January 2026 Start Courses at Abbey College Manchester

Our International Foundation Programme (IFP) is an intensive year 13 academic programme that offers international students direct entry to a wide range of UK universities.

In 2025, Abbey College Manchester students achieved an average overall score of 70% on our International Foundation Programme.

January 2025 International Foundation Programme Study options at Abbey College Manchester

Customise your International Foundation Programme

Students have the option to combine modules from different Abbey College Manchester Foundation Programmes to creat their own programme.

Why study International Foundation Programme?

One advantage of our foundation programmes is that the destinations are not limited to a choice of one or two partner universities. This means students are able to progress to all but three UK universities, including many top-ranked Russell Group institutions.

How are they taught?

Students choose two subject strands to make up the pathway, e.g. maths and physics for engineering.  Key skills in taught alongside the main subjects.  Each subject strand is modular with the examinations taken in December, March and June.  there is the opportunity to resit up to two units in June.   The medicine pathway has a slightly different structure because three subject strands are chosen.  IELTS is taught alongside the IFP for those who require it.

Assessment

Students will achieve a percentage score for the programme; typical offers from universities require 45% – 85% for entry to degree programmes.

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• We offer a  small, friendly, welcoming community
• British and International students integrate and learn together
• An Innovative and flexible course offering
• We provide a pathway to world-class northern universities
• We are experts at preparing students for challenging courses such as medicine

For the past thirty years we have been proudly based in the heart of Manchester, in that time that we have embraced some of the city’s best qualities; innovation, pragmatism, a sense of humour and a practical spirit.

We have welcomed several thousand students from around the world and the local area into our friendly college community, and we take pride in helping our students to achieve personal and academic development, and to move on to world-class universities, many of which like our local University of Manchester, are located in our region.

We are the smallest of the three Abbey DLD colleges, and have the highest proportion of British students studying with us, which makes classes and life in college an interesting and invigorating mix of local and international cultures.

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All Fees shown are for for the first two terms of study (January – July 2026) unless otherwise stated. Second year fees will be a full year fee plus inflation.

All fees shown are excluding VAT and Boarding Fees unless otherwise stated.

January 2026 International Tuition Fees*

January 2026 EEA Tuition Fees*

*In line with the UK Government announcement, from 1st January 2025, all independent education tuition and boarding fees in the UK will be subject to VAT.