Guaranteed progression onto courses at Birkbeck

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School of Law

Guaranteed progression* from the Undergraduate Foundation Programme / Extended UFP onto:

LLB (Hons) Law

A full-time, University of London qualifying law degree at Undergraduate level.

*To gain a guaranteed place on this degree, FoundationCampus students will follow the Humanities & Social Sciences pathway of the Undergraduate Foundation Programme, and must achieve:

• Grades AAB in any subject (at least one to be a humanities option)
• IELTS 7.0 (with no score less than 6.5 in any of the elements).

Guaranteed progression^ from the Master's Foundation Programme onto:

LLM Law (qualifying law degree)

A two year, full-time conversion/qualifying degree at Master’s level, awarded by the University of London.

^To gain a guaranteed place on this degree, FoundationCampus students will follow the Master’s Foundation Programme, and must achieve:

• Pass grade
• IELTS score of 7.0 (with no score less than 6.5 in any of the elements)

To be accepted on the Master’s Foundation Programme, students will need to hold an Undergraduate degree in any subject except Law, at 2:ii Hons level (or the NARIC equivalent).

 

School of Business, Economics and Informatics

Guaranteed progression** from Master's Foundation Programme / Extended MFP onto:

• MSc Accounting & Financial Management
• MSc Business Innovation
• MSc Corporate Governance and Ethics
• MSc International Business
• MSc International Business and Development
• MSc International Business & the European Union
• MSc International Marketing
• MSc Management
• MSc Management in the Public Sector
• MSc Marketing
• MSc Marketing Communications
• MSc Retail Marketing
• MSc Sports Management & the Business of Football
• MSc Sports Marketing

**For progression from the Master’s Foundation Programme (MFP) to these degrees, students will be required to:

• successfully complete all modules within the 1, 2 or 3 term MFP (as appropriate) with minimum D “pass” grades
• obtain IELTS 7.0 in externally examined IELTS test

Students who only obtain IELTS 6.5 in externally examined IELTS test but have successfully completed all subject modules with minimum pass marks will be considered for admission on the basis of an interview with admissions tutor from Management and on the strength of written work submitted as part of MFP assessment.

For advice on entry to the Master’s Foundation Programme (MFP) and whether students should join the one, two or three-term MFP, please contact us

School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy

Guaranteed progression*** from Master's Foundation Programme onto:

• MA TESOL
• MA Language Teaching
• MA Communication
• MA Intercultural Communication for Business & Professions
• MA Applied Linguistics
• MA Bilingualism & Multilingualism

More details on these degrees can be found here

***For progression from the Master’s Foundation Programme (MFP) to these degrees, students will be required to:

• successfully complete all modules within the 1, 2 or 3 term MFP (as appropriate) with minimum D “pass” grades
• obtain IELTS 6.5 in externally examined IELTS test, with a minimum of 6.5 in writing

To join the Master’s Foundation Programme (MFP) students must meet the academic entry requirements listed in the London FoundationCampus brochure or on the website, and additionally:

• Subject of first degree – there is a preference for applicants to hold a first degree in a cognate or related discipline, although other disciplines are possible. Preferred first degrees: Language (any language) studies, Linguistics, Education, Communication, Journalism, Media, Marketing, Advertising.
• For TESOL/Language Teaching, applicants should already be qualified teachers and need to have completed specific training in language teaching methodology, which can be as part of an UG degree or as a PG or short course, and to have recent and relevant classroom (not one-to-one) language teaching experience.
• Applicants may be asked to complete a critical review/writing task before they are accepted on the Master's Foundation Programme.
• Students wishing to progress on to the New Route PhDs need to submit a research proposal (500 words). Students should check our website or brochure to make sure that there is the expertise to supervise their intended research.