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Medicine to Chemical engineering

Hi, all.
At the beginning of year 12, I was thinking of doing medicine so I am doing biology, chemistry and maths. But now during the summer ,I have been more inclined to doing chemical engineering. Will I be at a disadvantage applying for unis for chemical engineering if I did not do Physics as an A-level?

(Also sorry I don't know what forum to put this in specifically)
Original post by kkazutora
Hi, all.
At the beginning of year 12, I was thinking of doing medicine so I am doing biology, chemistry and maths. But now during the summer ,I have been more inclined to doing chemical engineering. Will I be at a disadvantage applying for unis for chemical engineering if I did not do Physics as an A-level?

(Also sorry I don't know what forum to put this in specifically)


Have you started looking at the entry requirements for some courses on uni websites? What do they say? If physics isn't a required subject for the course, then you will be fine. :smile:
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Original post by normaw
Have you started looking at the entry requirements for some courses on uni websites? What do they say? If physics isn't a required subject for the course, then you will be fine. :smile:

Most unis don't require having physics mostly chemistry or maths. But most people who do chemical engineering do physics so that's made me a little worried 😢. Thank you though !! <3
Reply 3
If a Uni doesn't want or prefer Physics then they are not going to penalise you for not having it.
Undergraduate Chemical Engineering courses - University of Birmingham - Mathematics and Chemistry and/or Physics.
Undergraduate degrees | Chemical Engineering | Loughborough University (lboro.ac.uk) - Maths and one of Chemistry or Physics
Chemical Engineering BEng | Undergraduate study | The University of Sheffield - Maths and a science or technology subject

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