Foundation Years
Get your future sorted with our Foundation courses, and start as early as this September. If you’ve taken a break from formal education or don’t have the traditional qualifications for undergraduate study, then these are the courses for you.
What is a Foundation Year?
Foundation Years have been designed for those who wish to complete an undergraduate course but who do not have the necessary academic qualifications to enter directly onto the first year. If applicants display the ability and commitment required, our Foundation Years provide the opportunity to obtain an undergraduate degree. Upon successful completion of your Foundation Year, you will be able to progress onto the next year of your extended course.
Why Study?
At Chester, you will benefit from being taught in a department with academics that solely teach on Foundation Years. This allows us to create a Foundation Year community that consists of students studying anything from Engineering to the Arts. Supportive lecturers and excellent pastoral and academic support are a key feature of our Foundation Years, and we are proud of what our students can achieve whilst they are with us.
What Will I Learn?
The Foundation Year focuses on your transition to, and preparedness for, a University of Chester undergraduate degree. The first year of study will provide you with subject-specific curriculum that will help you gain confidence in developing university-level skills, as well as understanding academic life and transitioning to the next level of your studies. Designed to develop key academic, personal and study skills, it also places you at the heart of our undergraduate experience.
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- Accounting and Finance (with Foundation Year)
- Adult Nursing (Birkenhead) (with Foundation Year)
- Adult Nursing (Chester) (with Foundation Year)
- Adult Nursing (Warrington) (with Foundation Year)
- Animal Behaviour (with Foundation Year)
- Animal Behaviour and Welfare (with Foundation Year)
- Archaeology (with Foundation Year)
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- Banking and Finance (with Foundation Year)
- Biochemistry (Chester) (with Foundation Year)
- Biology (with Foundation Year)
- Biomedical Science (with Foundation Year)
- Bioveterinary Science (with Foundation Year)
- Business Finance (with Foundation Year)
- Business Management (with Foundation Year)
- Business Management (Entrepreneurship) (with Foundation Year)
- Business Management (Finance) (with Foundation Year)
- Business Management (Human Resource Management) (with Foundation Year)
- Business Management (Marketing) (with Foundation Year)
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- Chemical Engineering (with Foundation Year)
- Chemistry (with Foundation Year)
- Children's Nursing (with Foundation Year)
- Community Policing and Criminal Investigation (with Foundation Year)
- Computer Science (with Foundation Year)
- Criminology (with Foundation Year)
- Cybersecurity (with Foundation Year)
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- Early and Middle Childhood (with Foundation Year)
- Early and Middle Childhood (Early Childhood Studies Pathway) (with Foundation Year)
- Early and Middle Childhood (Primary Education Studies Pathway) (with Foundation Year)
- Economics (with Foundation Year)
- English Language (with Foundation Year)
- English Literature (with Foundation Year)
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- Fine Art (with Foundation Year)
- Forensic Biology (with Foundation Year)
- Forensic Psychology (with Foundation Year)
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- Games Development (with Foundation Year)
- Geography (with Foundation Year)
- Graphic Design (with Foundation Year)
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- Interior Design (with Foundation Year)
- International Business Management (with Foundation Year)
- International Relations (with Foundation Year)
- International Tourism Management (with Foundation Year)
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- Law (LLB) (with Foundation Year)
- Law with Business (LLB) (with Foundation Year)
- Law with Criminology (LLB) (with Foundation Year)
- Learning Disability Nursing (with Foundation Year)
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- Marine Biology (with Foundation Year)
- Mathematics (with Foundation Year)
- Music Journalism (with Foundation Year)
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- Pharmacology (with Foundation Year)
- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion (with Foundation Year)
- Photography (with Foundation Year)
- Physics (with Foundation Year)
- Politics (with Foundation Year)
- Product Design (with Foundation Year)
- Psychology (with Foundation Year)
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- Social Work (with Foundation Year)
- Sociology (with Foundation Year)
- Software Engineering (with Foundation Year)
- Sport and Exercise Sciences (with Foundation Year)
- Sports Journalism (with Foundation Year)