ABBEY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM 10 St Paul s Square, Birmingham B3 1QU T +44 (0) 121 236 7474 F +44 (0) 121 236 3937 E adminbir@abbeybirmingham.co.uk www.abbeybirmingham.co.uk Principal: Stephen Robinson ABBEY COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE 17 Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2JB T +44 (0) 1223 578280 F +44 (0) 1223 519425 E admincam@abbeycolleges.co.uk www.abbeycambridge.co.uk Principal: Julian Davies International Foundation Programme Recognised and approved by over 50 Universities, including the Russell Group. Providing you with access to a wide choice of Undergraduate Degree Programmes: ABBEY COLLEGE MANCHESTER Cheapside, King Street, Manchester M2 4WG T +44(0) 161 817 2700 F +44 (0) 161 817 2705 E admin@abbeymanchester.co.uk www.abbeymanchester.co.uk Principal: Liz Elam - Finance & - Business, & Marketing - Engineering - Sciences - Law - International Relations and Politics ABBEY DLD COLLEGES, LONDON Abbey College London campus 22 Grosvenor Gardens, Belgravia, London SW1W 0DH T +44 (0) 20 7824 7300 F +44 (0) 20 7824 7309 E adminlon@abbeycolleges.co.uk www.abbeylondon.co.uk Principal: Rachel Borland DLD c ampus 100 Marylebone Lane, London W1U 2QB T +44 (0) 20 7935 8411 F +44 (0) 20 7935 0755 E dld@dld.org www.dldcollege.co.uk www.abbeydld.co.uk Abbey DLD Group of Colleges is part of the Alpha Plus Group Ltd For more information visit: www.abbeydld.co.uk
What is the International Foundation Programme? A levels are not the best option for all students. Many students know that they want to study a degree in a Business, Engineering, Science, Music or Humanities-related subject at university. The IFP enables them to study a range of subjects and topics of direct relevance to their proposed undergraduate studies. The IFP was created as an alternative to A levels to meet the needs of those students who desire a more specific pre-university experience. Students who perform well on the IFP are able to progress to our BSc in Business &, awarded by the University of Buckingham. They can also use it to apply to a wide selection of other universities. Our International Foundation Programme is a one-year, full-time course preparing international students for direct entry into a number of British universities. Students can choose from four subject pathways, each of which includes Core Skills and Pathway-specific modules: Pathways: Business, & Accounting Engineering Humanities Music Science and Health Why Choose Abbey DLD? The Abbey DLD Group is a network of five independent colleges, uniquely placed to offer students from the United Kingdom and around the world a college tailored to meet their individual requirements. The colleges have a long-standing reputation for delivering a premium quality education. All of the colleges share a similar approach to education: to help all our students to achieve the very best academic results. This is done through rigorous but informal teaching, small class sizes, frequent testing and expert teachers who have the interests of each student at the centre of everything they do. 6 REASONS TO CHOOSE OUR COLLEGES - Are you aiming to attend one of the UK s top twenty universities? - Are you aiming to ultimately pursue a career in one of the professions? - Are you aiming to work for a blue chip company in the UK or overseas? - Do you want to prove to yourself and/or to others that you are capable of achieving the very highest grades? - Do you want to work in the more adult environment of a college compared with that of a school? - Do you want to work alongside students from across the world who share the same high aspirations as you? COMPARISON BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION PROGRAMMES ABBEY DLD GROUP OF COLLEGES IFP UNIVERSITY-BASED FOUNDATION PROGRAMMES Small group sizes with high levels of personal attention. Teaching by staff with both academic and professional teaching qualifications. Specialism in delivering courses to international students using EFL methodologies. Integration of EFL methods across the curriculum. High level 1-2-1 support. Specialist preparation from experienced teachers. Integrated academic and pastoral support. Dedicated personal tutor always available for sameday appointment. Intimate, caring, nurturing