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Undergraduate Foundation Year at Warwick Business School
Do you have students that are facing boundaries that prevent them from reaching their full-potential? At WBS we realise that there are bright, motivated students who are capable of succeeding on our courses who may not get the chance because of circumstances beyond their control. Our Foundation Year programme has been running for 10 years and is aimed at providing an opportunity for these students to study at a top-ranking university where they can reach their full potential and beyond! It provides a chance for students to build a foundation of business knowledge, improve some key skills we have found to be important to succeed whilst studying for an undergraduate degree, and spend a year getting used to the university environment.
Key information
Successful completion of the WBS Foundation Year allows for automatic progress to main BSc courses:
Warwick Business School offers scholarships to pay for the Foundation Year for all students who enrol on the Foundation Year course, at a value of £5760 (2025/26 entry). When students go on to study beyond the foundation year, their tuition fees can be covered by a tuition fee loan from Student finance. Students can also apply for a maintenance loan for each year of study to support them with living costs. Students can apply for the Foundation Year through UCAS. Applicants who meet our criteria will then be shortlisted based on their application, and invited to our Selection Day which will include a short interview.
■ BSc Accounting & Finance with Foundation Year ■ BSc Accounting & Finance (with Foundation Year) with Placement Year
■ BSc Management
with Foundation Year
■ BSc Management
(with Foundation Year) with Placement Year
■ BSc International Management with Foundation Year.
Who should apply?
Other entry requirements include: ■ GCSEs: B/6 in GCSE English Language, B/6 in GCSE Mathematics and C/4 in five other GCSE subjects. Applicants with grade C/4 in GCSE English Language and grade B/6 in GCSE English Literature will also be considered.
If there are students who you believe would be interested in either studying Accounting and Finance or Management at degree level, and who satisfy our entry requirements (including widening participation criteria), please pass on our information to them and encourage them to apply for the Foundation Year.
■ Applicants must be a home fee status student and must meet at least one of the following Widening Participation Criteria: ■ Be a care experienced applicant who has been a ‘looked after child’ for at least 3 months ■ Be an ‘estranged student’ under the age of 25 who is studying without the support and approval of both of their parents due to a breakdown in their relationship - this might be their birth, step or adoptive parents, and sometimes wider family members ■ Have been granted refugee status or are under ‘humanitarian protection’ in the UK. They must have studied A Levels or equivalent qualifications in a UK state school or college ■ Live in an area which has a high level of deprivation (Index of Multiple Deprivation, 0-20%) ■ Completed studies at a school/schools where performance of students was below the national average and eligibility for Free School Meals was higher than average ■ Were eligible for Free School Meals at some point during the past six years as verified by UCAS.
If you have any questions about the course or would like advice on how best to prepare your students for the application process feel free to contact us: wbsugenquiries@wbs.ac.uk E
Plus the following:
■ A-levels: Complete and pass three full A Levels excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking OR ■ International Baccalaureate: Completion of three subjects at Higher Level and three subjects at Standard Level, achieving a minimum of 24 points OR ■ BTEC: Completion of BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma, to at least pass standard OR ■ Other qualifications e.g. Complete and pass the Scottish Advanced Highers. *Please note that applicants to BSc Accounting & Finance with Foundation Year should have studied a higher-level quantitative subject such as Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Calculus and Statistics.
We offer an extra year of academic challenge
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and wrap-around support for students who haven’t met our entry requirements due to personal or institutional barriers beyond their control. Equal access to higher education is essential for a fair society – and these students prove daily what a loss it would be if they were not a part of our WBS community.”
Visit out website:
wbs.ac.uk/courses/ undergraduate/ foundation-year/
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Tamara Friedrich Associate Professor Course Director
The Foundation Year has presented me with so many opportunities and has allowed me to settle in and make a seamless transition onto the first year of my course.
Dominik Kulakowski BSc Accounting & Finance (with Foundation Year)
First UK business school to be triple accredited and to receive the Athena SWAN Gold Award for improving gender equality.
WBS believes this document is accurate, but accepts no liability for errors or later changes. See our website for the latest information. 10/2024
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