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Foundation pathway in Physical Sciences and Engineering

 newcastle uni

Key Course Facts

Course dates September start:
Mon 27 Sep 2010 to Fri 17 Jun 2011
January start:
Mon 10 Jan 2011 to Fri 19 Aug 2011
Programme length

Two Semesters

Class hours 21 hours per week minimum
Age requirement 17 years and above.
English language entry requirement A minimum of IELTS 5.5 (with a minimum of 5.0 in all subskills) or an equivalent score
Students who do not meet the minimum English language requirements should apply for English for Undergraduate Study
Academic entry requirement Students need to have completed 12 years of schooling (or the local equivalent to meet the same standard) with very good grades, or show strong evidence of ability to complete the programme successfully and progress to their chosen degree
Price for tuition £10,500
Not included in course fees text books - available from the Centre for an additional charge in the region of £130 per academic course
an additional £250 per year fee to cover the use of laboratory facilities (only applicable to science-based courses)

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This programme prepares you for more than 80 Science and Engineering-related undergraduate degree programmes at the University.

This programme has been carefully designed to provide you with the academic knowledge, laboratory techniques and English and study skills in order to successfully prepare you for degree programmes in:

As part of the course you will complete an  English for Academic purposes core module, and will select the remaining modules according to the degree programme you wish to study at University.  To find out more about each of these modules click here.

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