Destination UK Your choice of universities INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION PARTNER: Contents Why study with INTO? 4 Successful INTO alumni Every year, INTO helps hundreds of young 6 Choose your pathway people from around the world study at a UK programme university – and open up a lifetime of career 8 Subject overview table opportunities. Are you ready to join them? 10 Integrated Programmes Study at a leading university 11 University degree courses The UK education system is renowned throughout the world for its quality, 12 City, University of London and our partners include some of the UK’s top universities. More than 100 universities across the UK welcome our students. So whether you want 13 Glasgow Caledonian University to prepare for your undergraduate or postgraduate degree on a university 14 INTO London campus or in a dynamic city centre location, the choice is yours! Stirling Glasgow 15 INTO Manchester Keep your options open If you’re unsure which university to apply to, study your pathway 16 Manchester Metropolitan at one of our multipathway centres in London or Manchester. Newcastle University These centres give you a wide choice of UK universities. Belfast 17 The University of Manchester Guaranteed progression 18 Newcastle University Successfully complete your pathway programme and we guarantee you’ll progress to a degree at a UK university. If you don’t get the grades for your Manchester 19 Newcastle University London preferred course, we’ll help you progress to another that’s better suited to 20 Queen’s University Belfast you. From science and engineering to business and law, we’re here to help you achieve your academic goals. Norwich 21 University of East Anglia In fact, we’re so confident that on completing your International 22 University of Exeter Foundation programme you’ll enter a UK university, we offer a money-back guarantee! Find out more: Cheltenham London 23 University of Gloucestershire www.intostudy.com/international-foundation-guarantee 24 University of Stirling Great student experience Exeter 25 Course prices Our modern INTO Study Centres are the ideal place for you to focus on your studies and offer fully equipped classrooms, high-speed IT facilities 26 Entry requirements and Learning Resource Centres. Some offer specialist facilities like science labs, art studios and more. Private study areas and social spaces ensure you have everything you need in one place. Our partner universities all offer excellent libraries, clubs, societies, sports facilities and cafés, as well as a Students’ Union and multifaith prayer spaces. Support every step of the way From the moment you decide to study in the UK, we’re here to help. Our specialist support teams will help you with the essentials you need to get on with life as a university student – from organising visas and accommodation to registering for your first class. Scholarships Together with our university partners, we invest more than £2 million in scholarships every year. Once you successfully progress from your INTO programme you could still be awarded a scholarship by the university. “It’s amazing how we all come from Find out if you’re eligible: www.intostudy.com/uk/scholarships different backgrounds and get along so well. Studying in the UK is allowing me to learn all these fascinating things about the world beyond my country.” Hear our students talk about Doreen, Singapore Currently studying International Foundation at the University of Exeter what’s great about life in the UK: Hear more from Doreen: www.myin.to/Meet_Doreen www.myin.to/StudyingUK 2 | Destination UK 2018–2019 www.intostudy.com | 3 Progress to a top university Prepare for your career INTO Giving Successful INTO alumni Successful completion of an academic We’ll ensure you get the help and advice you You can also get involved and gain experience by programme offers guaranteed progression to our need at every stage of your career planning and volunteering with INTO Giving, our charity which partner and affiliate universities. Take a look at job searching, through careers services available supports educational projects around the world. In today’s competitive global employment market, you need more than just the table below which highlights INTO students at our partner universities. You’ll receive Find out more: www.facebook.com/into.giving a strong academic qualification to stand out. We’ll help you gain the skills who have progressed to a leading UK university. guidance on applications, interview techniques and experience that will boost your career, just like these students... INTO students have also progressed to the and have access to open days and career fairs top 10 universities most targeted by the UK’s during the academic year. top employers: Warwick, Manchester, Bristol, If