Integrated Foundation with Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Sports Journalism

A four year route opening with a foundation year, covering academic and writing fundamentals before three years of sports journalism at degree level.

Note that this foundation route sits on the standard English band while the direct entry degree carries the higher writing requirement.

Integrated Foundation with Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Sports Journalism is taught at the Birmingham City University, a UK university with degree awarding powers. Because the sports journalism foundation route is a degree, it supports an application under the UK Graduate Route, which gives two years of unsponsored work in Britain after the sports journalism foundation route ends, or three years for a doctorate. To claim it after the sports journalism foundation route you must be inside the UK on a valid student visa when you apply. One limit applies to the sports journalism foundation route as to every taught course in Britain: the rules introduced in January 2024 stop taught students bringing a spouse or children as dependants, so the sports journalism foundation route cannot support a family move.

Applicants to Integrated Foundation with Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Sports Journalism need Class 12 or equivalent with a minimum of 50 percent. The English requirement is IELTS 6.0 with no band below 5.5, and tuition for the sports journalism foundation route is recorded at GBP 18,570 a year. BCU charges no application fee, so applying for the sports journalism foundation route costs you nothing, and no scholarship is recorded against it. the sports journalism foundation route lists three September entry windows, in 2026, 2027 and 2028. Apply Study Visa manages the the sports journalism foundation route application, the deposit, the offer, the CAS and the UK student visa as one process.