::: Get a place at a UK university in just one year

Courses at Bellerbys College - Foundation

Your university place in just one year

This course is ideal if you:

  • are aged 16.5 or over
  • are willing to study hard on an intensive course in order to save time
  • need English support and study skills to enable you to succeed at university
  • want to secure a guaranteed place at a UK university


One-year fast track to university

The Bellerbys Foundation programme is a three-term course that provides an intensive, fast-track route to a university place.  You can graduate to university in just one year.  You start the programme in either September, January or April, enabling you to choose the best time to start depending on your own circumstances.

A 100% guaranteed university place with one of our 50 university partners

Successful completion ensures guaranteed entry to a choice of over 890 degree courses at one of the 50 universities which formally recognise the programme.  We will give you full counselling and advice to make the right choice.  You will also be able to meet university representatives before making a final decision, both at their campuses and during the Higher Education days held at Bellerbys.

Find out more about our Foundation course university partners

The learning skills you need, plus a choice of subject routes

To study at university alongside UK students, you need to be exceptionally well prepared.  The Bellerbys Foundation doesn't just give you English language provision and some basic study skills.  It is an academically demanding course which consists of core academic modules and a choice of seven subject routes, each carefully designed to focus on the academic areas most useful to your future study intentions.  These routes lead directly to a range of specific degree courses in related disciplines.

To see a full list of degree courses that you may progress on to after completing the Bellerbys Foundation course please download the Foundation progression route table (PDF, 54Kb) or alternatively choose one of the subjects below for more details about specific courses, modules and progression routes.

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Top 2009 Foundation Students

Over 500 students graduated onto UK degree courses from Bellerbys College Foundation programmes in 2009.  34% of which went on to study at the UK's top 20 universities. 

Student Name Result Degree Destination
Yi Lin Fong 94% Law Bristol
Steven Krisman 93% Law Bristol
Charles Kofi Adjei-Mensah 91% Maths with Actuarial Science Southampton
Chung Yin Wong 91% Actuarial Science City
Li Ting Wong 90% Law Leicester

Read more about our Foundation student results

Nurlan Yesserkep from Kazakhstan, studying Engineering Foundation

"I have chosen the Engineering Foundation course so that I will be able to apply to one of the British universities. It is a very interesting and challenging course covering all the basic principles that I would need in order to pursue a degree in Chemical Engineering.  The classes are excellent and Iunderstand the subjects more clearly here."
Nurlan Yesserkep from Kazakhstan, studying Engineering Foundation

Supervision Plus – optional support for Bellerbys students at university

We understand that settling into a new life at university after graduating from Bellerbys can be difficult for some students.  For this reason, we are now offering a new, optional academic counselling service called Supervision Plus to help those students adjust in their first terms at university.

Students graduating from our Foundation courses to a British university can sign up for this optional service at the beginning, during or at the end of their studies at Bellerbys.

Find out more about Supervision Plus