUNI |
| FC17 | Medicinal and Biological Chemistry | BSc (Hons) | The University of Edinburgh | 126 - 144 points | UCASUNI |
| FC1R | Medicinal and Biological Chemistry | MChem (H) | The University of Edinburgh | 126 - 144 points | UCASUNI |
| F103 | Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry | BSc (Hons) | University of Glasgow | 120 - 128 points | UCASUNI |
| F104 | Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry with Work Placement | Msci (Hon) | University of Glasgow | 120 - 128 points | UCASUNI |
| F1M2 | Medicinal Chemistry | MChem (H) | Heriot-Watt University | — | UCASUNI |
| F1M1 | Medicinal Chemistry | BSc (Hons) | Heriot-Watt University | — | UCASUNI |
| F1M3 | Medicinal Chemistry with Industrial Placement | MChem (H) | Heriot-Watt University | — | UCASUNI |
| F122 | Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry with Foundation Year | MChem | Keele University | 56 points | UCASUNI |
| C723 | Medicinal Chemistry with Foundation Year | BSc (Hons) | Keele University | — | UCAS |
| F153 | Medicinal Chemistry | MChem (H) | University of Leeds | AAB | UCASUNI |
| F150 | Medicinal Chemistry | BSc (Hons) | University of Leeds | AAB | UCASUNI |
| F154 | Medicinal Chemistry with a Year in Industry | MChem (H) | University of Leeds | — | UCASUNI |
| F156 | Medicinal Chemistry with Study Abroad | MChem (H) | University of Leeds | — | UCASUNI |
| F1BF | Medicinal Chemistry with Pharmacology | MChem (H) | University of Liverpool | — | UCASUNI |
| F1B1 | Medicinal Chemistry with Pharmacology with a Year Abroad | MChem (H) | University of Liverpool | — | UCASUNI |
| F1B4 | Medicinal Chemistry with Pharmacology with Research in Industry | MChem | University of Liverpool | — | UCASUNI |
| F128 | Medicinal Chemistry | MChem (H) | Loughborough University | — | UCASUNI |
| F151 | Medicinal Chemistry | BSc (Hons) | Loughborough University | ABB | UCASUNI |
| F127 | Medicinal Chemistry (with placement year) | BSc (Hons) | Loughborough University | ABB | UCASUNI |
| F129 | Medicinal Chemistry (with placement year) | MChem (H) | Loughborough University | — | UCASUNI |
| F150 | Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry | BSc (Hons) | University of Manchester | AAA | UCASUNI |
| F152 | Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry | MChem (H) | University of Manchester | AAA | UCASUNI |
| F123 | Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry | MChem (H) | Newcastle University | 136 - 156 points | UCASUNI |
| F151 | Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry | BSc (Hons) | Newcastle University | 128 - 147 points | UCASUNI |
| F152 | Medicinal Chemistry | BSc (Hons) | Nottingham Trent University | — | UCASUNI |
| F151 | Medicinal Chemistry | BSc (Hons) | Nottingham Trent University | — | UCASUNI |
| F153 | Medicinal Chemistry | MChem | Nottingham Trent University | — | UCASUNI |
| F154 | Medicinal Chemistry | MChem | Nottingham Trent University | — | UCASUNI |
| FC17 | Medicinal and Biological Chemistry | BSc (Hons) | University of Nottingham | AAB - ABB | UCASUNI |
| FC1R | Medicinal and Biological Chemistry | Msci (Hon) | University of Nottingham | AAB - ABB | UCASUNI |
| CF71 | Medicinal and Biological Chemistry with Industrial Placement | Msci (Hon) | University of Nottingham | — | UCAS |
| B211 | Pharmacology | BSc (Hons) | University of Nottingham | AAB | UCASUNI |
| F150 | Medicinal Chemistry | BSc (Hons) | Queen's University Belfast | 120 - 144 points | UCASUNI |
| F15A | Medicinal Chemistry | MChem (H) | Queen's University Belfast | 144 - 168 points | UCASUNI |
| F154 | Medicinal Chemistry (with a Year in Industry) | BSc (Hons) | Queen's University Belfast | 120 - 144 points | UCASUNI |
| F15C | Medicinal Chemistry (with a Year in Industry) | MChem (H) | Queen's University Belfast | 144 - 168 points | UCASUNI |
| F150 | Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry | BSc (Hons) | University of St Andrews | 144 - 159 points | UCASUNI |
| F152 | Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry | MChem (H) | University of St Andrews | 144 - 159 points | UCASUNI |
| F151 | Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry and External Placement | MChem (H) | University of St Andrews | 144 - 159 points | UCAS |
| C720 | Chemistry with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry | MChem (Hons) | University of Sheffield | AAB | UCASUNI |
| F112 | Chemistry with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry | BSc (Hons) | University of Sheffield | AAB | UCASUNI |
| F1BC | Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry (With options for placements) | MChem (H) | University of Southampton | — | UCAS |
| F190 | Chemistry with Drug Discovery | MChem | University of Strathclyde | 114 - 152 points | UCASUNI |
| F191 | Chemistry with Drug Discovery | BSc (Hons) | University of Strathclyde | 114 - 128 points | UCASUNI |
| F151 | Medicinal Chemistry | BSc (Hons) | University of Surrey | 120 - 144 points | UCASUNI |
| F152 | Medicinal Chemistry with Foundation Year | BSc (Hons) | University of Surrey | 96 - 123 points | UCASUNI |
| F152 | Chemistry, Biological and Medicinal Chemistry | BSc (Hons) | University of York | A*AA - AAB | UCASUNI |
| F155 | Chemistry, Biological and Medicinal Chemistry | MChem (H) | University of York | A*AA - AAB | UCASUNI |
| F153 | Chemistry, Biological and Medicinal Chemistry with a year abroad | MChem (H) | University of York | 20 - 144 points | UCASUNI |
| F154 | Chemistry, Biological and Medicinal Chemistry with a year in industry | MChem (H) | University of York | 20 - 144 points | UCASUNI |