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Health Foundation Year
Key Information
Why study this course?

The Health Foundation Year offers an opportunity for students to enter
a degree course in the Faculty of Health who do not meet the necessary
criteria for direct entry. This is often because they have not studied
the subjects required or because they have gained non-traditional
qualifications. The course will provide you with the requisite science
knowledge, enhance your study skills and give you an introduction to
the employability skills required by health professionals.

Indicative modules

Each programme consists of a
set of modules that have been
approved by the relevant School
of Health. You will take a mixture
of core skills modules together
with academic modules related to
your chosen degree programme.

What will this mean
for my future?

A Health Foundation Year allows
progression to the following
degree subjects: Adult Nursing,
Children’s Nursing, Learning
Disability Nursing, Medicine,
Mental Health Nursing, Midwifery,
Pharmacy, Physiotherapy,
Social Work.*

Course type

Foundation year
progressing to single
honours, MBChB, MPharm,
BSc, BA

Course duration
Four, five or six years

Indicative entry
requirements

For further information on
entry requirements please
visit www.keele.ac.uk/
entryrequirements
*There is a limited number
of places and shortlisted
candidates will be required
to undertake an interview.

Sophie Miller

Health Foundation Year
2014/15, now studying
Midwifery

Did you
know?

In the ten years since the Health Foundation Year
started, it has been successfully involved in
the training of 20 Doctors, 32 Pharmacists,
11 Physiotherapists, 18 Nurses and 5 Midwives.

For more course information please visit

keele.ac.uk/foundationcourses

The Foundation Year provides
necessary skills that are required
to succeed at university and
gives an advantage over other
students when progressing onto
the first year of any degree
programme. Also it gives the
chance to make many wonderful
friends that can support you
as you come to university and
throughout the course and into
the future. You will receive so
much support from lecturers and
especially from your learning
mentor who will guide you
through all aspects of the course.
Smart minds choose Keele

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