Chemistry at university – what’s it all about? Ask the experts here

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Original post by CheeseIsVeg

Is there any chemistry-specific career advice available to students? (for both)

What's your favourite aspect of the course? (for both)

Do you have any idea what you want to move onto after your 3rd year ? (for E)

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Hi CheesIsVeg!
We have our careers service embedded in the School of Science and Technology (of which Chemistry is a department). We can therefore offer chemistry specific careers advice, to which our alumni are always happy to help.
As for my favourite aspect of the course - I enjoy seeing students thrive in their third year projects, applying the knowledge they have accrued throughout their degree and as a result all of us learning new things about the subject!
Thanks,
David

(p.s. Chemistry is the best!)

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Original post by 04MR17

To Elizabeth, what's the one thing you'd wish you had known during first year, that you know now about your degree? :curious:

Hi 04MR17!

Thank you for your question. This is a tough one for me! I would probably have to say that I wish I had known how quickly the three years of my course would go, in that university is an excellent chance to get involved in so many different things and meet so many people. Now that I'm in my final year, I definitely wish I had taken more of the opportunities given to me, as it is probably one of the few times I will have so many available. Academically, I have had the chance to learn so much and utilise this new knowledge within lab sessions. Here at NTU, you really do get a unique experience and I have to say that I wish I had taken more time to enjoy all these aspects of my course rather than be fully focused on completing my degree.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my time and experiences here, both academically and with societies and activities I have undertaken, however, I definitely recommend taking time to enjoy the experience as a whole and take as many opportunites as you can to try new things; there are so many to choose from here and the three years have flown by!

Feel free to ask as many questions as you like :smile:

- Elizabeth

(edited 6 years ago)

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Original post by CheeseIsVeg

Is there any chemistry-specific career advice available to students? (for both)

What's your favourite aspect of the course? (for both)

Do you have any idea what you want to move onto after your 3rd year ? (for E)

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Hello CheeseIsVeg!

Thank you for your questions. Career advice is available to students both specifically for Chemistry and help is general. We have a service, as David has mentioned, for Chemistry specifically, aswell as general careers advice. The employability centre is an excellent resource that I fully recommend utilising for any and all questions you might have regarding careers. Weekly emails are sent out to students in the form of a bulletin which details new and current experience and graduate programs available.

My favourite aspect of the course would definitely be the laboratory work! NTU is unique in what they offer during the lab sessions in terms of both facilities and practical aspects. I have especially enjoyed the labs that are part of my final year project; this has been a chance for me to use previous experience from the first two years and work independently, including planning experiments from scratch and completing safety checks, as well as perfoming the experiments and having the chance to research areas of the course that interest me the most.

Finally, I am hoping to complete a postgraduate research masters (MRes) course here at NTU and then potentially go on to complete a PhD. I have particularly enjoyed the research aspect of my final year and thus, I would like to take the additional masters year. This will be an opporunity for me to experience what a PhD will be like as its a step in between my undergraduate course and the PhD course, further allowing me to see what I enjoy and whether I would like to further my research education.

Feel free to ask any more questions that you might have!

- Elizabeth

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04MR17

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Original post by Nottingham Trent University

Feel free to ask as many questions as you like :smile:

Is this your typical sleep pattern? :tongue:

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joyandpeace

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How is studying Chemistry related to medicine? Would it be a good idea to study Chemistry first and the do medicine as a graduate?

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