If you have the potential to study at degree level, but you don’t meet the entry requirements, a foundation year can bridge the gap – laying the groundwork for entry into Year 1.

The units you’ll study are designed to build your confidence and bring you up to speed for the rest of your chosen degree. So, as well as the Academic Practice units, which help develop your study skills for learning at the degree-level, you’ll also do three humanities units.

Once you have successfully passed your foundation year you will progress directly onto Year 1 of your linked honours degree.

Below is a list of the linked honours degrees for international relations with a language:

• BA (Hons) International Relations with Arabic (UCAS code 2S98)
• BA (Hons) International Relations with Chinese (UCAS code L2T2)
• BA (Hons) International Relations with Japanese (UCAS code LRJ1)
• BA (Hons) International Relations with German (UCAS code LR59) (2021 entry only)
• BA (Hons) International Relations with Italian (UCAS code RL32) (2021 entry only)
• BA (Hons) International Relations /Spanish (UCAS code LRS1)
• BA (Hons) International Relations/French (UCAS code LRF1)

For more information about each linked degree please visit the Languages, Linguistics and TESOL website and choose a course from the course selector.

For information on other language courses with a foundation year, please see:

• Languages degrees with a Foundation Year (Stream A: Linguistics, and Language combinations with English)
• Languages degrees with a Foundation Year (Stream B: International Relations with a Language)

Successful completion of the foundation year guarantees automatic progression into Year 1 of your chosen linked degree.

Graduates develop a number of transferable skills well suited to a broad range of graduate employment opportunities. Possible roles include jobs in the public sector (housing and education departments in councils, the police, the military), utilities, the financial sector, recruitment, journalism, media, non-governmental organisations, charities, development work, teaching, the law and academic research.

A language-focused degree allows you to learn many transferable skills that can be used in a multitude of jobs or further study.