Master of Science in Chemistry with Biomedicine Kings College London, UK

The Chemistry with Biomedicine MSci course will give you a strong theoretical and experimental understanding of chemistry. You’ll explore the different strands of chemistry and apply them to biological and biomedical systems - all under the guidance of our research-led scientists.

In your final year of the MSci, you’ll explore your interests with a six-month research project in our state-of-the-art labs or with our hospital partners.

The course is designed to train you to be an articulate, flexible and biomedically aware chemist, with a broad range of skills for a wide variety of careers starting with chemical, biotech and pharmaceutical industries and extending to wide careers such as finance, law and media.

Key benefits

• The only London university to combine Chemistry and Biomedicine, taking advantage of King’s strengths in biomedical research.
• Research-enriched teaching from chemists working within a broad range of biomedical and health areas.
• Fully integrated laboratory facilities in the heart of London.
• Includes a major six-month project in our labs or with our hospital partners.
• Career flexibility: you’ll gain a wide range of skills to use in the growing fields of biomedical engineering, biotech, chemical biology and biological and biomedical research.
• Includes an opportunity to transfer to a Study Abroad pathway and spend an additional year, or a semester of your fourth year,studying at a partner institution before returning to King’s to complete your studies.

Chemistry with Biomedicine MSci provides you with a comprehensive theoretical and practical understanding of chemistry and how it is applied in biomedicine to prepare you for a professional life in the ever-changing, interdisciplinary environment of 21st century chemistry. To achieve these goals, this course integrates the teaching of core chemical principles with techniques from biomedical research, all illustrated with examples taken from the very broad range of chemical biology and biomedicine research and practice at King’s.

The programme starts with a coverage of the principles of physical, organic and inorganic chemistry, with additional maths to ensure you can successfully handle advanced physical and computational chemistry. It incorporates an integrated laboratory course that brings together the different strands of chemistry.

In your third year, you will study a range of specialised modules in order to investigate particular aspects of the application of chemical principles to biological and biomedical problems.

Your fourth year will be focused on a six-month research project to give you the opportunity to experience and test your research potential. These projects can be carried out in one of our Research groups at King’s or in an appropriate Partner Institution, including one of the hospitals affiliated with King’s.

Our academics have expertise in a number of research areas, including chemical biology, biomolecular spectroscopy, computational methods, materials science and nanotechnology, pharmaceutical sciences, analytical chemistry, and a wide range of developmental and cell biology.