Geography with Business Management with Foundation Year

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 ranked Top 5 in England (NSS 2025, broad-based universities)*

• 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

Discover how the rapidly evolving global economy and the environment are intrinsically connected on our Geography with Business Management BSc. You’ll gain expertise in two exciting fields, inspiring you to become an effective leader, decision-maker, and agent of positive change.

*We have compared the positivity ratings of all participating UK institutions using the NSS 2025 sector data to determine Keele's position relative to other broad-based universities (i.e. excluding specialist institutions and further education colleges).

About Keele
Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university.

We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level.

Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.

For a list of indicative modules please visit the course page on the Keele University website.