Foundation diploma - Business
- 1 year
- Duration
- Upon request
- Price
- Sept 2025
- Start
- May 2025
- Deadline
- Foundation
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Oxford / United Kingdom
- Location
- Oxford Brookes University
- School
Program description
This course is intended for students who need an extra year of study before receiving their undergraduate degree and come from a variety of educational backgrounds. If any of the following describe you, you should enroll in this course:
- You haven't met the entry requirements for direct entry on to the first year of a degree
- You have less than 13 years of schooling
- You need to improve your academic skills to join an undergraduate course
A variety of our top-notch degrees in fields like business and management, accounting and finance, marketing, or hospitality can be combined with this foundation course.
The course, which occurs before the first year of your chosen degree, is considered to be a crucial component of a four-year degree.
You will receive a BA or BSc (Hons) combined degree in the same manner as your classmates who are pursuing the same degree after completing your four years of study (five if you participate in a work placement).
Program structure
Year 1
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Extended Research Essay
- Intercultural Communication
- University Study Skills 2
- Economics for Business
- Business Fundamentals
Optional Modules
- Maths and Statistics for University Study
Foundation level
- Business Fundamentals
- Economics for Business
- Tourism and Hospitality
- Global Issues
- Development Studies
- Modern Thought
- English Law
Undergraduate level
- Foundations of Business
- Global Business Communications
- Developing and Planning Events
- Raising Individual Financial Awareness
Price
Requirements for applicants
General Entry Requirements
- Acceptable passes in five subjects (exceptionally four subjects) at GCSE or GCE including:
- one 12-unit vocational A-level, or
- two A-levels or two 6-unit vocational A-levels, or
- one A-level or 6-unit vocational A-level plus two AS-levels, or
- two 3-unit vocational A-levels
- A National Certificate or Diploma at a good standard.
- The International Baccalaureate Diploma (minimum of 24 points) or the European Baccalaureate Diploma (minimum of 60%).
- Five subjects in SCE with two at Higher level or one at Advanced Higher level.
- Three subjects in Scottish Highers or two at Advanced Higher level.
- Any other qualifications considered by the Academic Board to be of equivalent standard.
English language requirements
- IELTS 5.5 overall with 5.5 in all skills
- Pearson Test of English: 51 in all communicative skills
About the university
The history of Oxford Brookes University spans more than 150 years. We began as a modest School of Art in rented classrooms and have expanded into one of the UK's top modern universities with a reputation for distinction in teaching and research on the local, national, and worldwide levels.
Our primary goal is to provide a top-notch educational experience that helps each of our graduates to be competent, self-assured, and prosperous. The standard of instruction students receive is an integral component of this.
Oxford Brookes works with a wide range of partners both domestically and internationally. Our connections are essential to improving our instruction, research, and information sharing. Additionally, they provide our students a wealth of placement, internship, and employment options.
In cooperation with our Associate College Partners as well as directly, we offer a variety of higher education and degree apprenticeships (ACPs).
