Career Opportunities Recent Chemistry PhD graduates have gone on to successful careers in the chemical industry with companies such as BP, Shell, JohnsonMatthey, Siemens and the pharmaceutical industry e.g. GSK, Pfizer, Astra Zeneca.Many also continue in academic life, in universities or research institutions in the UK, Europe, North America, Japan and othersworldwide. Other career routes outwith a research environment include scientific publishing, patent law, forensic science, and IT and energy consultancy.


GRADskills – enhancing researchers’ skills and employability PhD and MPhil research students at St Andrews have access to GRADskills, an extensive and award-winning generic skills development programme for early stage researchers. Further details of the GRADskills programme are available at:www.st-andrews.ac.uk/gradskills


Admissions Requirements Generally speaking, any person with a good undergraduate degree in Chemistry or a related Science subject (at least 2.1 BSc (Hons) or a GPA of 3.6 or better on a 4 point scale) from a recognised university may be admitted to the School of Chemistry as a postgraduate. Those with qualifications equivalent to a degree are also invited to apply for admission. Enquiries are alsowelcomed if you have spent some time in industry andwould nowlike to resume your university education. Applicants with BSc 2.2 Honours degrees may become eligible to study for a PhD on completion of an MPhil (research) degree. A requirement for completion of PhD study is to write and present research results in English. Students whose first language is not English who can demonstrate a high level of spoken English at interview (and in written correspondence) will not be required to present qualifications. In other cases, students should obtain and present qualifications fromTOEFL or IELTS. For further details about language requrements see:www.st-andrews.ac.uk/elt/entry


Application Process Further information and an online application formcan be found on the Postgraduate Recruitmentweb pages (contact details on the back of this leaflet). Please also consult the School of Chemistryweb pages for more detailed information. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/chemistry/prospective/pg


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