High-quality Teaching

The National Student Survey (NSS) 2022 results indicate that York Chemistry students are particularly happy with the teaching on their course and the learning opportunities available. The NSS gathers students opinions on the quality of their courses and reports the data in a standardised form.

92% of York Chemistry students indicated overall satisfaction with the ‘Teaching on the Course’, the second highest score for any Russell Group chemistry department and well above the average score of 80% for these departments. In particular, 99% of students agreed that ‘the course is intellectually stimulating’.

In terms of learning opportunities, an overall score of 87% saw York as the highest placed chemistry department in the Russell Group – 10% above the average. In particular, over 90% of students agreed the course was structured to ‘bring together information and ideas from different topics’.

When students were asked about their overall satisfaction with the degree, the Department was once again well-placed, with a score that was 7% above the average for Russell Group chemistry departments.

Head of Department, Professor Caroline Dessent said: “The Department of Chemistry is proud of the quality of its teaching, the opportunities it provides to its students, and will continue to develop and further enhance our degree programme so that it produces the best equipped Chemistry graduates.”