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21 Best Foundation Year Programs for 2024

Browse our comprehensive list of the 21 best Foundation Year programs offered in 2024, meticulously curated to help you find the perfect fit for your academic goals and career aspirations.

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English Foundation Program

EU Business School

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Spain, Switzerland, Germany

Foreign Languages and Literatures

Foundation Year

This specialized program will help you refine your language skills and prepare you for our bachelor’s programs, which are taught in English. Upon satisfactory completion of the English Foundation Program, you will be eligible to enroll in an EU degree program if you meet all the application requirements.

English

2 Months

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Business Bridging Program

EU Business School

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Spain, Switzerland, Germany

Business

Foundation Year

The Business Bridging program gives you the knowledge to succeed in EU’s threeyear bachelor’s programs. You will study management, economics and business law and strengthen your academic, communication and business English skills. Successful completion of the Business Bridging Program entitles you to automatic admission into the first year of our bachelor’s programs if you meet all the application requirements.

English

2 Months

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English Foundation - Online Program

EU Business School

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Online

Spain

Foreign Languages and Literatures

Foundation Year

This specialized program will help you refine your language skills and prepare you for our bachelor’s programs, which are taught in English. Upon satisfactory completion of the English Foundation Program, you will be eligible to enroll in an EU degree program if you meet all the application requirements.

English

2 Months

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Business Bridging - Online Program

EU Business School

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Online

Spain

Business

Foundation Year

The Business Bridging program gives you the knowledge to succeed in EU’s threeyear bachelor’s programs. You will study management, economics and business law and strengthen your academic, communication and business English skills. Successful completion of the Business Bridging Program entitles you to automatic admission into the first year of our bachelor’s programs if you meet all the application requirements.

English

2 Months

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Illustration Foundation Diploma

Online College of Art & Design

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Online

United Kingdom

Arts, Fine Arts, Design

Foundation Year

This stimulating course has a strong practical focus, embracing a broad range of approaches and media, across contexts such as editorial, illustration, or sequential narrative.

Art & Design Foundation Diploma

Online College of Art & Design

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Online

United Kingdom

Arts, Design

Foundation Year

This Online Foundation Diploma course will develop your skills, knowledge and understanding of art and design and get you into University and the creative careers. If you are provocative, intensely passionate, endlessly creative, unconventional if you have something to say then do this course.

Fashion & Textiles Design Foundation Diploma

Online College of Art & Design

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Online

United Kingdom

Arts, Design

Foundation Year

The Online Foundation Diploma in Fashion & Textiles Design is a three-stage, full-time or part-time programme designed for serious career-oriented students who wish to be fashion or textile designers, footwear designers, stylists, make-up artists, fashion photographers, buyers, journalists and managers.

Online International Foundation Programme - Business

The University of Law Business School Online

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Online

United Kingdom

Business, International Business

Foundation Year

The Online International Foundation Programme for Business is a one year course providing a pathway to undergraduate studies in Business. Students will gain an active understanding of a range of themes affecting the contemporary business world, such as international financial markets, management and marketing.

English

6 Months

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Photography Foundation Diploma

Online College of Art & Design

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Online

United Kingdom

Arts

Foundation Year

This stimulating and transformative photography course will empower you to enter the profession of photography. It will shape your identity as a photographer who possesses the confidence and skills to challenge the contemporary practice.

BA (Hons) Criminology and Psychology with Foundation Year

Arden University

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Online

United Kingdom

Social Sciences, Psychology, Criminology

Foundation Year

The overall aim of the BA (Hons) Criminology & Psychology with Foundation Year enables students to study two well-established fields in social sciences. Both fields are set out to understand the social world which encompasses social values and behaviours. While Psychology studies human behaviours in general, Criminology focuses on criminal behaviours and social orders in particular.

English

4 Years

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Architectural Design Foundation Diploma

Online College of Art & Design

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Online

United Kingdom

Design, Architecture

Foundation Year

The Online Foundation Diploma in Architectural design is a three-stage, full-time or part-time programme designed for serious career-oriented students who wish to enter the profession of Architecture.

