INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION YEAR

Wrexham Glyndŵr University is excited to be working with the highly regarded independent education provider, Malvern House International, to deliver a range of pre-degree pathway courses for international students. The courses will develop your English language skills and prepare you academically for university-level study.

By taking a pathway course you will be fully enrolled as a Glyndŵr student, giving you the benefit of on-campus accommodation and access to all University facilities and services. After completing the course, you will then be able to progress seamlessly to full degree-level study without having to apply for a new visa.

The International Foundation Year is an intensive pathway program designed to provide international students with support access to undergraduate degree programs at Wrexham Glyndŵr University. The course, with up to 25 hours of guided tuition per week has been designed by qualified and experienced language lecturers in collaboration with the University’s specialist departments offering highly rated programs with a Silver Award for their teaching. Tuition takes place in modules through seminars, tutorials, and lectures – giving students good preparation for their future studies and involving a variety of delivery modes. Language lessons cover a wide variety of language and culture-related aspects with an average group size are 10-20 participants, and lessons usually run between 9 am and 4 pm, Monday-Friday.

The pathway program is offered in four subject areas:

• International Foundation Year (Art & Design)
• International Foundation Year (Business)
• International Foundation Year (Computing)
• International Foundation Year (Engineering)
• International Foundation Year (Media and Creative Technology)

The course has been created for students who have completed a 12-year school system and need to bridge both the required academic entry standards into their undergraduate degree program and to upgrade and enhance their skills and knowledge of English to satisfy the University’s entry criteria in English

Students spend the first semester of the course rapidly improving their English, learning about British culture, and acquiring academic skills needed for studies at a British University.

In the second semester, students join subject-specific courses in their pathway with British students. This will give them a unique opportunity to learn together with native speaker students, whilst still continuing their English language module in addition to three further modules – all of which are completed at the end of the second semester:

• English for IFY 1 (standard) or English for IFY 2 (fast track)
• Integrated Skills for Undergraduate Studies
• Creative Processes and Progression Project (pathway Art & Design)
• Media Culture and Personal Project (pathway Media & Creative Technology)
• Fundamentals of Finance and Introduction to Marketing (pathway Business)
• Computing Mathematics and Developments in Technology (pathway Computing)
• Mechanical Science and Electrical and Electronic Science (pathway Engineering

Successful completion of the pathway program guarantees entry into the following programs within the chosen pathway, which must be stated at the application stage:

International Foundation Year (Business), on successful completion leading to

BA (Hons)

• Accounting & Finance
• Business
• Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management
• Human Resource Management
• Marketing

BSc (Hons)

• Financial Technology Management

International Foundation Year (Art and Design), on successful completion leading to

BA (Hons)

• Children's Books
• Animation
• Applied Arts
• Comics
• Fine Art
• Game Art
• Graphic Design
• Illustration
• Photography and Film
• Visual Effects

International Foundation Year (Media and Creative Technology), on successful completion leading to

BSc (Hons)

• Live Sound
• Music Technology
• Professional Sound & Video
• Sound Technology
• Television Production & Technology

BA (Hons)

• Radio Production
• Sound Design
• Theatre, Television and Performance

International Foundation Year (Computing), on successful completion leading to

BSc (Hons)

• Computer Game Design and Enterprise
• Computer Game Development
• Computer Networks and Security
• Computer Science
• Computing
• Cyber Security

International Foundation Year (Engineering), on successful completion leading to

BEng (Hons)

• Aeronautical & Mechanical Engineering
• Automotive Engineering
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Renewable Energy and Sustainable Engineering