IFP in Engineering
International Foundation Programme in Engineering
The right choice for any students looking to study Engineering courses at university.

All students study a variety of English language modules which help prepare you for academic study in the UK. Our main focus is to teach you a range of skills so you can research and construct academic assignments in English. In addition, you will make and deliver presentations to other students, and practice note-taking skills to prepare you for university lectures.
In addition, all students undertake a module in Foundation Maths during the first part of the course, which is a requirement of all our university partners.
For the IFP in Engineering Pathway, you will also study both Physics and Further Maths modules to give you specific subject knowledge which will prepare you for your university undergraduate courses.
Below are the modules which you will cover during your time on the International Foundation Programme. At the end of the course you will take exams in both modules.
Further Maths
- Factorising Cubic Polynomials and Partial Fractions
- Introduction to Complex Numbers
- Further Complex Numbers
- Matrices
- Graphs of Rational Functions
- Series
- Differentiation
- Further Differentiation and Maclaurin/Taylor Series
- Trigonometric Identities and Introduction to Hyperbolic Functions
- Euler’s Relation and De Moivre’s Theorem
- Parametric Equations
- Coordinates Systems
Physics
- Motion
- Forces
- Work and Energy
- Momentum and Collisions
- Periodic Motion
- Thermal Physics
- Electrostatics
- Electrodynamics
- Magnetism
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IFP Course Summary

Course Length
- Start September (Pre-Sessional Course + Foundation Programme): 9 months full time 25 hours per week
- Start January ( Foundation Programme): 6 months full time 25 hours per week

Entry requirements:
Start September 2022 (Pre-Sessional Course)
- A minimum overall grade of IELTS 4.5 or equivalent or take STAR's test.
- PLUS evidence of a successfully completed secondary school education in an appropriate range of subjects.
Start January 2023 (Foundation Programme)
- A minimum overall grade of IELTS 5.5 or equivalent or take STAR's test.
- PLUS evidence of a successfully completed secondary school education in an appropriate range of subjects.
If you do not currently have IELTS 4.5 you can start an English language programme with STAR at any time, prior to commencing your IFP.
We enrol new students every week.
Any questions? Contact us:
https://www.starexeter.com/contact

School Closure Dates 2022/2023
- January 1st - 3rd 2022 inclusive
- Friday 15th April
- Monday 18th April
- Monday 2nd May
- Thursday 2nd June
- Friday 3rd June
- Monday 29th August
- 17th December 2022 - 2nd January 2023 inclusive