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Introduction:

You can gain the opportunity to develop a competitive research edge to your CV, which is vital when entering the growing Chemistry market within the UK and internationally. This Chemistry postgraduate course enables you to choose from our extensive range of Chemistry modules - allowing you to match the modules with your interests and career aspirations.

If you are already working in the industry then you may be interested in studying this course part-time for over two to three years. The research project can even be studied over 10 to 12 months by doing approved 'in-house' research.

Careers and employability

At Nottingham Trent University, your employability and job prospects are crucial factors in your choice of university - you need to know that your postgraduate degree will be worth the time and money you spend on it. The pharmaceutical and chemical industry is a well-established market growing globally and there has been a steady increase in international employment opportunities within the industry.

Our graduates have gone on to work in a wide variety of job markets including:

pharmaceuticals

petrochemicals

polymers

food and drinks

liquid crystals

advance materials engineering

defence

teaching

finance and sales

Recent employers include:

AstraZeneca

Reckitt Benckiser

GlaxoSmithKline

Pfizer

Alfa Aesar

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Our strength lies in the relevance of our degrees to the real world. In all subject areas, we encourage you to recognise your transferable skills and their application to a multitude of careers. By taking an MRes in Chemistry you will benefit from the progressive development of a variety of skills, such as advanced laboratory techniques and critical analysis and synthesis of breadth and depth of relevant chemistry-specific research.

Although this Chemistry Masters course does not offer a formal placement, this course is vocationally focused and benefits from strong links with industry.