Foundation years

If you do not have a formal qualification for immediate entry onto a degree programme within the Business School you may be able to achieve your ambitions through the BSc Business Studies with Foundation Year programme.

This full-time, four-year course allows you to follow one of five pathways. Each pathway allows you to study towards a full honours degree from Leeds University Business School. You will also have the option to extend your degree to a five-year course with a study year abroad or year in industry.

Available pathways

• Accounting and Finance pathway – this leads to the award of BSc Accounting and Finance
• Banking and Finance pathway – this leads to the award of BSc Banking and Finance
• Business Management with Marketing pathway – this leads to the award of BA Business Management with Marketing
• Economics pathway – this leads to the award of BSc Economics
• Human Resource pathway – this leads to the award of BA Human Resource Management
• International Business pathway – this leads to the award of BSc International Business
• International business and Finance pathway - this leads to the award of BSc International Business and Finance
• International business and Marketing pathway - this leads to the award of BSc International Business and Marketing
• Management pathway – this leads to the award of BA Business Management

 

Am I eligible?

The Business Studies with Foundation Year programme is intended to widen participation and we also encourage applications from those who are returning to study with experience outside of full-time education.

Entry requirements

The entry requirements for the BSc Business Studies with Foundation Year programme are:

• Grade C/4 or above in GCSE English and Maths (grade B/6 or above in GCSE Maths for the Accounting and Finance and Economics pathways)
• And grades CCC at A-level or equivalent. Access, BTEC, AVCE, NVQ 3 and other vocational qualifications are all acceptable.

 

Applicants must also live permanently in the UK and meet at least one of the following criteria:

• your permanent address is in a neighbourhood with low progression to higher education 
• you attended a school which achieved less than the national average of 5 A*/9-C/4 passes at GCSE or attainment 8 score at GCSE)
• you grew up in public care 

The Lifelong Learning Centre delivers the Foundation level and Year 1 of the programme with students progressing into the Business School to complete the final 2 years of their degree.

 

Contact the Lifelong Learning Centre

For more information and to find out how to apply visit:

Lifelong Learning Centre
Marjorie and Arnold Ziff Building
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
T: (0113) 343 3212
E: bm@leeds.ac.uk
Visit the website