Degrees with foundation year
Birkbeck is a welcoming, supportive place to study. We offer a wide range of part-time and full-time degrees with foundation year which will help you gain the confidence and core skills to prepare for undergraduate study.
We've been helping people to access higher education for more than two hundred years, so we're the perfect place to undertake a foundation degree, particularly if you need a flexible approach that lets you balance working with studying. Our degrees with foundation year can be studied in the evening, with several also offered during the day – find out more about daytime teaching.
What is a degree with Foundation year?
- These degrees last four years (full-time) or six years (part-time).
- You spend the foundation part of the degree developing core skills and acquiring key knowledge before moving on to specialist study in the rest of the degree.
- A degree with foundation year is designed to build your confidence and help you succeed.
IS a degree with Foundation Year right for me?
A degree with foundation year could work for you if:
- you're returning to study after a gap and you need support to build your confidence and skills
- you have non-traditional qualifications
- you haven't previously studied at undergraduate level
- you didn't meet the entry requirements for your chosen undergraduate degree.
