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

MChemChemistry

The University of Warwick
FTPlacement
Satisfied80%
Drop-out20%
Salary£30k
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MSciPhysics

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
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Satisfied87%
Drop-out7%
Salary£40k
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BScPhysics with Astrophysics

University of Northumbria at Newcastle
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied100%
Drop-out15%
Salary (3yr)£22k
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MPhysPhysics with Data Science

University of Sussex
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Satisfied
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Salary (3yr)£31k
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BScPhysics with Theoretical Physics

University of Nottingham, the
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Satisfied92%
Drop-out11%
Salary£30k
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BScForensic Science

Anglia Ruskin University
FT
Satisfied95%
Drop-out10%
Salary (3yr)£23k
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MPhysPhysics (International)

The University of Leeds
FTAbroad
Satisfied84%
Drop-out15%
Salary£30k
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MSciNatural Sciences

King's College London
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Satisfied
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Salary (3yr)£34k
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MPhysTheoretical Physics

University of York
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied93%
Drop-out20%
Salary£32k
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MSciNatural Sciences

University of Exeter
FT
Satisfied100%
Drop-out0%
Salary£36k
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MPhysPhysics with Astrophysics

The University of Bath
FT
Satisfied85%
Drop-out0%
Salary£34k
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MPhysTheoretical Physics

Swansea University
FT
Satisfied87%
Drop-out21%
Salary (3yr)£26k
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MPhysPhysics

University of Strathclyde
FTAbroad
Satisfied83%
Drop-out20%
Salary£30k
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MPhysPhysics with Astrophysics

University of Sussex
FTPlacementAbroadFoundation
Satisfied92%
Drop-out11%
Salary£30k
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MSciTheoretical Physics

University College London
FT
Satisfied73%
Drop-out0%
Salary£34k
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BScMedicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Loughborough University
FT
Satisfied81%
Drop-out5%
Salary£30k
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BScPharmaceutical Sciences

The University of Surrey
FTAbroad
Satisfied
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Salary (3yr)£31k
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MChemForensic Chemistry

University of Keele
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied
Drop-out
Salary (3yr)£25k
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BScPharmaceutical Sciences

The University of Surrey
FT
Satisfied
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Salary (3yr)£31k
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MSciForensic Science

University of Keele
FTAbroad
Satisfied
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Salary (3yr)£23k
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BEngAcoustical Engineering

University of Southampton
FT
Satisfied82%
Drop-out
Salary (3yr)£32k
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MPhysPhysics

Prifysgol Aberystwyth
FT
Satisfied93%
Drop-out20%
Salary£29k
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BScChemistry

The University of Manchester
FTFoundation
Satisfied96%
Drop-out31%
Salary£29k
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MPhysTheoretical Physics (with a year abroad)

University of York
FTPlacement
Satisfied
Drop-out11%
Salary (3yr)£30k
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Subject Snapshot

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