Extended Foundation
Preparation for your Foundation
With the Extended Foundation programme you will study one additional term of academic and English language lessons before joining the three-term Foundation. This gives you additional preparation time to improve your IELTS score and help you achieve your potential.
You will gain the academic and English language skills needed to progress to one of our Foundation pathways.
Where will the Extended Foundation take me?
Subject pathways taught in Brighton:
- Art and Design
- Business, Finance and Management
- Chemical Engineering
- Computing
- Engineering
- International Relations and Politics
- Law
- Media
- Science and Pharmacy
- Social Sciences
Subject pathways taught in London:
Extended Foundation Key Facts
| Minimum age: | 16.5 |
| Course length: | 1 term, followed by 3-term Foundation |
| Start dates: | Brighton: September and January London: September and June Note: June start London only |
| Entry requirements: |
Four GCSE grades C or above. Maths B or above for Engineering and Science and Pharmacy Foundation |
| English language entry requirements: |
IELTS 4.0 Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we are now able to accept a wider range of English tests |
| Location: | London and Brighton |
| Tuition fees: | Visit our fees page for full details |
A Levels
A Levels are British qualifications, accepted by all universities in the UK and recognised in the USA and Australia. Students who are with us for five or six terms will typically study up to four A Levels. This gives you a world of choice.
Foundation
A one-year course for international students that builds specialist subject knowledge and language and study skills. It is more focussed than A Levels making it good preparation for university. It is recognised for entry onto a range of degree programmes at more than 100 universities in the UK.
International Year One
An International Year One course is a one-year course equal to the first year of an undergraduate degree. Taught in Brighton and London, this course prepares you for the second year of a related degree at university.