Subject Guide

Physical Sciences

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Full UK Coverage Official HESA Data Career Outcomes
Average Graduate Salary
£24,000
Real earnings 15 months after graduation (Full-time)
Total Courses919
Data SourceOffice for Students

BScBiochemistry with Foundation Year

University of Salford, the
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Salary (subject)£24k*
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BScPlanetary Science with Astronomy

Birkbeck College
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Drop-out30%
Salary (subject)£24k*
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BScChemistry with Foundation Year

The University of Surrey
FTAbroad
Satisfied100%
Drop-out15%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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MPhysPhysics with Climate Science

The University of Leicester
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied
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Salary (3yr)£28k
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MPhysPhysics

The University of Kent
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Satisfied88%
Drop-out14%
Salary£30k
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MPhysPhysics

University of Exeter
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied93%
Drop-out5%
Salary£35k
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MPhysPhysics

The University of Manchester
FTFoundation
Satisfied89%
Drop-out0%
Salary£34k
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BScBiochemistry and Immunology

University of Strathclyde
PT
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Salary (subject)£24k*
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BScChemistry

Swansea University
FT
Satisfied94%
Drop-out10%
Salary (3yr)£26k
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MChemChemistry with Forensic Investigation

The University of Surrey
FT
Satisfied100%
Drop-out11%
Salary£27k
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BScPhysics

The University of Manchester
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied
Drop-out40%
Salary (3yr)£34k
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MChemMedicinal Chemistry

The University of Leicester
FTPlacementAbroad
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Salary (3yr)£26k
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MSciChemistry

University College London
FT
Satisfied85%
Drop-out18%
Salary£35k
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MPhysEngineering Physics

Loughborough University
FT
Satisfied
Drop-out12%
Salary£32k
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BScChemistry with Computing

University of Bristol
FTFoundation
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Salary (3yr)£35k
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BScNatural Sciences

Loughborough University
FT
Satisfied88%
Drop-out5%
Salary£30k
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BScPhysics

University of St Andrews
FTAbroad
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Drop-out10%
Salary£32k
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MSciPhysics with Particle Physics

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied88%
Drop-out4%
Salary (3yr)£28k
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MPhysPhysics (Industrial)

The University of Leeds
FTPlacement
Satisfied84%
Drop-out15%
Salary£30k
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MEngAcoustical Engineering

University of Southampton
FT
Satisfied82%
Drop-out
Salary (3yr)£32k
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MPhysPhysics

Prifysgol Aberystwyth
FT
Satisfied93%
Drop-out20%
Salary£29k
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BScChemistry

The University of Manchester
FTFoundation
Satisfied96%
Drop-out31%
Salary£29k
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MChemChemistry

University of Northumbria at Newcastle
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied87%
Drop-out15%
Salary (3yr)£23k
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MSciAstronomy/Physics

University of Glasgow
FTAbroad
Satisfied73%
Drop-out0%
Salary£30k
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Subject Snapshot

Total Courses919
Avg Graduate Salary£24,000
Data SourceOffice for Students