Chemistry with Management with professional placement or study abroad

Chemistry with management, incorporating a professional placement or study abroad, combines the rigorous scientific training of a chemistry degree with a strand of management education that prepares you for leadership and organisational roles in the science sector and beyond. Chemistry is fundamental to the pharmaceutical industry, materials science, agrochemicals, energy, and environmental science, and the ability to bring both deep technical knowledge and management capability to those contexts is increasingly valuable as careers develop.

At the University of Bath, this four-year full-time programme gives you the option of either a professional placement year with an industrial or research employer or a year studying abroad at a partner institution. The placement route immerses you in the chemistry industry or a research environment, giving you extended experience of professional chemistry practice and the management contexts in which it operates. The study abroad route deepens your international perspective and, depending on the destination, may add a language dimension to your studies.

Both options are well established at Bath, with strong networks of partner organisations and institutions.

The chemistry curriculum covers organic, inorganic, and physical chemistry in depth, alongside analytical chemistry, spectroscopy, and laboratory safety, building the practical and theoretical competence expected of a chemistry graduate. The management element introduces you to topics such as business strategy, organisational behaviour, project management, and the economic and regulatory environment in which science-based businesses operate. Bath has one of the UK's strongest university chemistry departments, with an excellent record in both research and student outcomes.

Graduates of chemistry with management programmes work in pharmaceutical companies, chemical manufacturing, materials science, environmental consultancy, finance and investment analysis in science-related sectors, and general management roles that value scientific literacy. The degree also provides a strong foundation for postgraduate study in chemistry, management, or at the interface of the two.