College environment with own tutor. Abbey DLD IFP progression options to over 50 universities to date. Larger groups with little attention given to each student. Teaching by staff with academic, though not necessarily professional teaching qualifications. Lack of specialised experience in teaching international students at pre-degree level. EFL teaching as an add on. Less personalized support. Generic EFL preparation. Less coherent approach to student progress and wellbeing. Personal tutor allocated but availability often poor. Going onto a campus of 5,000+ students with no / very limited pastoral care. You only progress to chosen Foundation University and progression NOT guaranteed so no / very limited fall back options
Abbey DLD Group of Colleges Abbey DLD colleges offer high quality programmes to prepare students for entry to some of the UK s most prestigious universities. COURSES & COLLEGES Our courses include GCSE and A Level programmes, an International Foundation Programme and a Business and degree. Our five colleges are: Abbey College Birmingham Abbey College Cambridge Abbey College London Abbey College Manchester DLD College, London We offer students from all over the world a tailored education designed to launch them on a successful and prosperous future. Entry can be from 14 years of age to study GCSEs, or from 16 years of age for A Levels and preparation for university entrance. All of our colleges have first class reputations in the education community and in the wider employment world; reputations which grow every year with each new cohort of students. Manchester Birmingham Cambridge London Why Study IFP in the UK? There are many good quality foundation programmes run by or affiliated to UK universities that are taught outside the UK. Whilst attending a foundation programme in your home country can sometimes reduce accommodation costs, there are many additional benefits for students who come to the UK to study this programme. A UK based foundation programme can give you: - A chance to improve your. You will be speaking in your daily life, not just in lessons. - A route to acceptance on a degree course. If you are based in the UK for your foundation programme you can easily visit the universities you prefer to help you make your decision. - University entrance criteria. Which universities will accept IFP? Our past foundation students have received offers from many of the UK s acclaimed universities, including: Aberystwyth Anglia Ruskin Aston Bath Bath Spa Birmingham Birmingham City Bradford Brighton Bristol Brunel Buckingham Cass Business School Cardiff Chester City City of Westminster Coventry Durham Edinburgh Essex East London European Business School Exeter Greenwich School of Hertfordshire Hull Keele Kent King s College London Kingston Lancaster Leeds Leicester Loughborough Lincoln - A supportive environment in which tutorial and pastoral care are important. When you start your degree course you will feel much more at home in the UK and therefore be able to concentrate better on your first year degree studies. - The chance to settle in the city or region where you intend to study. Liverpool Liverpool John Moores London Metropolitan London School of Commerce Manchester Manchester Metropolitan Middlesex Newcastle Nottingham Nottingham Trent Oxford Brookes Portsmouth Queen Mary Regent s Business School Roehampton Royal Holloway Salford Sheffield Hallam St Andrews SOAS London South Bank Southampton Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Trinity Laban Conservatoire Warwick University College London University of Central Lancashire University of East Anglia University of Greenwich West London University Westminster University York
