Skip to content

Foundation courses for international students

Are you an international student needing a preparation course to study a Bachelors degree at NTU?  You'll find details of our Foundation courses at Nottingham Trent International College (NTIC) – part of Kaplan International – on this page.

Foundation Certificate courses

NTIC Courtyard

Through our partner college, NTIC, we offer a preparation course for Bachelors (undergraduate) degrees at NTU.

The Foundation Certificate course is an extra year of study that allows international students who don’t yet have the required academic entry requirements to study a Bachelors degree at NTU.

We offer these in the following subject areas:

  • Art and design
  • Business
  • Building and Architecture
  • Computing
  • Engineering
  • Environment and Agriculture
  • Law
  • Marketing
  • Mathematics
  • Media
  • Social sciences
  • Social science and Humanities

As an NTIC student you’ll be studying on our City Campus. You'll be part of the University community with access to all the facilities, services and social events at NTU.

International Year One courses

NTIC Classroom

We also offer International Year One courses which enable international students to start from the second year of a Bachelors degree at NTU.

We offer these in these subject areas:

  • Business
  • Computing

As an NTIC student you’ll be studying on our City Campus. You'll be part of the University community and have access to all the facilities, services and social events at NTU.

Entry requirements

NTIC Students

Entry requirements for these courses are as follows:

  • Foundation Certificate courses -- at least 11 years of education and UKVI IELTS 5.0.
  • International Year One courses – at least 12 years of education and UKVI IELTS 5.0.

If you do not meet the English language entry level but have at least UKVI IELTS 4.0 in all skills, you can also do our Extended English and Skills (EES) course.

How to apply and start dates

If you’re interested in applying for a Foundation Certificate course please contact NTIC. If you would like to arrange a visit please contact NTIC student services.

There are multiple start dates for these courses:

  • Spring (January – April)
  • Summer (May – August)
  • Autumn (September – November)

Your start date will depend on your academic and English levels, as well as your NTU degree start date.