Course summary

Foundation Year Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, you'll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that you'd get as an undergraduate student at Keele. International Students For International Students, Foundation Years are delivered through our dedicated on-campus provider, Keele University International College. Applications for International Foundation Years are also handled by KUIC; please do not apply via UCAS as the University will not be able to process your application and you may still be charged the UCAS application fee. To find out more and to apply for an International Foundation Year, visit https://kuic.keele.ac.uk/ International Relations International Relations is the study of global affairs, as well as ideas, interactions, and structures that affect almost everything around us. It’s the study of culture, politics, economics, society, organisations, structures, and ultimately, power. At Keele, our wide reaching regional expertise and our broad approach to the discipline, will teach you how to interpret global, social, political, and economic interactions. With applicability to numerous careers and industries, a degree in International Relations aims to provide you with the knowledge and transferable skills to pursue a wide range of careers. Why choose this course?

• No. 1 in the UK. Britain's best university, ranked by students (Student Crowd University Awards, 2022)

• Opportunity to tailor your degree programme based on your interests and career aspirations

• Research active staff providing a worldwide perspective of key topics, challenges and issues

• Enhance your career prospects with an International Year and experience life in a different country and explore new cultures