Foundation courses
If you are from a country where the secondary (High School) education system is broader than that of the UK, or is one year shorter, you may need to take a foundation course, or ‘top-up’ course, before you are considered ready to enter a UK undergraduate degree scheme. These kinds of programmes are normally one year in duration and are offered by a wide variety of educational institutions.
The International Foundation Year, based at the International Study Centre on campus, is a rigorous three-term course of academic subjects, study skills and English language training designed specifically to provide international students with a direct path to degree study at Lancaster University.
Lancaster also runs in-country one-year Foundation Courses with selected partner institutions overseas. These are for students who wish to stay in their own country while they prepare for undergraduate study at Lancaster. Further information about these programmes and their location.
Remember to check our pages on country specific entry requirements and information about our representatives in your country for supplementary information.
We also accept students who have completed foundation courses from a range of other recognised institutions. In each case, a particular level of achievement will be expected depending on the system operating in each institution. In recent years, these programmes have included the following:
Bellerbys
Bellerbys College
1 Billinton Way
Brighton
BN1 4LF
Tel: +44 (0)1273 339300
Fax: +44 (0)1273 339398
Email: info@bellerbys.com
This includes Colleges at Cambridge, Hove, Oxford and London.
Bell International
Language for Life
Hillcross
Redcross Lane
Cambridge
CB2 2QX
Cambridge Tutor’s College
Water Tower Hill
Croydon
Surrey
CR20 5SX
Tel: +44 (0)208 6885284
Fax: +44 (0)208 686 9220
Email: admin@ctc.ac.uk
David Game Group
Mr Mansour Kaveh
Director of University Foundation Programme
David Game House
69 Notting Hill Gate
London
W11 3JS
Tel: 0207 221 6665
Fax: 0207 792 1480
Email: admissions@ufp.uk.com
Higher Education Foundation Programme – HEFP
c/o International Office
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL
Tel: +44 (0)24 7652 3003
Fax: +44 (0)24 7652 4337
Email: hefp@warwick.ac.uk
SOAS (University of London)
International Foundation Courses for Overseas Students
SOAS (University of London)
24 Russell Square
London
WC1H 0XG
Email: ifcels@soas.ac.uk
St Andrews College, Cambridge
2A Free School Lane
Cambridge
CB2 3QA
Tel: +44 (0)1223 360040
Email: standrews@mainoffice.domain.co.uk
St Andrews University
English Language Teaching
University of St Andrews
Kinnessburn
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DJ
Tel: +44 (0) 1334 462261/65
Fax: +44 (0) 1334 462270
Email: elt@st-andrews.ac.uk