If students have, or can acquire, sufficient ability in French, German or Spanish for day-to-day living, this is a great opportunity to spend fourth year in a research group of one of our partner universities abroad. English will be used in the chosen research group. Students can also soak up the culture of the country for a year, learn research methods and improve their foreign language skills.

Career prospects are excellent as not only are students highly qualified chemists, but they have also demonstrated independent spirit by succeeding in a different environment. These abilities, combined with advanced research training and improved language expertise are very popular attributes with employers.