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 Courses7,666
Data SourceOffice for Students

BScPhysics with a Foundation Year

Loughborough University
FT4Y
Satisfied93%
Drop-out30%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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MSciScience with Foundation Year

University of Nottingham, the
FT5YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied92%
Drop-out45%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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MChemChemistry

University of Edinburgh
FT5YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied84%
Drop-out10%
Salary£29k
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BScNatural Sciences with a Foundation Year

Loughborough University
FT4Y
Satisfied86%
Drop-out0%
Salary (3yr)£28k
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BScPhysics (Industrial)

The University of Leeds
FT4YPlacement
Satisfied78%
Drop-out7%
Salary£30k
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MPhysPhysics with Space Science (4 years)

University of Southampton
FT4Y
Satisfied84%
Drop-out15%
Salary£31k
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BScArchaeology

University of Aberdeen
FT4YAbroad
Satisfied94%
Drop-out5%
Salary£29k
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BScComputational Physics

University of Edinburgh
FT4YAbroad
Satisfied76%
Drop-out8%
Salary (3yr)£29k
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MChemChemistry with Year in Industry

Cardiff University
FT3Y
Satisfied86%
Drop-out15%
Salary£30k
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MPhysPhysics (research placement)

University of Sussex
FT4YFoundation
Satisfied78%
Drop-out11%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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BScPhysics with Astrophysics & Cosmology

King's College London
FT3YAbroad
Satisfied75%
Drop-out12%
Salary£32k
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BScPhysics with Astrophysics

University of Dundee
FT4YAbroad
Satisfied90%
Drop-out5%
Salary£27k
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BScChemistry with Forensic Investigation

The University of Surrey
FT3Y
Satisfied89%
Drop-out20%
Salary£27k
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BScMedicinal Chemistry

The University of Liverpool
FT3YAbroad
Satisfied87%
Drop-out30%
Salary£30k
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BScMathematical Physics

University of Edinburgh
FT4YAbroad
Satisfied76%
Drop-out10%
Salary (3yr)£29k
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BScMedicinal Chemistry

The University of Surrey
FT3Y
Satisfied89%
Drop-out10%
Salary£27k
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MPhysPhysics

The Open University
PT
Satisfied88%
Drop-out25%
Salary (3yr)£27k
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BScPhysics

King's College London
FT3YAbroad
Satisfied75%
Drop-out12%
Salary£32k
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BScHealth Sciences with Foundation Year

University of Nottingham, the
FT4Y
Satisfied92%
Drop-out45%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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BScAstronomy Space Science and Astrophysics

The University of Kent
FT3Y
Satisfied84%
Drop-out10%
Salary£30k
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BScChemistry For Drug Discovery And Development

University of Lincoln
FT3Y
Satisfied74%
Drop-out5%
Salary£26k
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BScChemistry

Swansea University
FT3Y
Satisfied93%
Drop-out0%
Salary£27k
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MPhysAstrophysics

University of Sussex
FT4YPlacementAbroadFoundation
Satisfied80%
Drop-out10%
Salary£30k
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BScPhysics with Medical Imaging

University of Nottingham, the
FT3YFoundation
Satisfied84%
Drop-out25%
Salary£30k
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Subject Snapshot

Total Courses7,666
Avg Graduate Salary£24,000
Data SourceOffice for Students