Course Outlines Fees & Admissions IFP BUSINESS, ECONOMICS & ACCOUNTING TERM 1 TERM 2 TERM 3 Business Start Up (BUS1) (BUS2) Business Law (BUS3) Microeconomics (ECO1) Macroeconomics ECO2) The Global Economy (ECO3) Key Maths Skills A Key Maths Skills B Key ICT Skills Key Research & Presentation Skills FEES ABBEY DLD COLLEGE COURSE & APPROXIMATE ACCOMMODATION FEES Birmingham Cambridge London Manchester International Foundation Programme 18,000 21,000 19,500 18,000 APEL student housing for single room 11,000 12,500 15,000 10,000 IFP ENGINEERING TERM 1 Physics or Chemistry Advanced maths Key Maths Skills A Key ICT Skills TERM 2 Physics or Chemistry Advanced maths Key Maths Skills B Key Research & Presentation Skills TERM 3 Physics or Chemistry Advanced maths IFP HUMANITIES HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVES TERM 1 Britain since 1945 Globalisation Geo-politics TERM 2 USA Geopolitics TERM 3 Revision Revision IFP MUSIC A LEVEL MUSIC OR MUSIC TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ONLY IFP SCIENCE AND HEALTH Unit 1: Performance Unit 2: Composition Unit 3: Set works, harmonic analysis & chorale accredited programme ADMISSIONS ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS To study the International Foundation Programme students should have obtained or expect to obtain a qualification accepted by a university in their home country and a minimum level of equivalent to 5.0. Students must also be minimum aged 17 years old or older. UNIVERSITY ENTRY REQUIREMENTS UNIVERSITY TIMES RANKING COURSE OFFER Durham 6 70% Business & Finance Lancaster 9 Accounting & Finance 70% Exeter 10 75% York 11 70-75% TERM 1 Mathematics 1 Skills 1 Advanced Mathematics 1 Biology 1 Chemistry 1 EAP TERM 2 Mathematics 2 Skills 2 Advanced Mathematics 2 Biology 2 Chemistry 2 EAP TERM 3 Mathematics 3 Skills 3 Advanced Mathematics 3 Biology 3 Chemistry 3 EAP IFP SUMMARY BIRMINGHAM CAMBRIDGE LONDON MANCHESTER DLD COLLEGE Business, & Accounting Pathway Engineering Pathway (Physics or Chem with Maths) Humanities Pathway Music Pathway Science and Health Pathway Bath 12 Foundation Science 70% Sussex 14 Accounting & Finance 65-70% Business and Finance and Business Nottingham 16 70% Finance, Accounting and International Media and Communications Studies Politics
UNIVERSITY TIMES RANKING COURSE OFFER Leicester 17 Business 70-75% Studies Studies & Southampton 19 Accounting & Finance 70% Loughborough 20 75% Business, & Finance & Buckingham 21 Business & with Spanish 60% Business and SOAS, London 23 70% Newcastle 25 Accounting & Finance 65% Birmingham 26 Accounting & Finance 70% Computer Systems Engineering UEA 27 Accounting and Finance 60% Business International Royal Holloway 28 Business 65% Surrey 29 Business & 65-70% International Hospitality Leeds 30 Business & Financial 65% Liverpool 31 Business 75% Manchester 32 Accounting and Finance 70-75% and Geology International Business, Finance & International Law & Politics (International Business ) UNIVERSITY TIMES RANKING COURSE OFFER Aston 36 Accounting for 60-70% Business Business and International Relations Business and and Finance Foundation Business Human Resources International Business and & Strategy Mathematics & Sociology Logistics Marketing QMC, London 37 70% Computer Science and Multimedia Kent 39 Accounting and Finance 65-75% International Business with a year in Industry Essex 41 75% Financial Law Keele 45 Accounting and 65% City 47 Banking & International Finance 60% Business Computer Systems Oxford Brookes 48 Accounting & Finance 60% Business Business and Marketing Swansea 49 60% Brunel 51 Business & 65% Hull 53 60% Lincoln 55 60% Hertfordshire 64 Accounting & Finance 80% Nottingham Trent 66 55% and Marketing Brighton 69 Business and 65% Marketing & Business Sheffield Hallam 71= Accounting & Finance 60% Chester 71= Events 40%
UNIVERSITY TIMES RANKING COURSE OFFER Coventry 76 Business Administration 50% Civil Engineering Roehampton University 79 40% Birmingham City 87 Business and 60% Salford 91 Business & Studies 60-70% with Marketing Business with Finance & Accounting Law Middlesex 94 Banking and Finance 65% Westminster 96 International Business 60% International Manchester Met 98 Accounting and Finance 50-70% (Foundation) Law Greenwich 99 Accounting & Finance 70% Liverpool John Moores 100 Law 60% Leeds Met 104 Business and 60% ARU 108 International Business (Maastricht) 60-70% Business London South Bank 113 Accounting & Finance 60% Business Administration Bolton 114 Law 65% East London 115 Accounting & Finance 40% London Metropolitan University 116 Accounting and Finance 40% International University of Applied Sciences, Bonn International Wolverhampton Law 40% IFP Destinations Class of 2011 & 2012 ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY Zhao, Yuanbin Chinese ASTON UNIVERSITY Ahmed, Khadija Kabir Nigerian Business Asuquo, Joseph Daniel Nigerian International Business Babba, Khadijah Aminu Nigerian Biak Vel, Miriam Myanmar Dadenov, Rakhat Kazakh Logistics Gbadamosi-Mufutau, Oyeyemi Nigerian Business and Junaidu, Ahmed Ahmed Nigerian & Li, Haisen Chinese Business and Tak Kwong, Man Chinese Mechanical Engineering Wang, Kao Chinese Mechanical Engineering UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Pam, James Nigerian Computing Science BPP UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Tsikanov, Murat Russian
UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON Ali Sheriff, Sadeeq Nigerian Cai, Dizhu Chinese with Marketing Liu, Kai Chinese Mpelo, Helga Angolan Accounting and Finance BRUNEL UNIVERSITY Aghamohammadhassani, Pourya Iranian Fang, Ming Ze Chinese Business Li, Huacong Chinese Ndudirim, Chaimaka Nigerian Tan, Jian Ting Chinese BUCKINGHAM UNIVERSITY Nzaba-Hounkpodote, Murielle French Business & with Spanish UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER Piirsalu, Maria Estonian Events CITY UNIVERSITY Buleshov, Taiyrkhan Kazakh Investment and Financial Risk Tulebayeva, Kamila Kazakh COVENTRY UNIVERSITY Gidado, Ahmad Mohammed Nigerian Janjua, Muhammad Zarrar Pakistanian Business & Human Resources EAST ANGLIA UNIVERSITY Deng, Yijia Chinese International Li, Chu Li Chinese Business Tang, Wing Yin Chinese Business Yang, Mingchao Chinese International GLASGOW CALEDONIAN Chen, Sitian Chinese Business INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, BONN Tan, Votan German International KEELE UNIVERSITY Cai, Zetao Chinese Business Ma aji, Aminu Nigerian Information Technology for Business LANCASTER Liu, Jia Yin Chinese Sun, Yan Chinese UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Adesanya, Fiyinfoluwa Nigerian Business & Financial Balogun, Damilola Nigerian Accounting and Finance Silva, Tertuliano Angolan Mechatronics and Robotics LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY Nhung Hoang, Thi Hong Vietnamese Accounting and Finance LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY Selivanov, Boris Kazakh Business Administration UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, LONDON Li, Muying Chinese Fashion Zhong, Han Chinese Fashion MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY Chen, Yingcheng Chinese Daisy da Fonseca Costa Portuguese Chemistry Kyriakou, Andreas Cypriot Foundation in Mechanical Engineering Sanusi Bayero, Khalifa Nigerian UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER Achinanya, Chidera Nigerian (International Studies) Beganov, Vitaly Russian & Dikko, Firdausi Nigerian Mechatronic Engineering Ding, Li Chinese and Finance Mahamar Tanoe, Vonan Ivorian International Maratov, Nursultan Kazakh Politics and International Relations Tazhigarayeva, Nurlygul Kazakh
NOTTINGHAM TRENT Benjamin, Edache-Emmanuel Nigerian, Accounting & Finance Ungureanu, Sergiu Romanian Computing OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY Wan, Yongjie Chinese with Computer Science QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY Phung, Thi Kieu Anh Vietnamese Business ROYAL HOLLOWAY Shin, Min Ju Korean UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD Almeida, Meyre Angolan Law with Criminology Grammatikogiannis, Stavros Greek Law Padrao, Claudio Portuguese Petroleum and Mechanical Engineering UNIVERSITY OF YORK Krotova, Ekaterina Russian CONTINUE EDUCATION IN CHINA Yang, Jiayan Chinese Business Zhuang, Zeshan Chinese Further Studies of CONTINUE EDUCATION IN USA Caposso, Fabio Angolan Huang, Zhe Chao Chinese INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, DUBLIN Dawha, Aisha Nigerian Further Studies RE-APPLY 2013 Wang, Po-Kai Chinese Business RETURNED HOME TO REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN Abdullayeva, Zumrud Azerbijan UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD Ogunwale, Rashidat Nigerian Chemical Engineering SOUTHAMPTON Huang, Fanjing Chinese Accounting and Finance Ni, Qi Hui Chinese Accounting UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND Mendigalina, Zhanar Kazakh UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX Zhang, Lu Chinese Finance and Business Zheng, Xinbo Chinese Accounting and Finance SWANSEA UNIVERSITY Zeng, Jian Chinese Business ULSTER UNIVERSITY BIRMINGHAM Li, Xing Huai Chinese Business Luo, Yuqin Chinese Business Peng, Gaoyue Chinese Business