Abacus College &Oxford Language Centre

Universuty Foundation Programme Now enrolling for January 2009

Our University Foundation Programme (UFP) is a fast-track preparation course for entry to a degree course at niversities in the UK, which has been designed by the College in consultation with University Admissions Tutors.

Students are provided both with specific knowledge of subjects related to the degree they wish to take at university and with essential study skills.

Main advantages af our UFP is Successful placement to a wide range of UK universities

LONDON: Goldsmiths College, Kingston, North London, Queen Mary, Royal Holloway, South Bank

SOUTH: Brighton, Essex, Kent, Luton, Middlesex, Portsmouth, Surrey

WEST: Bath, Bournemouth, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth ,West of England

WALES: Cardiff, Glamorgan, Swansea

SCOTLAND: Aberdeen

CENTRAL: Aston, Birmingham, Brunel, Buckingham, Central England, Coventry, Keele, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham, Nottingham Trent, Oxford Brookes, Reading Thames Valley, Warwick

EAST: East Anglia

NORTH: Bradford, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Liverpool (John Moores), Manchester, Newcastle, Sunderland,UMIST

Expert advice & assistance on university application
Individual attention in small class
Continuous assessment & regular testses
Situated in heart of the beautiful university city of Oxford

Course dates
January - July 2009
April - December 2009 (Business & Law only)
September 2009 - June 2010

Course Structure
The course consists of 20 hours per week of taught classes plus project preparation.
The 8 modules are spread over the duration of the course to provide an even workload.
Students undertake coursework, including individual assignments, extended case studies and group activities.
The course is assessed on a combination of the coursework and an examination taken at the end of each module.The continuous assessment means that there is no build-up of pressure towards examination at the end of the courses, as can be the case with study on the traditional ‘A’ Level course.

Course assesments
Work assessments take several forms. The two main forms are:
Practical or written tests and Coursework

Coursework includes individual assignments, extended case studies and group activities. At the end of each module, students are assessed in a two-hour examination.

Fees: Courses starting in April 2008, September 2008 or January 2009: £7,450
(Tuition, including all examination and practical fees)
Registration Fee: £100 (non-refundable)

Entrance To Uuniversities in the UK
You may apply to 5 British universities for a place on a degree course, after completing our UFP. We recommend that you apply to one of our placement universities, where many of our former students have secured a place.
The results obtained on the Programme are expressed as an average percentage of coursework and examinations for all modules studied.
Universities will require results varying from a simple pass mark of 50% to 65% or 75% for some competitive courses.
You will also require an IELTS level of 6.0 – 6.5.