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Key Facts
| Age | 16+ |
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| English Level | B1-C2 (intermediate - very advanced) |
| Start Dates | September, October |
| Duration | 34 or 27 weeks (depending on English language level) |
| Class Size | 15 students maximum |
| Lessons per Week | 22 (20 hours) |
Why Choose This Programme?
| 1. Guaranteed University Entry |
| Secure your university place upon successful completion. Our programme is accepted by nearly all UK universities, with St Clare’s students receiving offers from over 40 top institutions, including 19 of the 24 Russell Group universities, over the past five years. We also hold progression agreements with partner universities in the UK and abroad. |
| 2. Global Study Opportunities |
| Prepare for global undergraduate study with our foundation programme, which has enabled students to access English-taught university courses across Europe and worldwide. Esteemed international universities recognise the programme’s academic rigour, attracting nearly half of our students each year. The programme is also externally reviewed and assessed by a UK university academic to ensure it equips students for success at a wide range of competitive universities. |
| 3. Expert University and Career Counselling |
| Succeed with the support of experienced university and career counsellors who provide individual advice, helping you choose the right course and university for you. |
| 4. Interactive Learning and Supportive Programme Design |
| Study in small international groups of up to 15 students to ensure dynamic learning, personal attention, and learn in structured modules to help you manage new academic subjects. |
| 5. Personal Support Every Step of the Way |
| Benefit from individual academic support and personal care from our dedicated staff and your Personal Tutor. |
| 6. Build Academic and Language Skills |
| Develop the academic English and study skills (critical thinking, research, essay writing, and presentation skills) required for successful university study, and improve your IELTS score to support your higher education ambitions. |
| 7. Flexible Pathways and Subject Choices |
| Choose from a range of academic subjects to broaden your university degree choice and meet the requirements of the course which is right for you. |
| 8. Enrichment Beyond the Classroom |
| Take your learning further with weekly themes, study visits, and independent projects. Our programme is externally verified to ensure quality and equivalence with UK standards. |
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PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Core English
English tuition is integrated throughout the programme. Students starting in September spend the first seven weeks focused on IELTS preparation, with 20 lessons per week.
Once the full programme begins, they receive 10 weekly English lessons in small, international classes of up to 15 students. These lessons also build key academic skills such as note-taking, essay writing, presentations, research, and referencing. From January, students have 5 weekly lessons that develop advanced academic skills and critical thinking.
Each student’s English teacher also serves as their Personal Tutor, providing ongoing academic guidance and workload support. An Open Learning Club at the end of each day offers additional help with English or academic studies.
Chosen Pathway
You can choose to study 3 academic subjects that will provide pathways to undergraduate degrees in:
| Business, Finance, and Management |
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| Hospitality, Events Management and Tourism |
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| Economics |
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| Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Choose any combination from Business, Economics, Maths, Politics, Psychology and Philosophy |
| Law |
| Choose any combination from Business, Economics, Maths, Politics, Psychology and Philosophy and a special Pre-Law module |
| Politics |
| Choose any combination from Business, Economics, Maths, Politics, Psychology and Philosophy |
| Psychology |
| Choose Psychology, Maths and one other from Business, Economics, Politics and Philosophy |
| Interdisciplinary Studies |
| Choose any combination from Business, Economics, Maths, Politics, Psychology and Philosophy |
Supplementary Subjects
Students choose two of three supplementary modules: Global Issues, Introduction to Law or Statistics.
These two six-week modules complement the academic subject courses and teach additional skills students will need at university, such as the research and presentation skills required for a poster presentation or how to use statistics in the social sciences.
Course Details
| Business |
| Gain a solid introduction to how businesses work, covering entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, human resources, and international strategy. This course equips you with practical knowledge and skills to succeed at university and in your future career. |
| Economics |
| Explore how economies function on both a national and global scale. You’ll study key concepts such as markets, government policy, international trade, and economic development, building the analytical skills needed for university-level economics and related degrees. |
| Maths |
| Build strong mathematical foundations for university study with topics including algebra, functions, calculus, integration, trigonometry, statistics, and probability. This course develops the analytical and problem-solving skills needed for success in a range of degree programmes. |
| Philosophy |
| Explore the big questions about knowledge, reality, and morality. Topics include empiricism, rationalism, free will, the mind-body problem, ethics, and the problem of evil, alongside the ideas of philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, and Marx. |
| Politics |
| Examine how power, government, and society interact on local and global scales. Topics include political ideologies, democracy, constitutions, elections, international relations, and contemporary global issues, with reference to thinkers like Plato and Aristotle. |
| Psychology |
| Discover how the human mind works and why people behave the way they do. Topics include psychological theories, the brain, memory, learning, development, social influence, health, and psychopathology, providing a strong foundation for university-level psychology study. |
Our UFP students
Sample Timetable
For Business, Maths, Economics (BME)
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
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| 08:45 09:40 | Vocabulary Academic Word List - UefAP.com | Reading IELTS input and practice test | Listening and Note-taking University-level Lecture on Globalisation and Sustainability | Writing Harvard style in-text citation and reference lists | Speaking Preparing for IELTS 'long turn' |
| 09:45 10:40 | Grammar Review of mixed conditionals | Writing Features of formal, academic register for essays | Speaking Discussion of the Weekly Theme: 'Society: Education in Oxford' | Reading Academic article on Economic Imperialism | Mixed Skills Learning Review Quiz |
| Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | |
| 11:00 11:55 | Business 'How the law can shape business ethics' | Business Liberalism vs. Protectionism | Mathematics Rational Functions | Self-study | Higher Education advice |
| 12:00 12:55 | Business 'How governments use or don't use regulation to control firms' | Self-study | Self-study | Business 'Foreign Direct Investment to gain influence and control' | Self-study |
| Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | |
| 13:15 14:10 | Economics 'The economics of public expenditure and taxation' | Mathematics Techniques to study integers and rational numbers | Economics 'The cost of protecting the health and well-being of citizens' | Mathematics Different ways to solve equations | Study Visit University of Oxford Open Day |
| 14:15 15:10 | Economics 'Changing levels of taxation to influence Aggregate Demand' | Mathematics Graphs and Linear functions | Economics 'How debt crises reshape the way economic power works' | Open Learning Club | Study Visit University of Oxford Open Day |
| 15:15 16:10 | Free Period | Free Period | Free Period | Free Period | Free Period |
| Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | |
| 16:30 17:25 | Chess Club | Manchester University Visit Presentation, Q&A | Seminar Series 'The constraints we have when learning a new language from listening to speech' | Free Period | Study Visit University of Oxford Open Day |
| 17:30 18:25 | Free Period | Free Period | Free Period | Open Basketball session | Study Visit University of Oxford Open Day |
| Eve | Free Period | Karaoke Night 19:00, The Mad Hatter | Free Period | Free Period | Study Visit University of Oxford Open Day |
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