We're ranked Top-10 in the UK for Natural Sciences in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024.

All our courses offer the option to take an employability-boosting professional placement year - a great way to gain on-the-job experience in a real role with real responsibilities. A year spent applying your learning in an industrial, commercial or research context gives you invaluable work experience to strengthen your CV and can even introduce you to your future employer.

Assisted by a dedicated placement tutor and the University's Careers Network, our students have found placements with a wide range of reputable organisations.

Recent placement destinations have included: Bentley Motors Ltd, Deloitte, EDF Energy, Glaxo Smith Kline, Jacobs Douwe Egberts, LabCorp, RSK, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Unilever, and Virgin Media.

Alternatively, you can use your placement year to study abroad with one of our partner institutions; spend six months on placement and six months studying abroad; or even do a self-employed placement as part of our 'year in enterprise' scheme - the choice is yours.

Employers are increasingly looking for graduates with expertise in multiple science subjects. A degree in Natural Sciences will prepare you for a variety of different career paths, as graduates are equipped with the knowledge, practical laboratory experience and professional, transferable skills (communication, problem-solving), potentially opening up careers in areas such as health, medicine, environmental consultancy, and scientific research and analysis.

Recent graduate destinations have included: Ministry of Defence, BDO, CGI, Jaguar Landrover, and Sky.*

*Graduate Outcomes Survey (2021-2022 graduates, 15 months post-graduation)

Whichever pathways you choose, you will enjoy access to a range of exceptional facilities including the University's £17M+ STEMLab, boasting state-of-the-art facilities across engineering and the sciences, including state-of-the-art chemistry and labs, outstanding resources for IT, CAD, materials selection and process simulation applications, a campus observatory, the latest technology and laboratory facilities for geographical research, computer laboratories, dedicated resources for mathematics and physics, and drop-in one-to-one support from our Mathematics Learning Support Centre.

Watch the videos below for just a taste of what's on offer!