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80% of our research was classified as world-leading or internationally excellent (Research Excellence Framework, 2021)

Postgraduate Research at Keele

Postgraduate students are central to our learning community, and we can guarantee a warm welcoming community and campus life. We also offer a number of distance learning opportunities where we extend our warm welcome and strong ethos of quality supervision, research training and digital modes of working to students off campus.

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Postgraduate research areas

What is a research degree?

Find out about the types of research degrees available

Entry requirements

Academic and non-academic criteria

How to apply

Advice and important information to help with your application

Fees and funding information

Fees and funding support for all research degrees including Fellowships

Postgraduate research funding

Facts and figures

80% of our research is deemed world-leading or internationally excellent. REF 2021

95% graduate employability HESA Graduate Outcomes, 2019/20

93% of our international postgraduate research students reported overall satisfaction PRES 2019

Top 10 in the UK For research opportunities offered to postgrads, PRES 2019

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Entry requirements

This course is open to graduates with a minimum of a 2:2 BSc (Hons) in Chemistry.

Successful applicants will be interviewed by the proposed research project supervisor and a member of the MRes programme team or another appropriate member of chemistry staff.

Months of entry

Course content.

Please note, all course information including entry requirements relates to the 2022/23 academic year.

The focus of the MRes in Chemistry is learning through substantial "hands-on" research training along with completion of a final written thesis. Alongside this are modules of research-led teaching, to compliment the chosen chemistry research discipline.

On the MRes Chemistry programme, learning is facilitated through hands-on research training and the completion of a final written thesis. You will experience research-led teaching to compliment your chosen Chemistry research discipline which will derive from organic, inorganic, physical and chemical biology subject areas, along with the teaching of relevant research techniques.

The MRes in Chemistry programme provides the opportunity for you to acquire postgraduate-level research and employability skills across a range of disciplines within Chemistry, providing a strong background for a research career in either academia or industry or for further study (PhD).

Chemistry at Keele conducts internationally recognised fundamental research in many areas, ranging across the traditional core subsets of organic, inorganic and physical chemistry and chemical biology. As a postgraduate student on the MRes in Chemistry course, you will benefit from our expertise in these areas and our collaborative research links within academia and industry.

Information for international students

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

IELTS 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component . The University also accepts a range of internationally recognised English tests .

If you do not meet the English language requirements, the University offers a range of English language preparation programmes .

During your degree programme you can study additional english language courses . This means you can continue to improve your English language skills and gain a higher level of English.

Fees and funding

For information related to fees and funding, please visit the  individual course page  on the Keele University website.

Qualification, course duration and attendance options

  • Campus-based learning is available for this qualification

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