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 Courses919
Data SourceOffice for Students

BScPhysics with Planetary & Space Physics

Prifysgol Aberystwyth
FT3Y
Satisfied93%
Drop-out10%
Salary£29k
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MPhysPhysics with Astro-Physics (Undergraduate Masters)

Queen's University of Belfast
FT4Y
Satisfied87%
Drop-out5%
Salary£30k
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BScBioarchaeology

University of York
FT3YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied79%
Drop-out5%
Salary£30k
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BScPhysics (Industrial)

The University of Leeds
FT4YPlacement
Satisfied78%
Drop-out7%
Salary£30k
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BScChemistry for Drug Discovery

The University of Bath
FT3Y
Satisfied89%
Drop-out5%
Salary£28k
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MPhysPhysics (research placement)

University of Sussex
FT4YFoundation
Satisfied78%
Drop-out11%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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MPhysPhysics (with an industrial placement year)

University of Sussex
FT5YFoundation
Satisfied78%
Drop-out11%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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BScPhysics with Astrophysics & Cosmology

King's College London
FT3YAbroad
Satisfied75%
Drop-out12%
Salary£32k
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MPhysPhysics with Year Abroad

University of Edinburgh
FT5YPlacement
Satisfied66%
Drop-out10%
Salary£31k
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MPhysPhysics

The Open University
PT
Satisfied88%
Drop-out25%
Salary (3yr)£27k
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MChemChemistry, Green Principles and Sustainable Processes (with a year abroad)

University of York
FT4YPlacement
Satisfied88%
Drop-out3%
Salary (3yr)£29k
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MSciChemistry with Study Abroad

University of Bristol
FT4Y
Satisfied84%
Drop-out0%
Salary£28k
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BScMathematical Physics

University of Edinburgh
FT4YAbroad
Satisfied76%
Drop-out10%
Salary (3yr)£29k
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BScChemistry, Green Principles and Sustainable Processes

University of York
FT3YPlacement
Satisfied88%
Drop-out3%
Salary (3yr)£29k
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BScPhysics with Space Science

The University of Leicester
FT3YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied87%
Drop-out15%
Salary£31k
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BScPhysics

Nottingham Trent University
FT3Y
Satisfied86%
Drop-out15%
Salary£30k
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BScComputational Physics

University of Edinburgh
FT4YAbroad
Satisfied76%
Drop-out8%
Salary (3yr)£29k
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BScHealth Sciences with Foundation Year

University of Nottingham, the
FT4Y
Satisfied92%
Drop-out45%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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MPhysPhysics (Quantum Technology) (research placement)

University of Sussex
FT4YFoundation
Satisfied78%
Drop-out11%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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BScChemistry

The University of Bath
FT3Y
Satisfied95%
Drop-out10%
Salary£28k
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BScMedicinal Chemistry

The University of Liverpool
FT3YAbroad
Satisfied87%
Drop-out30%
Salary£30k
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BScPhysics with a Foundation Year

Loughborough University
FT4Y
Satisfied93%
Drop-out30%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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MPhysPhysics with Space Science (4 years)

University of Southampton
FT4Y
Satisfied84%
Drop-out15%
Salary£31k
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BScPhysics with Astrophysics

University of Dundee
FT4YAbroad
Satisfied90%
Drop-out5%
Salary£27k
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Subject Snapshot

Total Courses919
Avg Graduate Salary£24,000
Data SourceOffice for Students