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Course type
Certificate  
Credits
90  
How long it takes
Part-time study – 2 years
Full-time study – N/A
Time limit – 6 years
Study method
Distance learning
Entry requirements
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Professional Certificate in Chemistry

Course code: S34

In studying this certificate, you’ll gain a foundation in the main branches of chemistry and an appreciation of chemistry in all aspects of our lives. You’ll explore the synthesis of organic compounds, spectroscopic analysis, the Periodic Table and reactivity, bonding and molecular shape, thermodynamics and kinetics. Online and remote experiments and a compulsory 2.5-day laboratory-based residential school at our Milton Keynes campus will build your investigative and practical skills. This certificate is beneficial if you’ll be teaching chemistry up to Key Stage 4 and your background is in another science. Or if you are thinking about training to be a chemistry teacher.

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