Biology with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)

We offer a January and September entry point onto this course (Biology – Pathway one only). (Applicant information for January 2022 entry can be found on the 2021/2022 pages.) The closing date for applications to the September entry point is the 15th January and the closing date for applications for the January entry point is the 21st December. Please note that the January start point runs in a compressed time-frame (January to September) but without loss of teaching weeks or acceleration of teaching and content delivery. Please ensure that you are viewing the correct UCAS page for the entry point you are interested in. You can switch between the September and January UCAS pages by using the blue 'course options available' button above.We welcome direct applications for the January entry point. Contact our Admissions team to apply now. Telephone: +44 (0)1782 734010 Email: admissions@keele.ac.uk At Keele University, we’re proud to be consistently ranked in the Top 3 UK universities for student satisfaction, which is testimony to the safe, supportive and welcoming campus we hope you’ll soon call home. The Foundation Year will smooth your transition to degree-level study by giving you the time and space to develop your subject knowledge, improve your academic skills and build your confidence and self-belief that you can succeed at university. All of the teaching is delivered on the Keele campus by highly qualified academic and professional staff, complemented by an experienced student support team. Teaching methods include lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials, and you will make use of state-of-the-art undergraduate teaching facilities and apparatus. In addition to the University's support network, you will have a personal tutor who will guide and support you through your first year of university study. **There are two pathways within the Biology with Foundation Year, these are: Biology pathway (pathway one, available for September and January intake)**, which provides a preparatory year for students hoping to progress to Biology at Keele as a Single Honours programme or combined with another subject. You can choose to study this course as a combined honours degree with Foundation Year. Visit our website for a list of combined honours courses, entry requirements and information on applying for a combined honours course with Foundation Year. **Veterinary Medicine and Surgery pathway (pathway two, available for September intake only)**, which provides a preparatory year for students hoping to transfer to the Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVetMS) degree at the Harper and Keele Veterinary School. Please note to progress on to this programme from the foundation year, students will be required to pass the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery selection event and successfully complete the Foundation Year at the required threshold grades of 70% in each semester 2 module. Students will also need to have the following work experience; 2 weeks in a vets practice and 4 weeks in an animal environment. The selection event will take place during the Foundation Year. The new Harper & Keele Veterinary School combines the extensive resources of the two universities. The programme is uniquely structured to help students graduate with the required skills to be immediately effective first opinion practitioners in the rapidly changing modern veterinary and animal welfare industries. **Equal consideration deadline for pathway two is 15 October 2020.**