Foundation courses
Explore our degrees with foundation year entry and foundation degrees at UWE Bristol available for 2025/26 entry.
Foundation degrees (FdSc/FdA) - these are intermediate work-related courses (240 credits) usually studied over two academic years. On successful completion of a foundation degree you have the opportunity to top up to a related honours degree.
Degrees with foundation year entry - UWE Bristol offers a range of degrees which include a foundation year (year zero) for UK and EU students who need an additional year to prepare before joining year one of their degree.
International students - if you do not meet the academic requirements to study on our undergraduate degrees, you can qualify by completing preparatory study at our International College. For international students looking for progression onto our Art and Design degree courses, you can see a list of the creative foundation years that we offer.
Foundation courses
A
- Accounting and Business Management (with Foundation year) - BA(Hons)
- Accounting and Finance (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Aerospace Engineering (with Foundation Year) - BEng(Hons)
- Aerospace Engineering with Pilot Studies (with Foundation Year) - BEng(Hons)
- Animation (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Architectural Technology and Design (with Foundation Year) - BSc(Hons)
- Architecture (with Foundation Year) - BSc(Hons)
- Architecture and Environmental Engineering (with Foundation Year) - BEng(Hons)
- Architecture and Planning (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Automotive Engineering (with Foundation Year) - BEng(Hons)
B
- Banking and Finance (with Foundation Year) - BSc(Hons)
- Biological Sciences (with Foundation Year) - BSc(Hons)
- Biomedical Science (with Foundation Year) - BSc(Hons)
- Business and Events Management (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Business and Human Resource Management (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Business and Management (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Business Management and Economics (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Business Management and Marketing (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
C
- Civil Engineering (with Foundation Year) - BEng(Hons)
- Computer Science (with Foundation Year) - BSc(Hons)
- Criminology (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Criminology and Sociology (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Criminology with Psychology (with Foundation Year) - BSc(Hons)
- Cyber Security and Digital Forensics (with Foundation Year) - BSc(Hons)
D
- Digital Media (with Foundation Year) - BSc(Hons)
E
- Economics (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering (with Foundation Year) - BEng(Hons)
- Environmental Science (with Foundation Year) - BSc(Hons)
F
- Fashion Communication (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Fashion Textiles (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Fine Art (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Forensic Science (with Foundation Year) - BSc(Hons)
- Foundation Programme for Professions in Health and Social Care - Foundation Programme
G
- Games Technology (with Foundation Year) - BSc(Hons)
- Graphic Design (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
I
- Illustration (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Integrated Wildlife Conservation - FdSc
- Interior Design (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- International Business (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
L
- Law (with Foundation Year) - LLB(Hons)
- Law and Criminology (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
M
- Marketing (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Mechanical Engineering (with Foundation Year) - BEng(Hons)
- Mechatronics Engineering (with Foundation Year) - BEng(Hons)
P
- Philosophy (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Photography (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Politics and International Relations (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Product Design (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Product Design Technology (with Foundation Year) - BSc(Hons)
- Psychology (with Foundation Year) - BSc(Hons)
- Psychology with Criminology (with Foundation Year) - BSc(Hons)
R
- Robotics (with Foundation Year) - BEng(Hons)
S
- Sociology (with Foundation Year) - BA(Hons)
- Sociology with Psychology (with Foundation Year) - BSc(Hons)
- Software Engineering for Business (with Foundation Year) - BSc(Hons)
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