Media, Communication and Film Foundation Pathway

In your foundation studies, you’ll start honing cultural awareness and critical thinking skills essential for navigating various fields. These skills will empower you to engage with diverse perspectives and make a difference in your future endeavors.

Overview

Media, Communication and Film Foundation Pathway – designed for students who want to gain a variety of technical and creative abilities, a deeper comprehension of visual communication, and a well-informed approach to entering the creative media sectors. Working on different drama, documentary, music, and experimental video productions has given the students the opportunity to develop their camera, sound, lighting, direction, editing, and post-production skills. There is a business component to the course, where students develop artifacts with a purpose outside of college by working to external client requirements. Additionally, students’ critical and analytical skills are developed by the curriculum, paving the way for future advanced study.

Course Term Dates

Start in September or January

There are two start dates for our foundation courses – September and January.

Depending on when prospective students finish their senior school studies, they have the option of beginning their course sooner or slightly later. Both complete in time for a September start at university the following year.

Media Studies
Applied Communication Theory
Digital Media
Film Studies
English
PSHE / Study Skills

Country Qualifications

Use our tool to see what the entry requirements apply to your country.

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Qualifications Accepted	Grades Required	IELTS Needed

International School qualifications – important information

A levels: No entry available.

AS levels: Successful completion of 3 AS levels only – BBB. Please note: For students who have not gone on to study the full A levels. We cannot consider: Critical Thinking/English General Paper/General Studies/Global Perspectives & Research.

American High School Diploma: Successfully complete the high school diploma with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale.

Dual Diploma Students – National High School Diploma PLUS partial or full completion of International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, SAT or APs or A levels: Students will be assessed on the basis of their National High School Diploma only. Students will need to demonstrate previous study of required subjects for certain Foundation courses. See below for details by country.

International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma: No entry available.

International Baccalaureate Certificates: 555 in three International Baccalaureate Certificates (taken at standard or higher level)

International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme (IBCP): A grade of ‘Pass’ in the CP core, and two IB Diploma Programme Certificates (taken at standard or higher level) at 5

IELTS Academic 5.5 overall with no skill below 5.5

Pearson Test of English (Academic) 59 overall with a minimum of 54 in each communicative skill

TOEFL iBT (Including Home Edition) 80 overall with a minimum of 20 in each skills

Communication & Media
Film & TV Production
Media & Creative Industries
Marketing Communications with Advertising
Marketing
Communications with Digital Strategy
Media Production

Key Information

Course type:

2025 Fall Intake

Study mode:

Full-time

Duration:

3 semesters

Start date:

25 Sep 2025

How to Apply?

Tell us a little about yourself and we’ll help with the rest. Our convenient online application tool only takes 10 minutes to complete.

After you submit your application, an admissions representative will contact you and will help you to complete the process.

Once you’ve completed your application and connected with an admissions representative, you’re ready to create your schedule.