The ICC undergraduate foundation programme is designed for international students who want to study for an undergraduate degree at a British university. You may need to complete a foundation programme if either of the two conditions below apply to you:
You have finished school in your own country, but your school leaving certificate does not qualify you for direct entry to a UK university
or
You have been partly educated in an English medium school in Britain or elsewhere, but have not achieved the A level, IB or AP grades needed for university entrance because of language difficulties.
The ICC undergraduate foundation programme is a 10 month programme combining academic and language study for students whose academic background does not allow them to enter a British university directly. Since the ICC undergraduate foundation course started in 1985 over 2000 of our students have gone on to degree courses at British universities.
A distinguishing feature of the programme is that language teaching and learning is directly linked to the material covered in academic subjects, so that students learn to understand and use the language required for the subjects they intend to study at university.
About this course
to help you gain entry to degree programmes at British universities in the humanities, social sciences, law and business related studies
to give you the linguistic and academic skills you will need to be successful on a degree programme
to make a wide range of academic subjects accessible to you through subject based English language tuition
to give you the chance to experience a year of life and study in London
ICC has entry points in early August and mid September. Students who need to focus on their reading and writing skills before they start the academic subject modules will be asked to join the programme in August.
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University
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Writing
Literature
Language
Intensive study
Analysing concepts
Interpreting evidence
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Course programme
Summer vacation term
Students who need to improve their reading and writing skills before tackling the academic modules on ICC, will be asked to take the summer vacation term.
Using a combination of intensive language study, frequent controlled practice and close monitoring by an English tutor, students will achieve a sound basis of reading and writing skills which will enable them to approach their future study programme with confidence. A feature of the term is regular one to one tutorials with the teacher in order to address a student’s individual problems and a focus on drafting, proofreading and redrafting writing to achieve grammatical accuracy.
The Summer Vacation term is 6 weeks long and students have 18 hours of classes a week.
Number of hours
From September, students have a minimum of 19 hours of classes a week (reducing to 17 in term 2, and 15 in term 3), and you will be expected to study at least as many hours outside class reviewing and preparing for classes, reading, completing homework tasks and writing module assignments.
Types of classes
There is a range of class styles students attend lectures, small group tutorials of 10 students and English language classes with a normal maximum of 12 students.
Timetable of classes
From September to June, classes are taught over 3 terms, each 10 weeks long. There is a reading week (a week without classes) in the middle of both the Autumn and Spring terms to give students a chance to catch up with their reading and work on their assignments.
There are practice exams ("Mocks") at the end of the spring term and final exams take place in the last three weeks of the academic year.
Subjects of study
All students on the undergraduate foundation programme study:
2 compulsory units
Intensive English for Academic Study
Understanding the Modern World
2 optional academic units drawn from this list
World Art (Africa, Asia & Europe)
World History
World Literature
Issues in Development Studies
International Law
Politics
Media & Communications
Introductory Business Studies
Quantitative Methods
Introduction to Economics
Additional information
Entrance Test
When we receive your application and supporting documents we will look at them carefully and then decide if we will consider you for a place on ICC. We will assess your application by interview, either face to face in London or in your own country, or by Skype. We may also ask you to take all or part of our entrance test, depending on your English level. The following tests and levels can be used to show that you meet our English language requirements:
GCSE English Language grade C
IELTS 5.5 with 5 in the writing section
Cambridge First Certificate in English grade C
Pearson PTE Academic: 36 in each sub score
iBT TOEFL 76 with 12 in writing
ICC applicants who require a student visa must achieve CEFR B1 level in an approved English test for example minimum IELTS 4.0 in each sub score. IELTS tests taken after 6 April 2015 and being used for visa purposes must be from one of the approved IELTS for UKVI test centres. Check this list of centres carefully
Please note: iBT TOEFL and Pearson PTE Academic are no longer an approved test for visa purposes