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 Courses568
Data SourceOffice for Students

BScChemistry with Cosmetic Science with Foundation

The University of Reading
FT4Y
Satisfied81%
Drop-out35%
Salary (3yr)£28k
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MSciAstrophysics

University of Keele
FT4YAbroad
Satisfied89%
Drop-out20%
Salary (3yr)£26k
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BScChemistry (with Foundation Year)

Nottingham Trent University
FT4Y
Satisfied95%
Drop-out35%
Salary (3yr)£25k
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BScChemistry with Cosmetic Science with a Year in Industry

The University of Reading
FT4Y
Satisfied81%
Drop-out35%
Salary (3yr)£28k
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BScChemistry for Drug Discovery and Development with Science Foundation Year

University of Lincoln
FT4Y
Satisfied74%
Drop-out7%
Salary (3yr)£21k
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BScPhysics with Astrophysics

University of Keele
FT3YAbroad
Satisfied83%
Drop-out5%
Salary£24k
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BScHealthcare Science (Radiation Physics)

Swansea University
FT3Y
Satisfied87%
Drop-out21%
Salary (3yr)£26k
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BScPhysics

University of Keele
FT3YAbroad
Satisfied89%
Drop-out20%
Salary£24k
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BScGeology

Birkbeck College
FT3Y
Satisfied70%
Drop-out20%
Salary (3yr)£30k
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BScPhysics with Geology

University of Aberdeen
FT4YAbroad
Satisfied80%
Drop-out15%
Salary£27k
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MSciChemistry with Work Placement

University of Glasgow
FT5YAbroad
Satisfied62%
Drop-out10%
Salary£29k
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BScAstrophysics

Swansea University
FT3Y
Satisfied87%
Drop-out21%
Salary (3yr)£26k
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BScPhysics with a year abroad

The University of East Anglia
FT4Y
Satisfied86%
Drop-out25%
Salary (3yr)£26k
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BScPhysics with Philosophy

University of York
FT3YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied81%
Drop-out10%
Salary£24k
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BScGeography (Physical)

University of Keele
FT3YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied89%
Drop-out19%
Salary (3yr)£24k
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BScGeology (Volcanology)

University of Keele
FT3YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied83%
Drop-out10%
Salary (3yr)£25k
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BScPhysics (with integrated year in industry)

Prifysgol Aberystwyth
FT4Y
Satisfied93%
Drop-out20%
Salary (3yr)£23k
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BScHealthcare Science (Radiotherapy Physics)

Swansea University
FT3Y
Satisfied87%
Drop-out21%
Salary£25k
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BScMathematics and Physics

University of Strathclyde
FT4YAbroad
Satisfied87%
Drop-out15%
Salary£26k
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MChemChemistry (with an industrial placement year)

University of Sussex
FT4YFoundation
Satisfied82%
Drop-out25%
Salary£27k
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BScPhysics with Astrophysics

University of Glasgow
FT4YAbroad
Satisfied71%
Drop-out10%
Salary£30k
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BScTheoretical Physics

Swansea University
FT3Y
Satisfied87%
Drop-out21%
Salary£25k
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BScPhysics with Astrophysics with Science Foundation Year

University of Lincoln
FT4YPlacement
Satisfied87%
Drop-out10%
Salary (3yr)£21k
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BScPhysical Geography (With Foundation Year)

Liverpool Hope University
FT4YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied90%
Drop-out20%
Salary (3yr)£23k
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Subject Snapshot

Total Courses568
Avg Graduate Salary£24,000
Data SourceOffice for Students