Entrepreneurship and Business with Foundation Year

Overview
Kick start your entrepreneurial ambition and learn the skills you need for modern business. If you've taken a break from study, or want extra support to get uni-ready, then this foundation year course is for you.

You'll study for one year through ICP, right here on campus. You'll get the knowledge and academic skills needed to take on a bachelor's degree, learning how to analyse information, do research, and improve your academic writing.

The skills you'll learn will help you work in teams as well as on your own in culturally diverse workplaces. You'll develop your understanding of new workplaces and environments, and how to adapt to new environments.

When you've finished, you'll be ready to move onto the first year of BA (Hons) Entrepreneurship and Business.

A guaranteed place
Once you’ve successfully completed your foundation year, you'll be ready to progress onto BA (Hons) Entrepreneurship and Business with a guaranteed place.

Course highlights

• ICP is based on the University of Portsmouth campus so you'll have access to all facilities, support and societies

• When you finish your foundation year successfully, you get a guaranteed place on BA (Hons) Entrepreneurship and Business

• Get used to how lectures, seminars and tutorials work, so you can move onto your degree ready for success

• Learn how to meet the demands of taking on a bachelor's at university.

Careers and opportunities
100% of graduates from our BA (Hons) Entrepreneurship and Business course are in work or further study 15 months after graduation according to the latest HESA Graduate Outcome Study.

Several of our students set up their own business during the course, or go on to run their own business after graduation. Many others, go on to apply their skills in existing businesses, particularly in the areas of product development and marketing.

Post-Covid the business development skills you'll learn on this course are likely to be more needed than ever. The Harvard Business Review recently wrote that:

"Companies seeking to emerge from the crisis in a stronger position must develop a systematic understanding of changing habits.....they must highlight anomalies and challenge mental models, revamp their business models and invest their capital dynamically."

Course Modules

Foundation year
In your foundation year, you'll gain the knowledge you need to move on to the first year of BA (Hons) Entrepreneurship and Business. It will bridge the gap to uni, with the knowledge and academic skills you'll need to start.

Throughout the year, you'll learn to critically engage with information, undertake literature reviews, enhance your academic writing, and gain awareness of different types of research.

When you successfully complete this year, you'll get a guaranteed place on the first year of the BA (Hons) Entrepreneurship and Business degree.

Years 2, 3 and 4
After your first year, you will transfer to BA (Hons) Entrepreneurship and Business. The modules you study in years 2, 3 and 4 (and year 5 if you do a placement year) can be found on the relevant course page.

https://www.port.ac.uk/study/courses/undergraduate/ba-hons-entrepreneurship-and-business?studyMode=4-years-with-foundation-year&startDate=september-2026#modules