I came to an open day and I know it sounds strange but as soon as I got out of the car, I had a gut feeling that I was going to come to this university. After seeing the chemistry department and all its facilities and the rest of campus, that felling cemented and I made it my first choice.

I’ve always loved science since I was younger, and chemistry was always my favourite science subject during my GCSE’S and A Levels, so it was the obvious choice to me when choosing my degree.

It has so many different areas that it can contribute to from fuels to medicine and it can be used to make an impact on the world and help improve lives and I really love that aspect of it.

I love the community that the course it built around, outside of the subject it’s self the course is really social hosting lots of different events. Through chemistry there are opportunities to play sport, volunteer in the community and go out and have fun together, everyone gets involved including the staff and through this I have made friends for life. It means the course is about more than getting a degree, and you get the whole uni experience.