UK
Foundation Courses
An
Explanation of UK Foundation Courses
In most parts of
the UK* children start school at 5 years old and finish senior
high school at 18 years old. Therefore they have completed
13 years of education before entering university. University
degrees are only 3 years to graduate at bachelors level making
a total of 16 years formal education to graduation. In Taiwan
students have only finished 12 years of formal education by
the time they finish high school and then take a four-year
degree to make the 16 years of formal education to graduation.
To make up for
this discrepancy Taiwan high school graduates have to take
a one-year preparation course before they start at university
in the UK. This course is called a foundation course.
A
List of Foundation Courses
Here
is a selection of foundation courses at British institutions.
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