St Andrew's, Cambridge
University Foundation & A-level Courses in the UK

Course Details

Course Length
10 or 7 months

Course start
September (10 months) January (7 months)

Minimum Age
17

IELTS needed
5.0 for September start
5.5 for January start

Subjects

Physics or Biology Chemistry or Art Mathematics ICT English Language Study Skills UCAS Application Tutorials

Science Foundation

Picture of science foundation students at St And
Science Foundation courses are available at St Andrew's Cambridge starting in September and January

The St. Andrew’s Science Foundation course has been helping students into science and engineering courses in top universities for the last 15 years.

Over the last 5 years, more than half of our Science Foundation students have entered top 20 universities in the UK and over 80% went on to universities currently ranked in the top 30.

In recent years over 40 different universities have welcomed science students from St Andrew's including:

Warwick
Bristol
Durham
Kings College, London
Bath
Loughborough
Edinburgh
Southampton
Aston
York

The course has a strong practical content, with students spending a large amount of classroom time in our laboratories.
The Science Foundation course is suitable for students who wish to study straight sciences, engineering, architecture, computer sciences and IT related subjects.

The subject options within the course enable students to tailor their foundation course to their chosen course of study at university.

Classes are taught in small groups with an average of just 8 per class in recent years. This emphasis on individual atiention is the reason behind the excellent results achieved by our students.

The science team at St. Andrew’s is led by Dr. David Applin who, as Head of Department, has taught Biology for many years and is author of many highly successful Biology course books for all levels.

The sciences and maths at St. Andrew’s are taught by a team of dedicated, highly qualified and experienced specialists. All of the science tutors have an extensive experience of teaching students from overseas, and understand what is required for students to maximise their opportunities of benefiting from entry to the UK university sector.

As well as leading the science team at St. Andrew’s, currently Dr. Applin is a tutor for the Institute of Continuing Education in Cambridge University where he continues to pursue his interests in the history of evolutionary developmental biology and communicating these interests through books and on line to a wide audience in the UK and overseas. He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 2002.

Science Foundation

  • 15 years experience
  • Tuition in small groups - average of just 8 per class
  • More than 80% of St Andrew's Science Foundation students have gone directly to top 30 UK universities over the last 5 years

Aditya Sutandhi

Aditya Sutandhi 

My time at St. Andrews was priceless. Studying A-levels at St. Andrews has helped me gain entry into one of the world’s top universities and I am now reading engineering at Imperial College, London.Without the support from the teachers and staff, I would never have made it through

Aditya Sutandhi from Indonesia studied A-levels in Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Chemistry. He achieved 4 A grades and has a place at Imperial College, London.

Free Time at St Andrew's

St Andrew's, Cambridge students at May Ball
It's not all study for St Andrew's students. At the end of the year they let their hair down at the May ball.

There's a lot to do for St Andrew's students in Cambridge.

Cambridge is a young city with students from all over the world and plenty to get up to in your free time. Whether you want cinema, theatre. museums, clubs or pubs there is always something on. 

The Grand Arcade and Grafton centre are home to many shops and London is only 55 minutes away onthe train.

Student parties take place at Christmas and at the end of the academic year there is the May ball.
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St Andrew's Halls of Residence

bedroom in St Andrew's Hall of Residence
St Andrew's Halls of Residence provide secure and comfortable accommodation so you can study and make friends

There are 4 halls of Residence. all within walking distance of St Andrew's main Station Rd site. Each hall offers twin or single rooms and some have en-suite showers. All the rooms are small and friendly and have a residential warden who provides breakfast and dinner. Students are also able to prepare their own snacks in the common room.

There is a common room with a TV, DVD and a computer and there is also free wireless, broadband access.
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