Loughborough University
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (with placement year)
MChem (H), 5 years
Typical offer rate
92–100%
high entry
Grad employment
85%
15 months after
In professional roles
85%
Median grad salary
£30,000
15 months after
Loughborough's Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry with Placement Year is an MChem running over five years, combining drug-focused chemistry with a year of supervised work in a relevant industry or research setting. The placement year is what the extra year adds. Most applicants who meet the grades receive an offer.
How hard is it to get in?
The typical applicant to Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (with placement year) at Loughborough University has a 92–100% chance of an offer, high by UK standards. That baseline is course-typical. Your own chance depends on your grades, subjects and the rest of your profile.
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Estimate my chancesAbout Loughborough University
Loughborough University is built around a single campus in the East Midlands and is best known for sport, regularly rated the best university in the world for sport-related subjects.
Full details and how to apply are on the university's official course page: Loughborough University · Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (with placement year)
Offer rate and graduate-outcome figures are course-typical baselines derived from UK admissions and HESA data; they are estimates, not guarantees. Your personalised offer likelihood is calculated in the Unimetrica app.