your visa allows, we’ll even help you find Cambridge, Nottingham, Birmingham, Durham part-time work or placements during your study. “The skills learned are and Leeds (High Fliers Research 2017). easily applied to all areas Top 32 universities in the UK of education and work (The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017) in the future.” Ranking University Name of degree INTO programme Student name Country Grade 1 University of Cambridge Engineering A-levels NGUYEN Do Vinh Anh Vietnam A*A*A*A* Sean, Singapore Graduated with BSc (Hons) Investment and Financial 3 University of St Andrews Economics and International Foundation Rafaela GUIMARAES Brazil 76% Risk Management, from City, University of London International Relations PEREIRA with First Class Honours and now working as a 4 Durham University Economics and Politics International Foundation Khouloud BOUSSEMA Tunisia 87% Corporates and Markets Analyst for Commerzbank AG 5 Imperial College London Biomedical Science A-levels LI Sihua China A*A*AA 6 University College London Civil Engineering International Foundation CHEW Khay Wenn Malaysia 76% “Studying in the UK enhanced “Studying and living abroad 7 University of Warwick Computer Science International Foundation Daulet ZHALPAKOV Kazakhstan 92% my multicultural awareness. It in an English speaking 8 London School of Economics Mathematics and Economics A-levels Iuliia VOZZHAEVA Russia A*A*A*A* also improved my interpersonal country is the perfect 9 University of Exeter Accounting and Finance International Year One CHEONG Xin Yue Singapore 81% skills and my ability to be opportunity to develop.” 9 Lancaster University Financial Mathematics International Foundation ZHENG Xu China 75% flexible to changing work Hind, Kuwait 11 Loughborough University Accounting and International Foundation Damjith Ronaka THALPE Sri Lanka 86% circumstances.” Completed International Foundation and Financial Management AHANGAMAGE progressed to Chemical Engineering at 12 University of Bath Electrical and International Foundation HUANG Jun China 95% Fiedya, Indonesia Queen’s University Belfast Electronic Engineering Graduated with LLB (Hons) Law 13 University of Leeds Accounting and Finance International Year One FOONG Yee Wen Amelia Malaysia 75% from the University of Exeter and now working as a Legal Trainee in Singapore 14 University of Surrey Law International Foundation Abdul Hafiz Oluwatosin Nigeria 70% “My English improved BALOGUN 15 University of East Anglia Actuarial Science International Foundation Ian Mbuti WAITHIRA Kenya 84% dramatically, and when 16 University of Birmingham MBA Global Banking and Finance Graduate Diploma Abdulmonem Musleh S Saudi Arabia 66% ALAHMADI I started my degree I 17 University of York Economics International Foundation YUENG Kwun Ki Hong Kong 82% felt ready and confident 18 University of Sussex Law International Foundation HUI Ching Ling Hong Kong 70% to produce work of the 19 University of Bristol Psychology International Foundation YE Wenting China 83% same standard as my 20 University of Nottingham Pharmacy International Foundation WONG Kin Shing Hong Kong 86% fellow students.” 21 University of Southampton Mechanical Engineering International Foundation VU Nguyen Dinh Vietnam 86% 22 Newcastle University Biomedical Sciences International Foundation POH Liang Kai Singapore 89% “I’m adjusting and Orkhan, Azerbaijan “The transition between Graduated with BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering 23 University of Kent Finance, Investment and Risk Graduate Diploma WANG Xiannan China 71% learning to become from Newcastle University with First Class Honours INTO and university was and now working as a Process Engineer in India 24 University of Sheffield Architecture International Foundation Sora KANG South Korea 73% independent.” so smooth it felt like 25 University of Leicester English and Visual Culture International Foundation ZHOU Wenxin China 72% Stephanie, Sierra Leone it was the same course.” Currently studying International Foundation 26 Queen’s University Belfast Electrical and International Foundation Adnan HOSSAIN Bangladesh A*A*A*A* Electronic Engineering at INTO London Ildar, Kazakhstan Graduated with BEng (Hons) Civil 27 King's College London Economics and Management International Foundation Ammir KHAN Pakistan 80% Hear more from Stephanie: Engineering from The University of www.myin.to/Meet_ Manchester and now working as a Civil, 28 University of Dundee Civil Engineering International Year One Khaleel BAHBAHANI Kuwait 62% Structural and Architectural Designer Stephanie in Kazakhstan 29 University of Glasgow International Financial Analysis Graduate Diploma LIU Zhinan China 71% 30 University of Essex Law International Foundation Shahidul Islam SHUVO Bangladesh A*A*A* Meet some more INTO