The International Foundation Programme (IFP) at the University of Kent is a one year full-time programme designed to prepare international students for degree-level study in the UK.\u00a0The course and team provide support to help students settle in to life on campus, providing them with a great foundation in the skills and knowledge needed for undergraduate study.<\/p>\n
Faye\u00a0Zulfiqar-Ahmed is a current IFP student on our Biosciences pathway who started her course in September 2018. Below, Faye gives a short insight into what life has been like as a student since she began just a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n
“Hello, my name is Faye and I\u2019m a foundation year student at the University of Kent! I\u2019m 17 years old and I\u2019m already finding the university a wonderful place for me to fit in. Coming from an island called Bahrain located in the Middle East and moving to a place I\u2019ve never been to before, agitated me. I thought I\u2019d never fit in, have a hard time making friends, but all of that became easy for me, I felt at home. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Welcome week was very enjoyable for me. I got to meet a lot of new people who were really easy to get along with. There were plenty of enjoyable events that I attended, plenty of societies to join as well! Although I chose not to partake in any of those societies this year, I definitely plan to do so next year. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>I\u2019m doing Biosciences that\u2019ll hopefully lead to Biomedical Sciences next year and the undergraduate courses that I\u2019m taking this year are absolutely intriguing, just as I imagined. Getting used to the courses was pretty scary to me at first, especially on the first two days, but it got better as I was settling in. \u00a0I\u2019m excited to find out what the IFP will provide me throughout the year and I hope everyone is able to feel this way too.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n If you would like to find out more about the International Foundation Programme (IFP) at the University of Kent, please visit our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Alternatively, if you have any questions, please email pathways@kent.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"