Foundation Degree Qualifications
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Gain the work-based skills you need to progress your career or top up to a full degree later.
Our Foundation Degrees are the ideal choice if you want a skills-focused higher education qualification without committing to a full three-year programme straight away. You’ll gain practical, workplace-relevant skills, while keeping the option open to progress to an honours degree later.
Take your first step into higher education with Arden by exploring our Foundation Degree courses below.
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BSc (Hons) Psychology
BSc (Hons) Psychology
With Foundation Year
BSc (Hons) Psychology with Counselling
BSc (Hons) Psychology with Counselling
With Foundation Year
MSc Psychology Conversion Degree (BPS)
MSc Business Psychology
BA (Hons) Business Management
BA (Hons) Business Management
With Foundation Year
MBA
Executive MBA
Executive MBA (Artificial Intelligence)
BSc (Hons) Health and Care Management
BSc (Hons) Health and Care Management (Top-Up)
BSc (Hons) Health and Care Management
With Foundation Year
Level 4 CertHE Health and Care Management
Level 5 DipHE Health and Care Management
Master of Public Health
MSc Global Health Management
BSc (Hons) Forensic and Criminal Investigation
BSc (Hons) Policing and Criminal Investigation
LLB (Hons) Law
LLB (Hons) Law
With Foundation Year
LLM in Professional Legal Practice (SQE1 and SQE2)
BSc (Hons) Computing
MSc Data Science
MSc Cyber Security
BSc (Hons) Computing (Top-Up)
BSc (Hons) Computing
With Foundation Year
BA (Hons) Graphic Design
BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance
BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance
With Foundation Year
BSc (Hons) Project Management
BSc (Hons) Project Management
With Foundation Year
BSc (Hons) Digital Marketing
With Foundation Year
MSc Project Management
MSc Strategic Human Resource Management
BA (Hons) Criminology
BA (Hons) Criminology
With Foundation Year
BA (Hons) Criminology with Cybercrime
BA (Hons) Criminology and Psychology
BA (Hons) Criminology and Psychology
With Foundation Year
BA (Hons) Criminology with Law
BA (Hons) Human Resource Management and Psychology
BSc (Hons) International Hospitality and Tourism Management
BSc (Hons) International Hospitality and Tourism Management
With Foundation Year
BA (Hons) Business Management and Computing
BA (Hons) Business Management and Law
BA (Hons) Business Management (Accounting & Finance)
BA (Hons) Business Management (Marketing)
BA (Hons) Business Management (Marketing)
With Foundation Year
BA (Hons) Business Management (Human Resource Management)
BA (Hons) Business Management (Human Resource Management)
With Foundation Year
BA (Hons) Business Management (Tourism)
BA (Hons) Business Management (Tourism)
With Foundation Year
Executive MBA (Finance)
MBA (Top-Up)
BSc (Hons) Supply Chain Management
MSc Strategic Digital Marketing
MA Serious and Violent Crime
MSc Accounting and Finance
MSc Accounting and Finance (Top-Up)
MSc Supply Chain Management and Logistics
MSc Engineering Management
MA Design Management
MSc Business Transformation
PG Cert Neurodiversity
Level 7 Senior Leader Apprenticeship (Business) plus optional Executive MBA
Level 7 Senior Leader Apprenticeship (Health & Care) plus optional Exec MBA
Level 7 Senior Leader Apprenticeship with NHS Leadership Academy Rosalind Franklin Award
Level 6 Project Manager Degree Apprenticeship BSc (Hons) (APM)
BA (Hons) Business Management (Accounting & Finance) (Top-Up)
BA (Hons) Business Management (HRM) (Top-Up)
BA (Hons) Business Management (Marketing) (Top-Up)
BA (Hons) Business Management (Top-Up)
BA (Hons) Business Management (Tourism) (Top-Up)
BSc (Hons) Digital Marketing
Foundation Degree Business and Innovation (FdA)
Foundation Degree Computing and Digital Futures (FdSc)
Foundation Degree Health and Care Management (FdSc)
Level 6 Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship, BA (Hons) Business & Management (CMI)
Level 6 Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship, BSc (Hons) Health and Care Management (CMI)
Level 7 Senior People Professional Apprenticeship plus optional MSc Strategic HRM
MSc Health and Care Management (Top-Up)
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Foundation Degree vs. Foundation Year
While Foundation Degrees and Foundation Year Entry Degrees might sound similar, they are designed for different students:
Foundation Degree (2 years)
- Stand-alone qualification equivalent to the first two years of a bachelor’s
- More practical, career-focused, skills-based learning
- Option to progress (“top up”) to a final year of a full honours degree
- Slightly higher entry requirements than Foundation Year
- Daytime students study one day on campus per week
- Evenings and Weekends students study two days per week
Foundation Year Entry Degree (4 years)
- Undergraduate degree with an integrated foundation year
- Designed to build academic confidence and study skills before progressing
- Ideal if you need extra support to meet entry requirements
- All students will study two days a week on campus
In short, if you’d like a faster, practical qualification with the flexibility to continue to an honours degree later, a Foundation Degree could be your perfect route.
Read our full explainer on Foundation Degrees vs. Foundation Year Entry Degrees
What is a Foundation Degree?
A Foundation Degree is a two-year qualification that combines academic study with practical, hands-on skills. It is equivalent to the first two years of an honours degree, and you can top up to a bachelor’s later if you wish.
- Practical, career-focused learning
- Flexible study formats – One day per week for daytime students and two days per week for students studying the evening or weekend study modes.
- Progression routes to a full degree
- Ideal if you want a faster qualification
Why study a Foundation Degree with Arden?
- Industry-relevant courses with embedded workplace impact project
- Support from experienced academics and staff
- Skills you can apply immediately in the workplace
- Progress to an honours degree without starting from scratch
