Overview

Our Chemistry with Biomedicine with a Year in Industry BSc 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. Alongside this, you’ll gain valuable work experience with the opportunity of a year-long internship at a major UK company. By the end of your studies, you’ll be an articulate, flexible and biomedically-aware chemist, ready for a career in a wide variety of industries, from chemical, biotech and pharmaceutical industries to finance, law and media.

Key benefits

One of very few universities to offer a degree in Chemistry with Biomedicine – including the only London university to do so.
Explore emerging fields and cutting-edge innovations in chemistry and biomedicine through modules informed directly by our scientists' pioneering research and strong links to King’s world-class Health Faculties and teaching hospitals.
Enhanced by the opportunity for a Year in Industry, where students apply to nationally competitive year-long internships in the wide variety of professions open to graduates from traditional chemical, pharmaceutical and biotech industries through to business, finance, law and more.
Benefit from our strong links to King’s world-class Health Faculties and teaching hospitals, and strengths in biomedical research.
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.
6th in the UK for producing the most employable graduates (Times Higher Education Graduate Employability rankings 2026).
Flexibility to transfer to Chemistry with Biomedicine MSci.

We are taught by academics who are experts in their respective fields, conducting world-leading research, in state-of-the-art facilities.

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Course essentials

Key Information

UCAS code:

FC1F

Course type:

Single honours

Delivery mode:

In person

Study mode:

Full-time

Required A-Levels:

AAB

Duration:

4 years

Application status:

Start date:

September 2027

Application deadline:

Taught in

Department of Chemistry

Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences

Administrative bodies

Course accreditation

Royal Society of Chemistry accreditation

Reviewed, inspected and accredited by the The Royal Society for Chemistry

Awarding body

King's College London and Affiliates

Regulating body

Base campuses

Waterloo - students walking outside Franklin-Wilkins building

Waterloo Campus

Centrally located and well connected, Waterloo brings together students from health, science and law, just steps from the South Bank. It's also home to the world's #2 nursing school – the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery (QS 2026).

Guy’s Campus

Tucked next to London Bridge and the historic Borough Market, Guy's Campus is a close-knit home for health and science students. With cutting-edge labs and buzzing central location, it offers an inspiring and unique place to study.