You should have achieved, or be on track to achieve, the equivalent of a UK lower second-class honours degree (2:2).

For country-specific entry requirements and mark equivalencies, please visit the relevant Country-Specific Information webpage and review the postgraduate entry requirements section. All visiting students, whether undergraduate, postgraduate taught, or postgraduate research, should consult this section for details of grade equivalencies.

Additional 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 in the module catalogue.

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.

Check you are eligible to apply

You should have achieved, or be on track to achieve, the equivalent of a UK lower second-class honours degree (2:2).

For country-specific entry requirements and mark equivalencies, please visit the relevant Country-Specific Information webpage and review the postgraduate entry requirements section. All visiting students, whether undergraduate, postgraduate taught, or postgraduate research, should consult this section for details of grade equivalencies.

Check you are eligible to apply

Additional requirements

You should hold an undergraduate degree in Chemistry or a related subject. Please contact our postgraduate team to ask about opportunities to study with us.

You should have achieved, or be on track to achieve, the equivalent of a UK lower second-class honours degree (2:2).

For country-specific entry requirements and mark equivalencies, please visit the relevant Country-Specific Information webpage and review the postgraduate entry requirements section. All visiting students, whether undergraduate, postgraduate taught, or postgraduate research, should consult this section for details of grade equivalencies.

Before you apply

Visiting postgraduate research student applicants should contact the relevant department before beginning your application to ensure that appropriate supervision for your project can be provided. You will be asked to submit a research plan and to provide the name of your preferred supervisor as part of your application.

Visiting postgraduate research students can apply at any time throughout the year. There are no deadlines, but please apply at least three months ahead of your planned arrival to allow for administrative processes. We encourage you to refer to the tuition fees for visiting postgraduate research students webpage before you apply.

Check you are eligible to apply

Additional requirements

You should hold an undergraduate degree in Chemistry or a related subject. Please contact our postgraduate team to ask about opportunities to study with us.

All visiting students from non-majority English-speaking countries are required to demonstrate their English language ability, regardless of their length of study or visa type. We accept a range of global English tests such as IELTS and TOEFL iB. Please note English language requirements vary by academic department and level of study.

IELTS requirements for Chemistry: 6.5, with 6.0 in each component.

Undergraduate English language requirements

All visiting students from non-majority English-speaking countries are required to demonstrate their English language ability, regardless of their length of study or visa type. We accept a range of global English tests such as IELTS and TOEFL iB. Please note English language requirements vary by academic department and level of study.

IELTS requirements for Chemistry: 6.0 with 6.0 in writing and 5.5 in each component.

Postgraduate taught English language requirements

All visiting students from non-majority English-speaking countries are required to demonstrate their English language ability, regardless of their length of study or visa type. We accept a range of global English tests such as IELTS and TOEFL iB. Please note English language requirements vary by academic department and level of study.

You can find the requirements for Chemistry on our Postgraduate research English language requirements page. 

Postgraduate research English language requirements

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. Visiting students doing a placement project must discuss this with the Departmental International Officer to agree on a placement supervisor.

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. 

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.

Studying with other departments

You may be able to study a combination of modules from Chemistry and other departments. Find out more on our Teaching and Module Selection web page. If you would like to study modules from more than one academic department, timetabling constraints will affect which modules you can choose. Module choice cannot be confirmed until the first supervisory meeting.

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

You can find full details of assessments for each module via the module catalogue.