Your Chemistry Offer

Congratulations on your offer to study Chemistry at Lancaster. We are hosting offer-holder events to help you make the right decision about your degree. Below, you will find information about what to expect on the day, and further information about your course.

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Why attend an offer holder event

Attending an Offer Holder Event is the best way to experience what studying at Lancaster is really like. You’ll explore your Department, meet the academics who’ll teach you, chat with current students, and get hands-on with lab practicals to help you decide with confidence if Lancaster is the right fit for you.

Don't just take our word for it, hear directly from our students who attended an offer holder event:

“Attending a Chemistry offer holder event was a very valuable opportunity for me. It was a great way to see the state-of-the-art research facilities, take part in a fun experiment in the analytical teaching lab, and meet current students and staff.

I was able to ask all of my questions regarding details about degree programmes, entry requirements, what’s it like studying Chemistry and much more! It is also a fantastic way to connect and meet new people who also have an interest in Chemistry, as well as learn exciting new chemistry in tutorials with one of the Department’s academics.”

Carmen Barker-Benavides, 3rd year MChem Chemistry student

Your offer holder event

What to expect

You’ll leave with a vivid picture of your future at Lancaster—and you’ll have fun while doing it by experiencing what life is like as a student studying within the Department.

  • Hands-on lab experience: Step into real teaching labs and try out experiments
  • Inspirational lecture: Get a feel for academic life with subject talks delivered by our academics
  • Meet our community: Talk to academics, current students, and support staff to ask anything about courses, placements, and life at Lancaster
  • Take a tour: See where you’ll study, the facilities you’ll use, and the equipment you'll learn with
  • More than a degree: Discover more about our degrees, plus industrial placements, study abroad opportunities, and entry requirement information

Event dates

  • Saturday 31st January 2026 
  • Saturday 14th February 2026 
  • Saturday 14th March 2026 

Sample schedule

Here's an example of what you'll get to experience on the day:

Time

Activity

10.30am-11am

Welcome talk - Chemistry subject talk

11.10am-12.55pm

Chemistry laboratory taster session

Departmental tour and Q&A with the chemistry academics (parents only)

1pm-1.45pm

Lunch with the Chemistry Department

Wellbeing and support at Lancaster University talk or University next steps talk (parents only)

1.50pm-2.30pm

Chemistry taster lecture

2.30pm

Day ends - optional activities 

How to book

Don’t wait—places are limited and these events fill up fast. You should have received an email when you were made an offer with a unique booking reference. Please refer back to that email to book.

Hear from our students

Our students let you know exactly how it feels to be part of the Chemistry Department at Lancaster, how it feels to settle in and to push yourself to new highs.

Facilities

A £26 million investment in our newly refurbished Faraday Building is benefiting students and researchers, with state-of-the-art laboratories as well as some of the best instrumentation in the UK. With cutting-edge resources for microscopy and nanofabrication, magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry, Lancaster is well equipped to give you the best experience.

Study Abroad

You may want to consider the Study Abroad variant of our programme. On this degree, you will spend your third year of the MChem at one of our partner universities across the globe. It’s an opportunity to broaden your horizons and gain valuable experience of a different social and academic environment.

Industrial Placement

We now also offer an MChem (with Industrial Placement) where the fourth year of your studies takes place within an industrial setting. The industrial placement option aims to enhance student employability while providing the opportunity to experience the environment of a real chemistry workplace.

Julia Szymanska

A place for Julia

As an international student, I didn’t have the chance to visit the campus before starting my course. However, I was amazed by everyone’s friendliness and support in the Chemistry department and the modern feel of the chemistry building. Right from the beginning, I was assigned a personal academic advisor, who provides me with academic, career and pastoral help whenever I need it.

There is also an open-door policy at the department, which means that whenever I have a question about material from a given module or I want to discuss anything else with an academic, I can simply go to their office without arranging a meeting with them beforehand.

 

What I especially enjoy as part of my degree are the practicals where I can apply the knowledge I get from the lectures and workshops in practice. In my second year, I had 8-12 hours of practicals per week where I either worked in the synthetic or analytical lab or did computer simulations in one of the computer labs. With every session, I became more confident in using various instruments or programmes.

I have also had the opportunity to explore my career options during two careers modules. Talking to some of the staff about my future prospects has convinced me that I would like to pursue a career in research. Since then, I have applied for various internships advertised by the department, and I cannot wait to hear back about the offers from the companies.

Although I still haven’t finished my degree, I cannot wait for all the opportunities to broaden my knowledge of chemistry and enhance my employability with the help of the department.

Julia Szymanska, MChem Hons Chemistry

Let's keep in touch

We hope to see you at one of our offer holder events. If you have any further questions, or want more insight into life at Lancaster, get in touch:

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