Visiting students - Chemistry

• Atmospheric chemistry
• Catalysis for a cleaner future
• Chemical and structural biology
• Digital chemistry
• Green and sustainable chemistry
• Molecular materials
• Technologies for molecular measurement

Undergraduate students

Academic requirements

You must have studied chemistry at university level and have received training in basic laboratory techniques. A number of modules require that you have met certain entry requirements; details of these are available on request.

If you are from a USA university or college and are spending your Junior year abroad, you will find that first and second year modules are at the appropriate level for your studies at York. 

Acceptance on all modules requires you to have studied to an acceptable level of prior knowledge.

If you would like to study modules from more than one academic year or department, timetabling constraints will affect which modules you can choose. Module choice cannot be confirmed until the first supervisory meeting.

Undergraduate English language requirements

IELTS: 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component (the language requirements are part way down the page. The other requirements are not applicable).

For more information see our undergraduate English language requirements.

Choosing your modules

You can view the department’s modules in the module catalogue. To help you get started, we have written a short guide on how to use the module catalogue.

You must discuss your module choices with the Department before you can be accepted onto a chemistry module.  After you have submitted your application, please email a list of the modules you want to study, with your nine-digit student ID number to the departmental contact.

Learning agreements (if applicable) cannot be signed until your modules have been agreed. If you are a Visiting Student from another department, you cannot take chemistry practical modules.

Postgraduate students

Please contact our postgraduate team to ask about opportunities to study with us.

Academic requirements

 You should hold a good undergraduate degree (2:2, 2:1 or first) in chemistry or a related subject.

Postgraduate English language requirements

IELTS: 6.0 with 6.0 in writing and no less than 5.5 in all other components (the language requirements are part way down the page. The other requirements are not applicable).

For more information see our postgraduate English language requirements.

Teaching schedule

You can study in our department for the following periods only:

• Full academic year
• Semester 1 only
• Semester 2 only

Examination and assessment

Assessment is mainly by examination during the Common Examination Periods at the end of each Semester. Alternate assessment may be available for Semester 1, please contact us to discuss this.

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Undergraduate and postgraduate modules

The list below shows our modules for 2024/25. Our 2025/26 modules will be available soon in the module catalogue.