Foundation courses

If you don’t have the formal qualifications for immediate entry to a degree course, you can take a foundation course. Sometimes known as extended degrees, these courses help you prepare for degree-level studies and gain the necessary academic background.

On successful completion, you will then progress to the first year of your relevant degree course.

Our foundation courses are:

• BA Arts and Humanities with Foundation Year
• BSc Business Studies with Foundation Year
• BSc Interdisciplinary Science with Foundation Year
• BA Social Science (extended social sciences courses)
• BSc Studies in Science with Foundation Year
• We also offer a part-time evening foundation course, BA Interdisciplinary Studies with Preparation for Higher Education, run through the Lifelong Learning Centre.

International students

International Foundation Year programmes are intended for academically able international students who wish to study at a British university but do not yet have the qualifications they need to start an undergraduate degree course.