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Which A-levels do you need for Chemistry? Requirements at 36 UK universities
Of the 94 Chemistry degree courses at 36 UK universities (2027 entry), 91 require Chemistry (97%) and 28 require Mathematics (30%); the most common standard offer is AAB (25 courses). The safest three subjects are Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics, which keep 93 of 94 courses open.
- Courses
- 94
- Universities
- 36
- Most common standard offers
- AAB (25), AAA (22) and ABB (18)
- Admissions tests
- None of these courses asks for one
- Data
- 2027 entry · official course pages, verified October 2026
Subject demandacross 94 courses
RequiredOptionalSelect a subject to see what it opens in the Course Finder.
- Chemistryrequired 91 · optional 3
- Mathematicsrequired 28 · optional 20 · recommended 5
- Physicsrequired 7 · optional 27 · recommended 7
- Biologyoptional 27 · recommended 7
- Further Mathematicsoptional 16 · recommended 3
- Computer Scienceoptional 13 · recommended 1
- Geologyoptional 7
- Economicsoptional 6
- Psychologyoptional 5 · recommended 1
- Modern Languagerequired 1 · optional 2
The safest three subjects
Ranked by how many courses' subject requirements the three meet. This covers subjects only, not grades.
Chemistry + Mathematics + Physics
Keeps 93 of 94 courses open
Check Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics in the Course FinderChemistry + Mathematics + Biology
Keeps 86 of 94 courses open
Check Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology in the Course FinderChemistry + Mathematics + Further Mathematics
Keeps 80 of 94 courses open
Check Chemistry, Mathematics, Further Mathematics in the Course Finder
Course by course94 courses
| University | Course | Required / options | Standard offer | Admissions test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford | Chemistry | Chemistry, Mathematics | A*A*A | — |
| Imperial | Chemistry (MSci)+3 (also covers: Chemistry (BSc), Chemistry with Management (BSc), Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry (MSci)) | Chemistry, Mathematics | AAA | — |
| Imperial | Chemistry with Molecular Physics (MSci) | Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics | AAA | — |
| UCL | Chemistry MSci+1 (also covers: Chemistry BSc) | Chemistry + 1 of Biology/Physics/Mathematics | AAA | — |
| Warwick | Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry BSc) | Chemistry + 1 of Mathematics/Further Mathematics/Physics etc. | AAB | — |
| Warwick | Chemistry MChem+1 (also covers: Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry MChem) | Chemistry + 1 of Mathematics/Further Mathematics/Physics etc. | AAA | — |
| Edinburgh | Chemical Physics BSc+1 (also covers: Chemical Physics MChemPhys) | Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics | ABB | — |
| Edinburgh | Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry MChem) | Chemistry, Mathematics | ABB | — |
| Edinburgh | Medicinal and Biological Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Medicinal and Biological Chemistry MChem) | Chemistry, Mathematics | ABB | — |
| Manchester | Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry BSc) | Chemistry + 1 of Biology/Physics/Mathematics/Further Mathematics | AAA | — |
| Manchester | Chemistry MChem+1 (also covers: Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry MChem) | Chemistry + 1 of Biology/Physics/Mathematics/Further Mathematics | A*AA | — |
| KCL | Chemistry BSc+3 (also covers: Chemistry MSci, Chemistry with Biomedicine BSc, Chemistry with Biomedicine MSci) | Chemistry + 1 of Mathematics/Further Mathematics/Physics/Biology | AAB | — |
| Bristol | Chemical Physics BSc | Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics | AAA | — |
| Bristol | Chemical Physics MSci | Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics | A*AA | — |
| Bristol | Chemistry BSc | Chemistry | AAA | — |
| Bristol | Chemistry MSci | Chemistry | A*AA | — |
| Bristol | Chemistry with Computing BSc | Chemistry, Mathematics | AAA | — |
| Bristol | Chemistry with Computing MSci | Chemistry, Mathematics | A*AA | — |
| Durham | Chemistry and Mathematics BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry and Mathematics MSci) | Chemistry, Mathematics | A*AA | — |
| Durham | Chemistry and Physics BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry and Physics MSci) | Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics | A*AA | — |
| Durham | Chemistry BSc+3 (also covers: Chemistry MChem, Chemistry (with Industrial Project) MChem, Chemistry (with Overseas Project) MChem) | Chemistry, Mathematics | A*AA | — |
| St Andrews | Chemistry and Mathematics BSc | Chemistry, Mathematics | A*A*A | — |
| St Andrews | Chemical Sciences BSc | Chemistry | AAA | — |
| St Andrews | Chemistry and Physics MSci | Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics | AAA | — |
