CertHE Applied Science

Start Date: 8th September 2025

Length 1 year
Study Full-Time
Location Rye Hill Campus

Qualification Gained

Level 4 CertHE Applied Science

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This course ensures that you are well prepared to make a difference in the scientific industry. It also allows you to progress straight onto the second year of the FdSc in Applied Science.

During this one year course, you will develop your understanding of biology and chemistry fundamentals whilst gaining an appreciation of healthcare systems and technologies.

You will also delve into organic and inorganic chemistry, the theoretical and practical application of analytical chemistry, at the same time as studying how matter behaves at the atomic and molecular scale in physical chemistry.

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George Vincent

Level 3 Applied Science

A lot of my tutors are from industry, which gives me a lot of insights into what the science industry is like and what kinds of jobs I can do afterwards. I’d love to study microbiology or genetic research for my career, it’s absolutely an interesting field to work in!

Laura Proudlock

Curriculum Leader - Health

"The best thing about my role is seeing the changes in students. From when they start to the end of each academic year. Their academic progress and development as well as their personal growth. I like that I can inspire confidence and support students becoming the person they want to be."

Daily tasks:

Develops procedures for quality control of manufactured products.
Tests techniques and processes for reliability under a variety of conditions.
Analyses results and experimental data.
Conducts experiments to identify chemical composition, energy and chemical changes in natural substances and processed materials.
Develops experimental procedures, instruments and recording and testing systems.

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Daily tasks:

Monitors the distribution, presence and behaviour of plants, animals and aquatic life, and performs other scientific tasks related to conservation not performed by jobholders in MINOR GROUP 214: Conservation and Environment Professionals.
Advises farmers, medical staff and others, on the nature of field crops, livestock and produce and on the treatment and prevention of disease.
Observes the structure of communities of organisms in the laboratory and in their natural environment.
Researches the effects of internal and external environmental factors on the life processes and other functions of living organisms.
Performs tests to study physiological and pathological characteristics within cells and other organisms.
Identifies and studies the chemical substances, including microbial infections, involved in physiological processes and the progress of disease.
Studies the physical and chemical form, structure, composition and function of living organisms.

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Median Salary

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Daily tasks:

Applies mathematical models and techniques to assist in the solution of scientific problems in industry and commerce and seeks out new applications of mathematical analysis.
Observes, records and collates data on atmospheric conditions from weather stations, satellites, and observation vessels to plot and forecast weather conditions.
Uses surveys, seismology and other methods to determine the earth.
Conducts experiments and tests and uses mathematical models and theories to investigate the structure and properties of matter, transformations and propagations of energy, the behaviour of particles and their interaction with various forms of energy.

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Chemical scientists

Daily tasks:

Develops procedures for quality control of manufactured products.
Tests techniques and processes for reliability under a variety of conditions.
Analyses results and experimental data.
Conducts experiments to identify chemical composition, energy and chemical changes in natural substances and processed materials.
Develops experimental procedures, instruments and recording and testing systems.

Median Salary

£35,281 View more

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Biological Scientists and Biochemists

Daily tasks:

Monitors the distribution, presence and behaviour of plants, animals and aquatic life, and performs other scientific tasks related to conservation not performed by jobholders in MINOR GROUP 214: Conservation and Environment Professionals.
Advises farmers, medical staff and others, on the nature of field crops, livestock and produce and on the treatment and prevention of disease.
Observes the structure of communities of organisms in the laboratory and in their natural environment.
Researches the effects of internal and external environmental factors on the life processes and other functions of living organisms.
Performs tests to study physiological and pathological characteristics within cells and other organisms.
Identifies and studies the chemical substances, including microbial infections, involved in physiological processes and the progress of disease.
Studies the physical and chemical form, structure, composition and function of living organisms.

Median Salary

£40,916 View more

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Physical Scientists

Daily tasks:

Applies mathematical models and techniques to assist in the solution of scientific problems in industry and commerce and seeks out new applications of mathematical analysis.
Observes, records and collates data on atmospheric conditions from weather stations, satellites, and observation vessels to plot and forecast weather conditions.
Uses surveys, seismology and other methods to determine the earth.
Conducts experiments and tests and uses mathematical models and theories to investigate the structure and properties of matter, transformations and propagations of energy, the behaviour of particles and their interaction with various forms of energy.

Median Salary

£46,453 View more

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