King's College London

Our Chemistry with Biomedicine Integrated Master’s degree is designed to give you the in-demand skills to make a real impact on the world. You will gain deep knowledge and hands-on laboratory experience across all areas of chemistry and biomedicine, from the chemistry of disease to drug design and delivery to the chemistry of living systems.

Our unique interdisciplinary approach, particularly with King's world-class Health Faculties and hospitals, means you won't just learn chemistry; you'll learn to "speak the language" of biologists and physicists, preparing you to tackle complex, real-world problems and opening the door to a range of future-focused careers. Our graduates pursue roles in the chemical, biotech, and pharmaceutical industries, but also in tech, finance, and even law, where their analytical and problem-solving skills are invaluable.

Taught by leading scientists who are shaping the future of chemistry, our course provides rigorous training in core principles including physical, organic, and inorganic chemistry, plus the lab skills to apply your learning and understand the power of chemistry in solving challenges and driving innovation. You will also tackle an open-ended project, helping sharpen essential career skills like project management, communication, and teamwork.

Chemistry at King’s draws on the interface between the physical and life sciences, to explore new frontiers and deliver fundamental solutions for a sustainable and healthy society. Experts in everything from the chemistry of life to pharmaceutical sciences, green chemistry, materials science, nanotechnology and computational methods, our academics are fighting against antimicrobial resistance, improving chemotherapy treatments and finding new uses for enzymes in carbon capture and plastic recycling. 

Our Chemistry and Biomedicine MSci course integrates a comprehensive grounding in core principles with the skills and understanding to apply this in a broad range of contexts, drawing from active chemical and biomedical research and practice at King’s.

Flexibility in course choice

Students on the BSc and MSci courses do the same first three years, which includes project-driven laboratory practicals in Year 3. MSci students also have the opportunity to transfer to a study abroad pathway to spend either an additional year, or a semester of your fourth year, studying at a partner institution before returning to King’s to complete your studies. Transfer between these two degrees is possible up to and including the third year and is dependent on you reaching a specified average grade.

Transfer from the Chemistry with Biomedicine MSci/BSc degrees, to the Chemistry MSci/BSc degrees is also possible up to the second term of your second year.

Students on this degree are also able to transfer to the corresponding ‘with a Year in Industry’ programme after your second year providing you meet the academic requirements and gain one of the competitive year-long internships. This will add an extra year to the programme.

Transfer and progression to either of the study abroad pathways or the ‘with a Year in Industry’ programme requires you to meet and maintain a grade threshold.