| St Andrews | Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry MChem) | Chemistry | AAA | — |
| St Andrews | Chemistry with French BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry with French MChem) | Chemistry, Modern Language | AAA | — |
| St Andrews | Chemistry with Mathematics MChem | Chemistry, Mathematics | A*A*A | — |
| St Andrews | Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry MChem) | Chemistry | AAA | — |
| St Andrews | Materials Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Materials Chemistry MChem) | Chemistry | AAA | — |
| Bath | Chemistry BSc+5 (also covers: Chemistry MChem, Chemistry for Drug Discovery BSc, Chemistry for Drug Discovery MChem, Chemistry with Management BSc, Chemistry with Management MSci) | Chemistry + 2 of Biology/Computer Science/Economics etc.; or Chemistry + 1 of Biology/Computer Science/Economics etc. | AAA | — |
| Glasgow | Chemical Physics BSc+1 (also covers: Chemical Physics MSci) | Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics | AAB | — |
| Glasgow | Chemistry BSc | Chemistry, Mathematics | ABB | — |
| Glasgow | Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry BSc | Chemistry, Mathematics | ABB | — |
| Glasgow | Chemistry/Mathematics BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry/Mathematics MSci) | Chemistry, Mathematics | AAB | — |
| Glasgow | Materials Chemistry BSc | Chemistry, Mathematics | ABB | — |
| Southampton | Chemistry (Digital Methods and Computational Modelling) BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry (Digital Methods and Computational Modelling) MChem) | Chemistry, Mathematics | AAB | — |
| Southampton | Chemistry BSc+3 (also covers: Chemistry MChem, Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry BSc, Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry MChem) | Chemistry | AAB | — |
| Leeds | Chemistry and Mathematics BSc | Chemistry, Mathematics | AAB | — |
| Leeds | Chemistry and Mathematics MChem | Chemistry, Mathematics | AAA | — |
| Leeds | Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry MChem) | Chemistry | AAB | — |
| Leeds | Chemistry with Artificial Intelligence BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry with Artificial Intelligence MChem) | Chemistry | AAB | — |
| Leeds | Medicinal Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Medicinal Chemistry MChem) | Chemistry | AAB | — |
| Birmingham | Chemistry BSc+2 (also covers: Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery BSc, Chemistry with Sustainability BSc) | Chemistry + 1 of Mathematics/Further Mathematics/Physics etc.; or Chemistry | AAB | — |
| Birmingham | Chemistry MSci+2 (also covers: Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery MSci, Chemistry with Sustainability MSci) | Chemistry + 1 of Mathematics/Further Mathematics/Physics etc.; or Chemistry | AAA | — |
| Birmingham | Chemistry with a Modern Language BSc | Chemistry + 1 of Mathematics/Further Mathematics/Physics etc.; or Chemistry | AAB | — |
| Birmingham | Chemistry with a Modern Language MSci | Chemistry + 1 of Mathematics/Further Mathematics/Physics etc.; or Chemistry | AAA | — |
| Birmingham | Chemistry with Business Management BSc | Chemistry + 1 of Mathematics/Further Mathematics/Physics etc.; or Chemistry | AAB | — |
| Birmingham | Chemistry with Business Management MSci | Chemistry + 1 of Mathematics/Further Mathematics/Physics etc.; or Chemistry | AAA | — |
| Nottingham | Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Medicinal and Biological Chemistry BSc) | Chemistry | AAB | — |
| Nottingham | Chemistry MSci+1 (also covers: Medicinal and Biological Chemistry MSci) | Chemistry | AAA | — |
| Sheffield | Chemistry BSc+3 (also covers: Chemistry MChem, Chemistry with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry BSc, Chemistry with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry MChem) | Chemistry | AAB | — |
| York | Chemistry BSc+9 (also covers: Chemistry MChem, Chemistry with Digital Methods BSc, Chemistry with Digital Methods MChem, Chemistry, Biological and Medicinal Chemistry BSc, Chemistry, Biological and Medicinal Chemistry MChem, Chemistry, Green Principles and Sustainable Processes BSc, Chemistry, Green Principles and Sustainable Processes MChem, Chemistry, the Atmosphere and the Environment BSc, Chemistry, the Atmosphere and the Environment MChem) | Chemistry + 1 of Biology/Electronics/Environmental Science etc.; or Chemistry | AAA | — |
| Lancaster | Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry MChem) | Chemistry + 1 of Biology/Computer Science/Economics etc. | ABB | — |
| Loughborough | Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry with Computing BSc) | Chemistry | ABB | — |
| Loughborough | Chemistry MChem+1 (also covers: Chemistry with Computing MChem) | Chemistry | AAB | — |