BSc (Hons) Psychology with Foundation Year

Arden University

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Online

United Kingdom

Psychology

Foundation Year

If you have an inquisitive mind and want to develop a scientific understanding of the brain, behaviour, and experience, then the BSc (Hons) Psychology with Foundation Year is the perfect degree for you. The key areas within psychology covered in this bachelor’s degree in psychology include biological psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, and more.

English

4 Years

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Interior Design Foundation Diploma

Online College of Art & Design

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Online

United Kingdom

Arts, Design, Interior Design

Foundation Year

The Online Foundation Diploma in Interior Design is a three-stage, full-time or part-time programme designed for serious career-oriented students who wish to enter the interior design professions.

Graphic Design / Illustration Foundation Diploma

Online College of Art & Design

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Online

United Kingdom

Arts, Design, Graphic Design

Foundation Year

This transformative course has a strong practical focus so if you love branding, design, typography and the dynamic ever-changing language of visual communication, you'll love this course. We will introduce you to the role of the professional graphic designer / Illustrator.

Online Foundation Program

Paris College of Art

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Online

France

Education, General Studies, IT & Computer Science, Business

Foundation Year

Foundation, the first year of our four-year degree program, is built on the philosophy that there are fundamental approaches, skills, and knowledge to be learned that are common to all creative disciplines. We encourage students to have a cross-disciplinary foundation attitude: to take risks, suspend disbelief and generally be open to new experiences and ways of looking at the world. Foundation Online: Pathway to Paris offers the opportunity to students to live the Foundation experience remotely.

English

1 Year

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BA (Hons) Business Management and Computing with Foundation Year

Arden University

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Online

United Kingdom

IT & Computer Science, Business Administration

Foundation Year

Arden’s BA (Hons) Business & Computing degree is available to study with a fully integrated, supportive foundation year. The foundation year equips you with academic skills to succeed on your full undergraduate degree in business and computing, including basic numeracy and research skills, as well as IT and business topics. In this computing course, you’ll study computer technology, information systems and the business environment, which apply to a range of sectors.

English

4 Years

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BA (Hons) Business Management with Foundation Year (CMI)

Arden University

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Online

United Kingdom

Business Administration, Management

Foundation Year

Not sure if you qualify for university study? Arden’s BA (Hons) Business Degree is available with an integrated foundation year. The foundation year equips you with the skills to embark on your BA (Hons) Business Management course. You’ll also develop critical management skills while exploring both the internal and external business environments on this online business course. Our modules cover business, management, marketing, analysis and managing change.

English

4 Years

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BA (Hons) Criminology and Law with Foundation Year

Arden University

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Online

United Kingdom

Law, Criminology

Foundation Year

The BA (Hons) Criminology and Law with Foundation Year combines two related and established fields in social sciences. On this criminology and law degree, students learn via separate and interdisciplinary study to understand societal foundations and the social world, including social values and behaviours. The complex relationship with social policy is explored through analysing legal concepts, decision making, ethics and social, psychological and political effect.

English

4 Years

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BSc (Hons) Computing with Foundation Year

Arden University

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Online

United Kingdom

IT & Computer Science

Foundation Year

The BSc (Hons) Computing with Foundation Year is designed to enable students to achieve an undergraduate honours degree in Computing by undertaking a rigorous study of theories, techniques and issues and acquiring the practical skills that are essential within the changing environment such that they can pursue related careers or further relevant academic study. Core courses include Human-Computer Interaction (Core); Data Analytics and Visualisation (Core); IT Project Management (Core); Systems Analysis and Design (Core), etc.

English

4 Years

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BA (Hons) Health and Care Management with Foundation Year

Arden University

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Online

United Kingdom

Business Administration, Management, Health Administration

Foundation Year

The BA (Hons) in Healthcare Management with Foundation Year programme aims to produce graduates who can contribute dynamic leadership and management in an international healthcare context. Our confident and creative alumni will lead on the creation of communities of best social care practice by making a contribution to the development of dynamic, research-informed, values-based practice.

English

4 Years

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Foundation Year

A Foundation Year is a preparatory program designed to help students bridge the gap between high school and university-level education. It provides essential academic skills, subject knowledge, and language proficiency needed for success in higher education. This one-year program can lead to entry into a Bachelor's degree program.