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/ Ecology and Conservation Explore the science behind society's ecological and conservation challenges and the system changes needed to conserve species, habitats, landscapes and ecosystems. You will graduate with the subject-specific, research, field and laboratory skills needed for an exciting career in this increasingly important field. Why choose this course?

• Top 20 in the UK for Geography and Environmental Studies (Guardian University League Table, 2022)

• Tackle a real-world ecology project and contribute to positive change

• International year and work placement options

• Our unique 600-acre campus offers a fantastic natural environment to perform fieldwork

• Personalise your degree with a variety of optional modules