IIT International Foundation: Diploma in Business Management

About this course

The Foundation Certificate in Higher Education (Business) is a one-year-equivalent pathway into higher education, listed by IIT as an eight-month programme. It gives grounding in business, communication, digital skills and mathematics, and is meant for students with a qualification gap as well as those who want to accelerate their route to a degree. The qualification is Ofqual-regulated and awarded through NQual. Core modules are essential communication skills in English, academic skills in higher education, mathematics for business, digital skills and principles of business. Students then follow a Business Management, Business Computing or Business Data Analytics pathway. On completion, students may enter year 1 of IIT degrees such as BA (Hons) Business Management or BSc (Hons) Business Data Analytics. IIT also states that graduates can transfer to universities in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands and Germany.