Chemical Scientists | Career profile | UCAS

Average Salary: £34,967
Jobs: 23,003

Daily Tasks

Develops procedures for quality control of manufactured products.
Tests techniques and processes for reliability under a variety of conditions.
Analyses results and experimental data.
Conducts experiments to identify chemical composition, energy and chemical changes in natural substances and processed materials.
Develops experimental procedures, instruments and recording and testing systems.

Hard skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Chemistry
Pharmaceuticals
Analytical Chemistry
Good Manufacturing Practices
High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

Soft skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Communications
Research
Innovation
Problem Solving
Management

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

Qualification: MEng (Hon)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £33k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 88%

Qualification: MEng (Hon)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Sandwich
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £30k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 64%

Qualification: FdSc
Duration: 2 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 48/48
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: MBiochem
Duration: 5 Years
Study mode: Sandwich
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £22k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 67%

Qualification: BEng (Hon)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time with year in industry
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £30k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 61%
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £20k
UCAS Tariff: 40/40
Student satisfaction: 91%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: MEng (Hon)
Duration: 5 Years
Study mode: Full-time with time abroad
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £27k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 78%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: MEng
Duration: 8 Years
Study mode: Part-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 128/128
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 4 course options available

Qualification: MEng (Hon)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £27k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 93%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 112/120
Student satisfaction: 85%

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Sandwich with time abroad
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £22k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 74%
Course study options: 6 course options available

Qualification: BEng (Hon)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £28k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 78%

Qualification: HNC
Duration: 1 Year
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 64/80
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: MEng (Hon)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £27k
UCAS Tariff: 136/144
Student satisfaction: 88%
Course study options: 4 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £19k
UCAS Tariff: 104/120
Student satisfaction: 69%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £23k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 38%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £30k
UCAS Tariff: 104/112
Student satisfaction: 62%

Qualification: HNC
Duration: 1 Year
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 48/48
Student satisfaction: N/A

Qualification: MEng (Hon)
Duration: 5 Years
Study mode: Sandwich
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £25k
UCAS Tariff: 120/120
Student satisfaction: 86%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £22k
UCAS Tariff: 96/96
Student satisfaction: 71%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £25k
UCAS Tariff: 112/112
Student satisfaction: 82%
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: F
Duration: 1 Year
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 64/64
Student satisfaction: N/A

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 90%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 6 course options available

Qualification: BEng (Hon)
Duration: 1 Year
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 120/120
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Sandwich
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £25k
UCAS Tariff: 112/128
Student satisfaction: 58%
Course study options: 2 course options available

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