Bachelor in MChem Chemistry

Tuition comes to 25,808 GBP per year, while the application deadline for the Dec 2026 intake is Sep 15, 2026.

The MChem Chemistry degree at Heriot-Watt is a five-year programme that includes the Institute of Chemical Sciences (ICS), a research-focused facility equipped with high-resolution multinuclear NMR, X-ray crystallography, and computational chemistry labs. The programme is designed to give students a strong foundation in core chemistry, alongside specialist topics such as pharmaceuticals, computational chemistry, biology, and materials science. You will gain a broad and balanced foundation of chemical knowledge and practical skills, and apply this to create solutions for theoretical and practical problems in chemistry. Students will develop valuable practical and digital skills through hands-on laboratory experience.