
Your postgraduate Chemistry offer-holder hub

Congratulations on your offer to study Chemistry at Birmingham! This is your exclusive offer-holder hub which will guide you through some of the information you might require to make an informed decision about where to study for your postgraduate degree.
Why study Chemistry at Birmingham?
The world is facing huge sustainability challenges. Chemistry offers solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing society. Our MSc Sustainable Chemistry course provides the skills and knowledge you need to significantly enhance your career prospects in this growth area. While our MSc Sustainable Materials course will prepare you to design advanced sustainable materials, ready to make an impact in industries working to reduce environmental impact and forge a more sustainable future. Sustainability is increasingly becoming a core aspect of all engineering and physical sciences, and chemistry and materials science are playing essential parts in helping society to achieve a sustainable future. The aim of our sustainability courses is to educate you in sustainability and advanced aspects of sustainable chemistry and sustainable materials, providing you with the skills and knowledge required to develop a career in an increasingly sustainability-focused chemical sector.
Postgraduate offer-holder week
Join your future classmates and academic community online between 12 - 16 May.
Meet Lukmanul Hakim Samada - PhD Chemistry student
"I chose the University of Birmingham because it is one of the world’s top 100 universities and has excellent lab facilities. Furthermore, my supervisor has a great reputation in the sustainable and degradable polymers research area. Also, my group members have quite diverse backgrounds and they come from more than 10 different countries."
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Find out what modules you can study as part of your degree with our module handbook. When its time to choose your modules you will be sent a separate email so keep an eye out for that.
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