Program Overview

International Foundation Programme – Business Online

Key Facts

Entry requirements

Students must have successfully completed secondary education (typically at least 11 years of education) including successfully passing mathematics at the secondary school level plus an English language level equivalent to IELTS 5.0 or above with a minimum of 4.5 in each component.

Duration options

• 9 months (September entry)
• 6 months (accelerated version)

Study mode options

• Full-time

Next start date

• September 2025

Course Details

International Foundation Programme Business Online

Our online programme will help you to develop the academic and linguistic skills required to go onto degree level business study. It will provide you with a basic introduction to the key principles of business, to enable you to study this subject with confidence.

Upon successful completion of this programme, you can choose to continue your studies at one of our campuses offering business degrees or online.

In order to progress onto one of our three year business degrees, successful completion requirements to be achieved would be 50% overall grade and 55% in the English module in the Business International Foundation Programme Online.

Course Structure

Course modules

• Semester 1
  • English Language and Study Skills
  • Practical Numeracy Skills
  • Introduction to Business Concept Skills
• Semester 2
  • English Language 2
  • Research Project
  • Business Concepts 2

Course Start Dates

• September 2025
  • International Foundation Programme - Business
    • Full-time: Online
• January 2026
  • International Foundation Programme - Business
    • Full-time: Online

Fees and Applying

How to Apply

Applications for all our undergraduate courses are open.

Fees and Funding

• 2025/26 Course Fee
  • The fee for this course is £8,600.
  • A deposit of £250 is required.
• Please note: this course is not eligible for student financial support from the UK Government because it is designed for international students only.

International

We have students from over 120 different countries throughout our campuses, with a dedicated team to help international students.