Chemistry or Natural Sciences degree

What is regarded more highly by employers and which has better job prospects?

Doesn't matter. Don't think of employers, think of yourself. It is your degree. Choice the one with the modules you like.

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TypicalNerd

Original post by omgwha

What is regarded more highly by employers and which has better job prospects?

Both have excellent job prospects and give you a range of transferrable skills that employers like to see.

Take whichever you would enjoy more or you think looks more interesting to you - have a look on a range of uni websites to get an idea of what each course entails and visit unis that appeal to you on open days to ask current students and staff about what the courses are like.

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Lancaster Student Ambassador

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Original post by omgwha

What is regarded more highly by employers and which has better job prospects?

Hiya,

The degree that is regarded more highly by employers can vary widely based on the employer's needs and the specific job role. Some employers might value the focused expertise of a Chemistry degree for roles requiring a deep understanding of chemical processes, while others might appreciate the broader knowledge base and adaptability of a Natural Sciences degree.

Both degrees have good job prospects so as said before, choose the degree you want to study. Which one interests you more? Which one to you want to learn about for 3 years? Choose the degree for yourself.

-Beth (Lancaster Student Ambassador)

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Bookworm524

Depending on which uni, some allow you to specialise so you might do chemistry in focus afterall. If you are interested in other subjects e.g. bio and phy as well as chem and don't know which to choose, a natsci degree would be good to explore which one you want to develop towards.

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Hiya,
A different Lancaster student here. I’m Ella, a MSci grad, I found doing NatSci made very little difference to my job prospects as I specialised in Physics mostly. Plus at Lancaster I know that if you do NatSci in 1st year and the realises you really wanted to do chemistry, they’d let you switch to chemistry at the end of 1st year (as long as you did enough modules in it)