BSc (Hons) Chemistry (2+2)

What are the major chemical pollutants in the air and how do we analyse these pollutants? How drugs are designed and synthesized? If you have ever wondered about questions like these, then perhaps you are interested to undertake our Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.

Chemistry is the central science that supplies answers to these and countless other questions. It is key to understanding the natural world and how to enhance the quality of our lives. Advances in chemistry provide the understanding that underpins much of modern science: an understanding that contributes directly to our everyday lives, from the food we eat and the medicines we take to the environment in which we live.

The BSc (Hons) Chemistry (2+2) program offered by our university is designed to exploit your curiosity for chemistry, to provide an advanced understanding of the core principles and topics of chemistry, to encourage you to express your ideas clearly and logically, to develop your approach towards independent learning, and to adapt to a wide variety of careers in the knowledge-based economy of the 21^st century. Our educational aim is that graduates from the BSc (Hons) in Chemistry course have an excellent knowledge and understanding of theoretical and practical chemistry that, following appropriate training and experience, will enable them to pursue for a wide range of chemistry careers in academia or industry.

Students are taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, field trips, coursework and exams. Our professional training programmes, coupled with interactive and practical learning, ensure that our graduates are fully equipped with essential and desirable skills needed to work at world-leading chemical companies , as well as further education at top universities across the world. 

 

Facilities for Undergraduate Teaching

Our laboratories are dedicated to undergraduate teaching. State-of-the-art facilities include:

• Multi-functional continuous distillation units
• Rising film evaporation units 
• Absorption units 
• Process control engineering experimentation plant 
• Thermofluid rig 
• Bioethanol production unit 
• Catalytic reaction units

    

 

 

Research Facilities

Our communal research laboratories provide an extensive range of state-of-the-art facilities for sample preparation, materials characterisation, elemental analysis, heterogeneous catalysis. Some examples of our high quality research equipment include:

• Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (SEM/EDX)
• Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) 
• X-ray Diffraction (XRD) Analyzer 
• Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrum (ICP-MS) 
• Electrochemical Workstation 
• Drop Tube Furnace 
• Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactor 
• In Situ Infrared Spectroscopy 
• Low temperature ashing device 
• Thermal Gravimetric Analysis – Differential Scanning Calorimetry (TGA-DSC) 
• Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) 
• Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) 
• Malvern Particle Sizer 
• Rheometer 
• BET Surface Area Analyser 
• Agilent GC 
• Shimazdu GC