Science & Pharmacy Foundation Programme

The Bellerbys Science Foundation course is ideal for students wishing to study Science or Pharmacy related subjects at university, including Environmental Science, Biological Science, Chemistry, Food Technology, Pharmacology or Science courses.  The course is carefully designed to focus on the academic areas most useful to your future study intentions.

You can choose to study the Science Foundation course at Bellerbys College Brighton, Cambridge, London or Oxford and start the course in either January or September.

Academic Structure

You will study core subjects, with all other Foundation students, plus the following modules.

Cell Biology
Students are taught about biological molecules, cellular structure and function, chromosomes structure, cell division, movement through cell membranes, enzymes and metabolic pathways.

Physiology
Students are taught about the cardiovascular system, the respiratory system, the digestive system, osmo-regulation, control and coordination and reproduction.

Core Principles of Chemistry
Students are taught formulae, equations and moles, atomic structure, introduction to redox systems, thermodynamics and bonding.

Chemistry 2
Reaction rates, acid-base equilibria, kinetics and organic chemistry.

Pure Maths 1
Functions including the modulus and exponential functions; logarithms; series; the equations of lines; solving trigonometric equations; basic differentiation and integration and their applications; data handling including histograms, mean, mode, median and standard deviation.

Plus one of the following modules:

Applied Statistics for Scientists
A basic course introducing probability and statistics covering simple discrete and continuous random variables and associated  distributions, regression and correlation and simple hypothesis’ testing.

Pure Maths 2
Develop the mathematics studied in Pure Maths 1 through further algebra, co-ordinate geometry, trigonometry, differentiation and more.

Where Next?

Students who successfully complete the Science & Pharmacy Foundation course can join the following Bachelor Degree programmes with our university partners.

Aberystwyth University
Anglia Ruskin University
Bangor University
University of Bath
University of Brighton
University of Bristol
Cardiff University
University of Chester
De Montfort University Leicester
Durham University
University of Essex
University of Exeter
University of Hertfordshire
Keele University
University of Kent
Lancaster University
University of Leeds
University of Leicester
University of Liverpool
Liverpool John Moores University
Loughborough University
Brunel University*
City University*
University of East London*
Goldsmiths, University of London*
University of Kingston, London*
London Metropolitan University*
Middlesex University, London*
School of Pharmacy, University of London*
Queen Mary College, University of London*
Roehampton University*
Royal Holloway College, University of London*
London South Bank University*
St Mary's University College*
Newcastle University
Northumbria University
University of Nottingham
Oxford Brookes University
University of Portsmouth
University of Reading
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
University of Surrey
University of Sussex
University of Sunderland
Swansea University
University of York

* Universities in the London area

Class of 2011

We have a number of Science and Pharmacy Foundation students graduating onto a range of courses at top UK universities.  Here are just a few:

Student Name	Home Country	Final Grade	Degree Course	University
Boon Khai Austin Lim	Singapore	90%	Biological Science	Newcastle
Siu Cheung Ho	Hong Kong	89%	Pharmacy	Nottingham
Anh Thu Ly	Vietnam	86%	Pharmacy	Nottingham
Tsz Wing Lee	Hong Kong	85%	Pharmacy	Nottingham
Kang Shen Ooi	Malaysia	85%	Nutrition & Food Science	Surrey
Cecile Lamaud	France	80%	Medical Physiology	East London
Lesley Chinazo Onyekuru	Nigeria	80%	Master of Pharmacy	London School of Pharmacy
Q Penn Tan	Malaysia	80%	Pharmacy	Liverpool John Moores