GLOSSARY

APPRENTICESHIP

An apprenticeship lets you work towards an academic and vocational qualification, while doing a paid job that provides you with training and skills development relevant to the career you’re interested in.

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

A Bachelor’s degree is an undergraduate level award and the type of degree that most students will study first (before, for example, postgraduate study). Generally, this type of degree takes three or four years to complete and can be taken in lots of subject areas, such as Arts (BA), Science (BSc), and Engineering (BEng).

FOUNDATION DEGREE

A foundation degree (FD) is a combined academic and vocational qualification that focuses on a particular job or profession, and typically takes two years to complete, full-time.

INTEGRATED FOUNDATION YEAR

An integrated foundation year prepares you for entry onto a bachelor’s degree, if you don’t quite have the right qualifications or experience for degree-level study.

INTEGRATED MASTER’S DEGREE

Integrated Master’s degrees combine undergraduate and postgraduate-level study into a single course (usually four years, full-time), and are ideal if you are certain you want to pursue advanced study in your subject, progressing directly onto a Master’s after three years of a Bachelor’s degree.

MASTER’S DEGREE

Once you have completed your undergraduate Bachelor’s degree, you may pursue postgraduate study. One type of postgraduate qualification is a Master’s degree.

SANDWICH COURSE

Degrees with a ‘sandwich year’ option include 12 months of work experience, as well as academic study, taking a typical Bachelor’s degree to four years in length.

Disclaimer

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