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Chemistry is everywhere – in the water we drink, the air we breathe and in every device we use. In fact, it’s key to understanding our world. As a chemist, you can help to solve everyday challenges and change people’s lives for the better.

By choosing Chemical Sciences General Entry, you can spend your first year at DCU exploring different aspects of chemistry, so you discover which parts inspire you most. Among other topics, you’ll study drug design, introduction to synthetic methods to prepare drugs, industrial and forensic analytical techniques, environmental chemistry and biomolecules during this year. You can also take a language module such as French or Spanish.

Path to a chemistry specialism

Having studied different types of chemistry and gained excellent hands-on lab experience, you can choose your specialist degree programme at the end of first year, although this is based on your first year results. You’ll have three options: the BSc in Analytical Science, the BSc in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and the BSc in Chemistry with Artificial Intelligence.

Chemistry is a wide field and qualified specialist chemists are hugely sought after. Even in your first year on the Chemical Science General Entry programme, you’ll do a dynamic range of lab work, developing your problem-solving skills while conducting innovative experiments that reflect the needs of the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and the broader chemical industry. Doing Chemical Sciences general entry will help you to decide which of the chemistry degrees you would like to pursue at the end of year one.

Course Structure

Year 1

• Chemistry, Physics and Biology Laboratories
• Mathematics
• Chemistry
• Biology
• Interdisciplinary Science
• Physics

Years 2,3 and 4 will be the modules of your chosen degree choice - Upon successful completion of Year 1 of the degree, choices are:

• BSc in Chemistry with Artificial Intelligence (via DC163)
• BSc in Analytical Science (DC161)
• BSc in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (DC162)

Careers

Graduates will have the opportunity to work in a number of industries, including:

• Food and drinks,
• Cosmetics and pharmaceuticals,
• Forensics,
• Advanced manufacturing.

Our graduates work in research and development laboratories,

• Discovering new drugs,
• Developing vaccines,
• Ensuring medicines are safe.

Our graduates support our environment,

• Reducing waste,
• Creating greener technologies.