BSc Business and Management with a Foundation Year

The BSc Business and Management with a Foundation Year at the University of Kent is an intensive course that helps develop a deep understanding of how businesses operate from marketing to accounting, and how these functions work in a wider business context. This course is designed to enable students to lead and manage teams responsibly by employing the skills learnt for strategic decision-making in self-owned businesses or organisations.

While prioritising the creation of sustainable features and ethical management, the course equips you with key leadership and team management skills. You will be exposed to excellent work opportunities through Kent’s industry work paid year, and have an avenue to build an entrepreneurial mindset while being guided by expert teaching staff that appear in the top 2% of researchers worldwide. 

Studying the BSc Business and Management with a Foundation Year programme at the University of Kent gives you an edge over others as you will be studying at a ‘Triple Crown’ business school accredited by AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS. The university serves as the best place for your career building in business and management as it ranks among the top 20 universities in the UK for Business and Management as recognised by The Guardian University Guide 2025.

The University of Kent, formerly the University of Kent at Canterbury (UKC) was granted the royal charter on January 4, 1965, with Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent as the first Chancellor. The university has its attraction built on its international nature which became home to over 17,000 students from a wide range of 152 nationalities. This underscores their deeply embedded values of diversity, freedom of speech and the celebration of difference.

Strategically, the university aims to be one of the leading civic universities by utilising their education and research as well as the talents of their staff and students to support social, economic, cultural, intellectual and public life. With a variety of academic schools that have great freedom in how they work in order for them to best meet the needs of their students, the university is able to provide multiple disciplines that students can explore and pique their interests in. 

Additionally, the university is reputable for its wide impact on society by ensuring its staff and students make a significant contribution to their local communities through volunteering, research and public service. The commitment to offer one of the best education and student experiences in the UK makes the university an impeccable choice for your study.

Grade Requirements:

● The typical A-level offer is ABB/ BBC or 112-128 UCAS Tariff points, BTEC, IB, T level, HE Diploma.

English Proficiency: 

● An IELTS of 6.0 with at least 5.5 in each component is accepted.

● Other equivalent English language tests are also accepted.

For the 2025/2026 academic year, the tuition fee to study the BSc Business and Management with a Foundation Year at the University of Kent is £20,700 per year.

The University of Kent provides financial support to international students through various scholarship schemes. The Kent International Award for Academic Excellence offers a tuition fee reduction of £3,000 for the first year of study with a further £1,000 awarded in year 2 and £1,000 in year 3, conditional upon maintaining a 60% or 2:1 average. 

Also available as financial support is the British Council GREAT Scholarship China, France, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand and Turkey. The scholarship value is £10,000 and accompanying it are other conditional requirements such as a conditional admission offer.  

If you'd like to find out about other scholarship opportunities available to you, our counsellors at AHZ are happy to help.

Graduates of BSc Business and Management with a Foundation Year at the University of Kent can pursue careers in various industries. Potential roles include:

• Business Administrator
• Project Coordinator
• Business Development Executive
• Operations Coordinator
• Customer Relationship Manager

To apply for this course, you have to submit your application through UCAS. You can speak to one of our trained counsellors if you need more information on the application process.