Foundation Year in Arts and Humanities
In 2013/2014 the University of Bristol have introduced a new course which is a one-year introduction to the arts and humanities that will help prepare you to study for an undergraduate degree.
The tuition fees for this course are £3500.00
Help from the University of Bristol
Foundation Year in Arts and Humanities Bursary
The University is offering a bursary especially for this course which is £3,750. The bursary is in place to assist with your expenditure over the academic year.
If your household income is assessed by Student Finance England to be £25000 per year or below, you may be eligible for the bursary.
You do not need to apply for the bursary.
Providing you have applied for your financial support from Student Finance England (or whoever your UK funding provider is) and you have given your consent for the Student Loans Company to share your household income details with the University of Bristol, we will know whether you are eligible for the bursary.
See below for important information about applying for Student Finance.
Help from the Government
Depending upon your circumstances you may be eligible for grants and loans to assist with your day to day living expenses and your tuition fees.
Click here for More information on Government help
Important information regarding applying for financial support.
When you apply to you funding provider for financial support, you will be asked for a UCAS course code. There is no UCAS code as the course is not available for UCAS entry.
Instead, you can quote the SLC course code, which is 594499.
The course name which you must include on your Student Finance application is ‘4-YEAR BA WITH INTEGRATED FOUNDATION YEAR'. This is the course name which the Student Finance providers and the Student Loans Company have registered on their systems.
If you apply online then you will need to input the course code and course name manually by typing freeform in the relevant boxes - do not try to retrieve the information using the UCAS link as the details are not available from UCAS.
If you are having problems applying on-line for your financial support, you may prefer to apply using the paper application form called a PN1. Please click here to download a PN1 form as a PDF file. Anything you send via post to Student Finance England should be sent recorded delivery so that you can be sure it has arrived.
Students who have already applied for their Student Finance support and completed a different course name on their application form should phone Student Finance England (or Student Finance Wales or Northern Ireland) to request a change of circumstances and ask for the course name on their application to be updated to: 4 Year BA with Integrated Foundation Year.
Alternatively, once you have been offered a place on the course you may ask the Faculty of Arts to send a Change of Circumstances to update Student Finance of the change in course name.
After the Foundation Year.
If you complete the course satisfactorily you will be guaranteed a place on an undergraduate degree course within the University’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
Funding from the government will be available to you for the ordinary duration of the course to which you decide to progress.
Click here for information on government funding
Help from the University of Bristol
University of Bristol Fee Waiver/Bursary
Depending upon your circumstances you may be eligible for a fee waiver/bursary from the University of Bristol.
Click here for further information
Repeating years of study.
Due to the nature of the funding available for the Foundation Year in Arts and Humanities and the choice of degree courses to which students can progress, should a student fail a year of study and need to repeat it (without extenuating circumstances), they may not be eligible for full funding for the repeat year.
If you are repeating a year due to compelling personal reasons (e.g. medical reasons, bereavement etc) you may be able to access funding at the discretion of the Student Loans Company.
Please contact the Student Funding Office for more information.
Previous Study
Students who have previous experience of higher education may find that their funding is affected.
Previous study can be complex and you are advised to contact the Student Funding Office for further information on whether previous study will affect the financial support available to you.
Information on the course
Click here for information on the Foundation Year in Arts and Humanities