Subject Guide

Physical Sciences

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Full UK Coverage Official HESA Data Career Outcomes
Average Graduate Salary
£24,000
Real earnings 15 months after graduation (Full-time)
Total Courses919
Data SourceOffice for Students

MPhysPhysics

The University of East Anglia
FT
Satisfied87%
Drop-out25%
Salary (3yr)£26k
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MPhysAstrophysics with a Professional Placement Year

Cardiff University
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Satisfied
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Salary (3yr)£29k
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MSciForensic Science

Nottingham Trent University
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Satisfied100%
Drop-out5%
Salary£29k
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MChemMedicinal Chemistry

Nottingham Trent University
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Satisfied
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Salary (3yr)£25k
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MChemChemistry with a Placement Year Abroad

Cardiff University
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Satisfied86%
Drop-out20%
Salary£30k
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MChemMedicinal Chemistry

Nottingham Trent University
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Satisfied
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Salary (3yr)£25k
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MChemChemistry

The University of East Anglia
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Satisfied92%
Drop-out10%
Salary£27k
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MPhysPhysics with Planetary & Space Physics

Prifysgol Aberystwyth
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Satisfied93%
Drop-out10%
Salary£28k
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BScPhysics with Astrophysics (with Foundation Year)

Nottingham Trent University
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Satisfied
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Salary (3yr)£27k
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MChemChemistry

Manchester Metropolitan University
FTPlacement
Satisfied80%
Drop-out0%
Salary£25k
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MPhysPhysics with a Professional Placement Year

Cardiff University
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Salary (3yr)£28k
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MPhysPhysics

The University of Bath
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Satisfied73%
Drop-out5%
Salary£33k
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BScNatural Sciences with Foundation Year

University of Exeter
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Satisfied
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Salary (3yr)£31k
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MChemMaterials Chemistry

University of St Andrews
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied
Drop-out8%
Salary (3yr)£30k
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MPhysTheoretical Physics

University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
FTPlacement
Satisfied84%
Drop-out0%
Salary£28k
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BScAstrophysics

Swansea University
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Satisfied
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Salary (3yr)£26k
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BScPhysics (with an industrial placement year)

University of Sussex
FTFoundation
Satisfied92%
Drop-out11%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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MSciPhysics

University of Bristol
FTFoundation
Satisfied92%
Drop-out5%
Salary£31k
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MSciPhysics with Medical Imaging

University of Nottingham, the
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Satisfied92%
Drop-out11%
Salary£30k
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MChemChemistry

Loughborough University
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Satisfied91%
Drop-out5%
Salary£30k
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BScPhysics with Astrophysics (International)

The University of Leeds
FTAbroad
Satisfied84%
Drop-out5%
Salary£30k
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BScForensic and Analytical Chemistry

University of Strathclyde
FTAbroad
Satisfied94%
Drop-out15%
Salary£29k
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MPhysPhysics with Artificial Intelligence (International)

The University of Leeds
FTPlacement
Satisfied
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Salary (3yr)£29k
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MChemMedicinal Chemistry

Heriot-Watt University
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Salary (3yr)£27k
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Subject Snapshot

Total Courses919
Avg Graduate Salary£24,000
Data SourceOffice for Students