Integrated International Foundation Year (Design) University of Leeds

Overview

Do you have a passion for creativity and problem-solving? A degree in design will let you apply your artistic skills, perception, and imagination. You’ll become an expert at understanding problems, empathising with people, and using your critical and technical eye to create things that reflect and improve their lives.

A four-year Integrated International Foundation Year (Design) degree from University of Leeds provides valuable support to help you settle in, learn and gain confidence to successfully study at an undergraduate level. Develop critical English language and study skills. Choose modules based on the undergraduate design course you choose to progress onto. Then build foundational knowledge through on-campus lectures, workshops, and seminars – helping ensure you study with confidence through years 2 to 4.

Career opportunities

An Integrated International Foundation Year lets you study at an undergraduate level. This will help you pursue careers related to your chosen course and develop transferable skills valued by employers across a wide range of professions.

Employment opportunities across the design field are varied, depending on the BA course you choose to study. As such, we recommend exploring the careers information on the course pages for the programmes you can choose from after completing your foundation year.

Where this degree could take you

Recent graduates of the School of Design have gone on to pursue exciting careers across a broad range of industries, including:

• retail
• architecture
• education
• civil engineering
• marketing and advertising
• film, TV and radio
• graphic design
• art