| Loughborough | Medicinal Chemistry BSc | Chemistry | ABB | — |
| Loughborough | Medicinal Chemistry MChem | Chemistry | AAB | — |
| QMUL | Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Pharmaceutical Chemistry BSc) | Chemistry | ABB | — |
| QMUL | Chemistry MSci | Chemistry | AAB | — |
| Cardiff | Chemistry BSc | Chemistry | ABB | — |
| Cardiff | Chemistry MChem | Chemistry | AAB | — |
| Cardiff | Medicinal Chemistry BSc | Chemistry | AAB | — |
| Newcastle | Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry BSc) | Chemistry | ABB | — |
| Newcastle | Chemistry MChem+1 (also covers: Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry MChem) | Chemistry | AAB | — |
| Liverpool | Chemistry BSc+2 (also covers: Chemistry MChem, Chemistry with Research in Industry MChem) | Chemistry + 1 of Biology/Computer Science/Economics etc.; or Chemistry | ABB | — |
| Liverpool | Medicinal Chemistry BSc+2 (also covers: Medicinal Chemistry with Pharmacology MChem, Medicinal Chemistry with Pharmacology with Research in Industry MChem) | Chemistry + 1 of Biology/Computer Science/Economics etc.; or Chemistry | ABB | — |
| Leicester | Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry MChem) | Chemistry | BBB | — |
| Leicester | Medicinal Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Medicinal Chemistry MChem) | Chemistry | BBB | — |
| Reading | Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Pharmaceutical Chemistry BSc) | Chemistry | BBB | — |
| Surrey | Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry with Forensic Investigation BSc) | Chemistry + 1 of Biology/Physics | BBB | — |
| Surrey | Chemistry MChem | Chemistry + 1 of Biology/Physics | AAB | — |
| Surrey | Medicinal Chemistry BSc | Chemistry + 1 of Biology/Physics | BBB | — |
| Sussex | Chemistry BSc | Chemistry | BBB | — |
| Sussex | Chemistry MChem | Chemistry | ABB | — |
| Sussex | Chemistry with Summer Research Placements MChem | Chemistry | A*AA | — |
| UEA | Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry with Education BSc) | Chemistry | ABB | — |
| UEA | Chemistry MChem | Chemistry | AAB | — |
| UEA | Medicinal Chemistry BSc | Chemistry | ABB | — |
| UEA | Medicinal Chemistry MChem | Chemistry | AAB | — |
| Aberdeen | Chemistry BSc | Chemistry + 1 of Biology/Physics/Mathematics/Further Mathematics | BBC | — |
| Aberdeen | Chemistry MChem | Chemistry + 1 of Biology/Physics | BBB | — |
| Strathclyde | Applied Chemistry & Chemical Engineering MSci | Chemistry, Mathematics | BBB | — |
| Strathclyde | Chemistry BSc+7 (also covers: Chemistry MChem, Chemistry with Data Science BSc, Chemistry with Data Science MChem, Chemistry with Drug Discovery BSc, Chemistry with Drug Discovery MChem, Forensic & Analytical Chemistry BSc, Forensic & Analytical Chemistry MChem) | Chemistry, Mathematics | BBB | — |
| Strathclyde | Chemistry with Teaching (International) BSc | Chemistry, Mathematics | BBB | — |
| Strathclyde | Chemistry with Teaching BSc+1 (also covers: Chemistry with Teaching MChem) | Chemistry, Mathematics | BBB | — |
| QUB | Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Medicinal Chemistry BSc) | Chemistry + 1 of Biology/Physics | BBB | — |
| QUB | Chemistry MChem+1 (also covers: Medicinal Chemistry MChem) | Chemistry + 1 of Biology/Physics | AAA | — |
| Kent | Chemistry BSc+2 (also covers: Chemistry MChem, Chemistry with Forensic Science BSc) | 1 of Chemistry/Biology/Physics | BCC | — |
| Kent | Forensic Science BSc+1 (also covers: Forensic Science MSci) | 1 of Chemistry/Biology | BBC | — |
| Swansea | Chemistry BSc | Chemistry | ABB | — |
| Swansea | Chemistry MChem | Chemistry | AAB | — |
| Heriot-Watt | Chemistry BSc+1 (also covers: Medicinal Chemistry BSc) | Chemistry + 1 of Mathematics/Physics | BBC | — |
| Heriot-Watt | Chemistry MChem+1 (also covers: Medicinal Chemistry MChem) | Chemistry + 1 of Mathematics/Physics | BBB | — |
| Dundee | Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery BSc | 1 of Biology/Chemistry | CCC | — |
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FAQ
Do you need Chemistry to study Chemistry?
Of the 94 Chemistry courses at 36 UK universities, 91 list Chemistry as required (97%); 3 do not list it as required (all of them accept it as one of a choice of subjects), for example Chemistry BSc at Kent and Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery BSc at Dundee.
What is the typical A-level offer for Chemistry?
The most common standard offers across the 94 Chemistry courses are AAB (25), AAA (22) and ABB (18); check each course page for the exact requirement.
Which three A-levels are safest for Chemistry?
Counting the courses whose subject requirements they meet, the safest three are Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics, keeping 93 of 94 courses open; next come Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology (86 of 94).