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 Courses7,666
Data SourceOffice for Students

MPhysPhysics

University of Portsmouth
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied
Drop-out15%
Salary£33k
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MChemChemistry

The University of Leicester
FTAbroad
Satisfied100%
Drop-out0%
Salary£30k
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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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BScPhysics and Astrophysics

The University of Sheffield
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied80%
Drop-out15%
Salary£29k
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BScForensic Science

Anglia Ruskin University
FT
Satisfied100%
Drop-out15%
Salary (3yr)£23k
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MSciNatural Sciences

University College London
FT
Satisfied79%
Drop-out5%
Salary£32k
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BScPhysics

The University of Sheffield
FTAbroad
Satisfied
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Salary (3yr)£30k
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BScChemistry

The University of Leicester
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied91%
Drop-out5%
Salary£30k
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BScTheoretical Physics

Swansea University
FT
Satisfied
Drop-out21%
Salary (3yr)£26k
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BScChemistry (Digital Methods and Computational Modelling)

University of Southampton
FT
Satisfied88%
Drop-out
Salary (3yr)£29k
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MChemChemistry with Medicinal Chemistry

University of Keele
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied90%
Drop-out20%
Salary£24k
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BScAstrophysics

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied86%
Drop-out10%
Salary£32k
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BScNatural Sciences with Foundation Year

University of Exeter
FT
Satisfied
Drop-out
Salary (3yr)£31k
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MSciPhysics

Queen Mary University of London
FT
Satisfied
Drop-out22%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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BScChemistry with Foundation Year

The University of Surrey
FTAbroad
Satisfied100%
Drop-out15%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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MMathMathematical and Theoretical Physics

Prifysgol Aberystwyth
FT
Satisfied93%
Drop-out
Salary£28k
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MSciChemistry with Management Studies

University College London
FT
Satisfied84%
Drop-out21%
Salary£35k
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MChemChemistry

University of York
FTPlacement
Satisfied94%
Drop-out5%
Salary£29k
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MChemMedicinal Chemistry with a Year in Industry

Queen's University of Belfast
FT
Satisfied91%
Drop-out15%
Salary£30k
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MSciNatural Sciences

Loughborough University
FT
Satisfied83%
Drop-out0%
Salary£30k
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MPhysPhysics with Climate Science

The University of Leicester
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied
Drop-out
Salary (3yr)£28k
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MPhysPhysics

The University of Kent
FT
Satisfied88%
Drop-out14%
Salary£30k
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MPhysPhysics

University of Exeter
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied93%
Drop-out5%
Salary£35k
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Subject Snapshot

Total Courses7,666
Avg Graduate Salary£24,000
Data SourceOffice for Students