The King’s International Foundation Programme is a specialist, one-year foundation course that helps ambitious international students find the right pathway and combination of modules to progress to undergraduate study at King’s College London or another UK university.

These full-time foundation courses have been designed by King’s Foundations to develop your essential knowledge in a chosen subject area, introduce you to the UK higher education system and improve your academic English so that you are fully prepared for your degree.

You’ll join a supportive environment that’s dedicated to helping you transition from high school to university study. You’ll receive around 15 hours of contact time a week, spread across lectures, small-group seminars and tutorials of, on average, 16 students.

Two study options

The King’s International Foundation Programme is for students with an IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each skill, or an equivalent English language qualification.

If you have an an IELTS score (or equivalent) of 5.5 with a minimum of 5.0 in each skill, you can apply for the Extended King’s International Foundation Programme. This option offers an additional five weeks of online intensive academic English preparation before you join the rest of the King’s International Foundation Programme cohort on campus in September.