International Business with Foundation Year at University of Bedfordshire

International Business with Foundation Year (BA (Hons), N17F) at University of Bedfordshire asked for 32–48 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the subject here had under 96 UCAS points.

UCAS listing ↗ Course page on beds.ac.uk ↗

UCAS tariff

~48 points

Open

below CCC

Published as 32 - 48 points

Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is the 2026 one and may have changed. Check beds.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.

Who actually got in

Entrants’ UCAS pointsSubject at this uni

Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 48

78% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had under 96 points.

70 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%

Came in with A-levels or Highers 62%, no formal qualifications 19%, other qualifications 9%.

Course

Award: Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
Code: N17F · N1 business studies
Duration: 4 years
Mode: Full-time
Starts: September 2027
Entry: Foundation
Year: 2027

Foundation year: built in

Student experience

After the first yearThis course

40%

still studying

UK 80%

60%

left higher education

UK 15%

moved to a lower award

UK 1%

10 students · started 2022-24

National Student SurveySubject at this uni

% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course89%85%

Learning opportunities88%87%

Assessment and feedback89%86%

Academic support90%91%

Organisation and management87%88%

Learning resources90%90%

Student voice86%82%

120 final-year students · 79% responded · NSS 2025-26

After graduating

SalarySubject at this uni

15 months

£28k3 years

£22.5k5 years

£26k

£10k£20k£30k£40k

middle halfmedianUK, same subject

15 months: survey of 70 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates

15 months onSubject at this uni

60% working10% working and studying2% studying11% unemployed16% other

UK, same subject: 85% in work or study

32%

in professional or managerial jobs

UK 61%

68%

say their work is meaningful

UK 75%

55%

use what they learned

UK 55%

Managers, directors and senior officials18%
Elementary occupations17%
Administrative occupations8%
Business and public service associate professionals7%
Sales occupations7%

Graduate Outcomes survey · 240 graduates · 50% responded · 2022-24

Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.

Location

Campus: Luton, South East England, England
Postcode: LU1 3JU

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Subjects

international business business and management

Campus

Campus: Luton Campus
Housing: Accommodation ↗
Union: Students' union ↗

Business studies at other universities

The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.

University	Course	Entry	Middle entrant
Birmingham Newman University	Business and Entrepreneurship with Foundation and Sandwich Years BSc (Hons)	48 points	—
Coventry College	Business HNC	48 points	—
Gower College Swansea	Business Management HND	48 points	—
Leeds Trinity University	Business and Marketing with Foundation Year in Business BA (Hons)	48 points	under 96
Loughborough College	Business (Blended Learning) HNC	48 points	—
Oxford Brookes University	Business and Law (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons)	48 points	96–111
University of Bedfordshire	International Business with Foundation Year this course	32 - 48 points	under 96
University of Buckingham	Business Economics (with integrated Foundation) BSc (Hons)	48 points	—
University of Gloucestershire	Business and Management (with Foundation) BA (Hons)	48 points	96–111
University of Hertfordshire	Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)	48 points	96–111
University of Roehampton	Business Foundation Studies: Certificate of Higher Education CertHE	48 points	—

See all 1,008 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side

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