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1. School of Chemistry What’s It Like to Study Chemistry @ Newcastle? Admissions Tutor Presentation

2. http://www.ncl.ac.uk/chemistry/

3. 7 Administrative Staff School of Chemistry Prof. Mike Green Head of School Dr. Christine Bleasdale Deputy Head of School Director of T&L Prof. Richard Henderson Inorganic Chemistry Degree Programme Director Prof. Anthony Harriman Physical Chemistry Prof. Roger Griffin Medicinal Chemistry Prof. Mike North Organic Chemistry Prof. Andrew Houlton Inorganic Chemistry 16 other academic staff: Readers, Senior Lecturers and Lecturers X-Ray Crystallography Officer NMR Officer Outreach Officer 2 Senior Research Investigators 10 Support Staff: Laboratory Technicians, Glassblower, Mechanical Workshop, Electrical Workshop, Stores Supervisor

6. Research Chemical Nanoscience Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity Molecular Photonics a b

7. Outreach dedicated Laboratory facility and full-time permanent Outreach Officer Laboratory Sessions Spectroscopy Tours A-level Revision Workshops Interactive demonstration lectures “ WiLtSCaN” Days Residential Summer Schools: Bitesize Uni & Headstart Masterclasses

8. The Academic Year Semester 1: September – January 1 week induction 12 weeks teaching 2 weeks examinations Semester 2: February - June 12 weeks teaching 4 weeks examinations

9. Course Structure Students take a number of modules to count for 120 credits per year Modules are usually of 10 or 20 credits eg semester 1 semester 2 20 credits 10 credits 10 credits 10 credits 10 credits 20 credits 20 credits 20 credits

10. Module Examples A typical 20 credit Stage 1 module:

11. Module Examples A typical 10 credit Stage 2 module:

12. Lectures , Labs , Tutorials – Stage 1 Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri 9 10 11 12 1 2 - 5

13. Lectures , Labs , Tutorials – Stage 2+ Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri 9 10 11 12 1 2 - 5

15. Degree Courses in Chemistry BSc or MChem ? BSc  Bachelor of Science  3 year courses  or 4 years if there is a placement year MChem  Master of Chemistry  4 year courses

16. Programme Types Chemistry BSc Chemistry BSc Chemistry with Industrial Training MChem Chemistry MChem Chemistry with Industrial Training

17. Programme Types Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry BSc Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry BSc Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry with Industrial Training MChem Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry MChem Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry with Industrial Training

18. Programme Types Chemistry with….. MChem Chemistry with Study Abroad Currently: Europe – France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands or Spain; North America – USA or Canada. In future? Japan?, Hong Kong?, China? or Brazil?

25. Programme Choice In most cases it is possible to transfer to another programme at the start of year 1 or 2 e.g. between BSc and MChem e.g. between a course with industrial training and one without

26. Entry Requirements Depend on the programme Currently ABB for MChem or ABB - BBB for BSc

27. The Bedson Building Any questions?

28. School of Chemistry at Newcastle University Dr Andrew Pike, Undergraduate Admissions Tutor For further information, please contact us on: Telephone: 0191 222 7061 Email: [email_address] Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/chemistry/ School of Chemistry