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Welcome to our department
This is the place where you get an invaluable foundation for your future.
We develop exceptional engineers and scientists with the potential to solve real-world challenges and help make a greener planet spin a little smoother.
Here you get the space, support, skills and connections to revel in the real world. Strengthen your knowledge, experience and confidence before you progress onto year one of your undergraduate degree.
Our career-advancing Foundation Engineering and Physical Sciences course is an ideal way to explore a variety of subject areas informed by leading research, whilst gaining a supportive university experience.
Get ready to shape the real world.
Study the Foundation Engineering and Physical Sciences programme at the University of Nottingham
Study the Science and Engineering Foundation Certificate at our International College - run in partnership with Kaplan and located next to University Park Campus
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Learn about pioneering research for a sustainable future
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"I had a passion for engineering, but I didn’t know what path to take. If you're curious about something - why does it work like that - then engineering is for you, because you think outside the box." — Feroz Anjum, Foundation Enginering and Physical Sciences student
"I had a passion for engineering, but I didn’t know what path to take. If you're curious about something - why does it work like that - then engineering is for you, because you think outside the box."
— Feroz Anjum, Foundation Enginering and Physical Sciences student