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Chemistry with Biosciences (Chemical Sciences)

Trinity College Dublin

Dublin

🇮🇪IrelandNatural Sciences4 yearsBachelor of Science34 IB Points

Program Overview

What is Chemistry with Biosciences? Chemistry with Biosciences is designed to produce graduates who are prepared to work at the interface of chemistry and biology, addressing global issues in chemical and life science such as drug development and safety, biomedicine, biotechnology and clinical operations. Graduate skills and career opportunities As with graduates in other branches of chemistry, the skills acquired during this course will make you highly attractive to employers in a wide variety of areas. Graduates can contribute to research developments across the healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and the food processing sectors. This degree will also prepare you to work in education, science communication, business, data analysis and administration. Our Chemistry with Biosciences degree would serve as an excellent primary degree for a graduate course in health science such as medicine or physiotherapy. Our graduates can also pursue postgraduate degrees either in the School of Chemistry or in other world-class research institutions. How competitive: applicants from the EU apply through the CAO and are ranked on points. In round 1 of 2026, places went to applicants with 534 points or more. On Trinity's indicative scale for the IB, that is about 40 points, or about 38 with Higher Level Mathematics at 4 or better, which adds 25. Applicants from outside the EU apply to Trinity directly and are assessed individually.

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Academic Requirements

Requirements checked for 2027 entry

One of

English A: Literature or English A: Language & Literature or English B

SL • Required: 4

One of

Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches or Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation

SL • Required: 5

One of

Physics or Chemistry or Biology or Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches or Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation or Geography or Computer Science

HL • Required: 5