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/ Geography with Business Management Are you interested in tackling global environmental challenges? Do you want to develop an understanding of core business concepts? On our Geography with Business Management BSc, you’ll examine key aspects of geography, including sustainability, globalisation and social inequalities, and explore the dynamic global business environment. You’ll build a diverse skill set through industry work placements, laboratory activities and fieldwork opportunities, preparing you for careers in areas such as environmental consulting, corporate sustainability and planning. Why choose this course?

• Geography at Keele is Top 5 in the UK for student positivity* NSS 2024 (Broad-based universities) *based on overall student satisfaction, which is an average score across 27 questions asked in the NSS

• Top 10 for Geography (Guardian University League Table, 2025)

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

• Study alongside innovative companies based in Keele Business School

• International year and work placement options