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

MPhysPhysics with Computing

Loughborough University
FT
Satisfied92%
Drop-out12%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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MPhysPhysics

University of Strathclyde
FTAbroad
Satisfied83%
Drop-out20%
Salary£30k
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BScMathematics/Physics

University of Glasgow
FTAbroad
Satisfied76%
Drop-out10%
Salary£30k
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MChemChemistry

The University of Leeds
FTPlacementAbroadFoundation
Satisfied100%
Drop-out10%
Salary£30k
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MSciPhysics with Theoretical Physics

King's College London
FTAbroad
Satisfied80%
Drop-out25%
Salary£32k
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MPhysPhysics with Quantum Computing

The University of Surrey
FT
Satisfied
Drop-out
Salary (3yr)£31k
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MPhysPhysics with Astronomy

The University of Surrey
FT
Satisfied88%
Drop-out9%
Salary£31k
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BScPhysics

Edge Hill University
PTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied
Drop-out
Salary (subject)£24k*
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MSciNatural Sciences

University of Durham
FTPlacement
Satisfied87%
Drop-out4%
Salary£34k
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MSciNatural Sciences with International Study

University of Nottingham, the
FT
Satisfied86%
Drop-out20%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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BScMedicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Loughborough University
FT
Satisfied81%
Drop-out5%
Salary£30k
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BScPharmaceutical Sciences

The University of Surrey
FTAbroad
Satisfied
Drop-out
Salary (3yr)£31k
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MChemForensic Chemistry

University of Keele
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied
Drop-out
Salary (3yr)£25k
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BScForensic Science

Anglia Ruskin University
FT
Satisfied100%
Drop-out15%
Salary (3yr)£23k
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MSciNatural Sciences

University College London
FT
Satisfied79%
Drop-out5%
Salary£32k
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BScChemistry (Digital Methods and Computational Modelling)

University of Southampton
FT
Satisfied88%
Drop-out
Salary (3yr)£29k
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BScChemistry with Foundation Year

The University of Surrey
FTAbroad
Satisfied100%
Drop-out15%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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MMathMathematical and Theoretical Physics

Prifysgol Aberystwyth
FT
Satisfied93%
Drop-out
Salary£28k
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MChemChemistry

University of York
FTPlacement
Satisfied94%
Drop-out5%
Salary£29k
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MChemMedicinal Chemistry with a Year in Industry

Queen's University of Belfast
FT
Satisfied91%
Drop-out15%
Salary£30k
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MSciNatural Sciences

Loughborough University
FT
Satisfied83%
Drop-out0%
Salary£30k
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BScBiochemistry and Immunology

University of Strathclyde
PT
Satisfied
Drop-out
Salary (subject)£24k*
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BScPhysics

The University of Manchester
FTPlacementAbroad
Satisfied
Drop-out40%
Salary (3yr)£34k
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MSciChemistry

University College London
FT
Satisfied85%
Drop-out18%
Salary£35k
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Subject Snapshot

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