Foundation courses
The Foundation Year is for you if:
- You do not have the right qualifications for a full degree.
- You feel you are not yet ready for degree-level study.
- You are returning to study and feel you need some help to get up to speed with the demands of learning before embarking on a degree.
The Foundation Year of a degree course lasts one year full-time or two years part-time. Passing the Foundation Year guarantees progression to the degree on which your offer is based.
Middlesex University offers the following Foundation Years:
- Foundation Year in Computing
- BSc Global Social Science with Foundation Year
Intensive Foundation
Our unique Intensive Foundation courses offer you the opportunity to combine your preparation for a degree course with a gap year; travelling, working and earning to help pay for life at University. Better still, successful completion of the Intensive Foundation guarantees you a place on the undergraduate subject degree course that you nominate.
The Intensive Foundations are spread over twelve weeks with one-on-one tuition every day, five days a week.
- Intensive Foundation in Art and Design
- Intensive Foundation Digital Arts
- Intensive Foundation in Fashion
Foundation in Art and Design leading to the following BA honours programmes:
Design, Interior & Applied Arts
Fashion
Fashion Design, Styling & Promotion
Fashion Textiles
Fine Art
Graphic Design
Illustration
Animation
Interior Architecture & Design
Interior Architecture: Design & Practice
Jewellery & Accessories
Photography
Product Design
Foundation in Digital Arts leading to the following BA honours programmes:
Film Studies Degree
Film, Media and Cultural Studies
Film, Video and Interactive Arts
Animation
3D Animation and Games
Television Production
Television Production - Technical Arts
Interactive and Social Media
Media and Cultural Studies
Fine Art
Entry requirements
To enter a Foundation Year course we require 60 tariff points with minimum of 40 points from one 6-unit award (for example, E + 20). Within any offer, a pass at a particular grade and/or in a particular subject may be required. We also require both GCSE Maths and English Language at grade C.
Foundation Degrees
A Foundation Degree usually takes two years’ full-time study, and sits on the same level as the Higher National Diploma and Certificate but below the three year full-time degrees of Bachelor of Science (BSc ) or Bachelor of Arts (BA).
