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Key Facts
- Course length: 3 terms
- Tuition fee
- Entry points:
September or January - Term dates:
September 2010 start:
1 - 27/9/10 to 10/12/10
2 - 10/1/11 to 25/3/11
3 - 11/4/11 to 17/6/11
January 2011 start:
1 - 10/1/11 to 25/3/11
2 - 11/4/11 to 17/6/11
3 - 20/6/11 to 19/8/11 - Entry requirements
- Course structure: See details of individual routes
The International Foundation Year
A specialist pathway to your undergraduate degree
The International Foundation Year is a tailor-made three-term course of academic subjects, study skills and English language training that provides an intensive, direct path to degree study (or to a one-year Pre-Medical programme). The course prepares you for undergraduate study in a range of subject areas at the University.
The foundation course is rigorous, academically demanding and designed specifically to ensure that international students gain the skills and knowledge to succeed in their degree.
Study structure
You can choose one of seven Foundation routes:- Business, Management & Economics
- Computing & Mathematics
- Engineering & Physics
- Law & Social Studies
- Life Sciences & Psychology
- Media Studies
- Pre-Medical
All Foundation routes are modular in structure. There are core modules common to each route. These are modules which every student must take as they provide essential preparation for study in a UK university.
You will also study route-specific modules, each carefully designed to focus on the academic areas most useful to your planned subject of study.
Your study will consist of 16 hours per week lecture and seminar style classes, and 20 hours per week made up of small group seminar work and directed self-study.