Foundation degree courses
Foundation degrees are higher education qualifications, mainly taught in Further Education (FE) colleges. They mix academic and work related learning and offer a clear route to university or into employment.
This page contains information on current Foundation degree courses, the college where they are available and the type of attendance required.
College titles and abbreviations
- College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise - CAFRE
- Belfast Metropolitan College - BMC
- Northern Regional College - NRC
- North West Regional College - NWRC
- Southern Regional College - SRC
- South Eastern Regional College - SERC
- South West College - SWC
Foundation degree courses A - C
| Qualification | Foundation degree | College | Available 2022-2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FdSc | Accounting | BMC | Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | Agriculture and Technology | CAFRE | Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | Applied and Medical Sciences | NRC NWRC SERC SRC SWC | Full-time Full-time and part-time Full-time Full-time Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | Applied Industrial Sciences | SRC | Part-time |
| FdEng | Architectural Engineering and Energy (Building Services) | SWC | Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | Architectural Technology | BMC SWC | Full-time and part-time Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | Architectural Technology with Sustainable Design | NWRC SERC | Full-time Full-time |
| FdSc | Biological Science | BMC | Full-time |
| FdSc | Building Technology and Management | NRC | Part-time |
| FdSc | Business and Enterprise | NWRC | Full-time |
| FdSc | Business Services Management | SWC | Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | Business with Digital Technology | NRC | Full-time and part-time |
| FdEng | Civil and Environmental Engineering | SWC | Full-time and part-time |
| FdEng | Civil Engineering | BMC NWRC | Full-time and part-time Full-time |
| FdSc | Computing | NRC SERC SRC SWC | Full-time Full-time and part-time Full-time Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | Computing Infrastructure | BMC SRC | Part-time Part-time |
| FdSc | Construction Engineering with Surveying | BMC NRC SWC | Full-time and part-time Part-time Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | Construction Management with Surveying | SRC | Full-time |
| FdSc | Counselling | BMC NRC NWRC SRC SWC | Part-time Part-time Part-time Part-time Part-time |
Foundation degree courses D - F
| Qualification | Foundation degree | College | Available 2022-2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FdA | Design (Product and Graphic) | SWC | Full-time and part-time |
| FdA | Digital Arts and Technologies | SWC | Full-time and part-time |
| FdA | Early Childhood Studies | BMC NRC NWRC SERC SRC SWC | Full-time Full-time and part-time Full-time Full-time and part-time Full-time and part-time Full-time and part-time |
| FdEng | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | NRC NWRC | Full-time and part-time Full-time |
| FdSc | Energy, Environment and Sustainability | SWC | Full-time |
| FdEng | Engineering with specialisms: Automotive Engineering / Manufacturing Engineering / Mechatronics / Wind Turbine Technology | SWC | Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | Equine Management | CAFRE | Full-time |
| FdSc | Events Management | BMC | Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | Financial Services Management | SWC | Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | Food Manufacture | CAFRE | Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | Food, Nutrition and Health | CAFRE | Full-time and part-time |
Foundation degree courses G - K
| Qualification | Foundation degree | College | Available 2022-2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FdSc | Health and Social Care | BMC NRC NWRC SRC SWC | Full-time Full-time Full-time Full-time Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | Health, Physical Activity and Sport | BMC | Full-time |
| FdSc | Holistic and Integrative Health Therapies | NWRC SWC | Part-time |
| Holistic and Integrative Health Therapies | NWRC SWC | Part-time Part-time | |
| FdSc | Horticulture | CAFRE | Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | iMedia | BMC | Full-time |
| FdSc | Information Technologies | NWRC | Full-time |
| FdA | Interactive Design | NRC | Full-time |
| FdSc | Interactive Multimedia | SRC | Full-time |
| FdSc | International Culinary Arts | SRC | Part-time |
| FdSc | International Hospitality and Tourism Management | NWRC SRC SWC | Full-time and part-time Full-time and part-time Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | International Hospitality and Tourism Management | NWRC SRC SWC | Full-time and part-time Full-time and part-time Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | International Hospitality Management | BMC | Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | International Travel and Tourism Management | BMC NWRC SRC SWC | Full-time and part-time Full-time and part-time Full-time and part-time Full-time and part-time |
Foundation degree courses L - Z
| Qualification | Foundation degree | College | Available 2022-2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FdSc | Leadership and management | SERC | Full-time |
| FdSc | Marketing | BMC | Full-time and part-time |
| FdEng | Mechanical Engineering | BMC NWRC | Full-time and part-time Full-time and part-time |
| FdEng | Mechatronic Engineering | SERC SRC | Full-time and part-time Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | Property, Planning and Housing | BMC | Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | Responding to Alcohol and Drugs Misuse | NWRC | Part-time |
| FdSc | Software Development | NWRC | Full-time and part-time |
| FdEng | Software Engineering | BMC | Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | Sport, Exercise and Fitness | NRC NWRC SRC | Full-time Full-time Full-time and part-time |
| FdSc | Sport, Exercise and Fitness (with two pathways – Sports Science, Sports Studies) | SERC | Full-time and part-time |
| FdEng | Sustainable Construction | NWRC | Full-time |
| FdSc | Tourism, Hospitality and Events | SERC | Full-time |