Study location	Netherlands, Vlissingen
Type	Bachelor courses, full-time
Nominal duration	4 years
Study language	English
Awards	B.AS

Tuition fee	€2,083 per year First-year students pay EUR 1041 tuition fee

Entry qualification

High school / secondary education (or higher) A good knowledge of chemistry, mathematics* and/or biology *You must have taken this subject as an exam subject in your secondary school curriculum The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original.

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL, Certificate in Advanced English (CAE), sufficient results in secondary school final exams or other equivalent IELTS: 6.0 CAE: 169 Secondary school diploma results accepted from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia

Other requirements

NB! HZ University of Applied Sciences will only consider your application if their course is marked as your first priority. If you haven’t yet obtained the diploma/certificate giving access to the bachelor programme of your choice, you must send us a statement (in English) from your school, where the name of the diploma and the expected date of graduation is stated. Please find a template here We advise you to make sure you have an authenticated birth certificate ready, as you may also need it for formalities upon arrival in Holland.

More information	Expenses, accommodation, working etc. hz.nl/en/study-programmes/chemistry

Overview

Chemistry is all about experimenting, researching and analysing. You are going to ensure diseases are no longer life-threatening, or you’ll be solving murder cases based on DNA analyses. Are you ready to help drive the world forward? Then opt for a Chemistry course at the HZ.

You will be researching the composition of substances and products and will be able to analyse these down to the very last molecule. From waste water to medicine to plastics. Suppose there is a suspicion the groundwater is contaminated, then you will be able to ascertain whether this is actually the case.

In addition to a researching attitude, you will be eager to learn and enjoy inventing or creating new things. Would you like to be employed as a chemical engineer in the business community, or for a non-profit organisation? The Chemistry course at the HZ will train you to become an analytical and accurate researcher.

Career opportunities

If you have specialised in Applied Chemistry, you may practice one of the following professions: researcher, production development analyst, head of a laboratory, commercial assistant, spokesperson for a company or government or quality controller in a laboratory at companies such as DOW, GEP, SGS-Ecocare, Unilever, Akzo Nobel, Food Inspection Departments, government institutes or universities.

If you have specialised in Life Sciences, your career may start as a ‘junior researcher’ or ‘research technician’ in a (bio)medical laboratory doing research into all kinds of diseases, or you can do research in a multinational food industry, in a company or at a research institute (ecological diversity of plants/animals).