Applying
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Apply for the University of Leeds International Foundation Year using our online application form.
Deadline for applications: 18 August 2026.
You’ll need to upload copies of your supporting documents including:
- your most recent high school transcript
- your English Language certificate
- your passport
- any previous UK visas.
If you’ll be under 18 on 1 October in the year of entry onto your course, see our guide for applicants under 18.
Once you’ve passed the initial International Foundation Year with the required grades, you’ll progress onto your chosen undergraduate degree programme. There’s no need to make a new application or take a new English Language test. In the 2025 academic year, 94% of students progressed from the University of Leeds International Foundation Year to Year 1 at the University of Leeds.
Additional supporting documents
Depending on which undergraduate degree you want to study after the International Foundation Year, you may also need to provide additional documents as part of the application process. If this applies to you, we’ll send you guidance on this after we’ve received your online application form.
Replying to offers
Once you received an offer, you need to reply to us with a decision by either accepting or rejecting the offer before the following deadlines:
- 10 April 2026 for applicants who applied between September 2025 to 31 March 2026.\ 25 August 2026 for applicants who applied between April 2026 to 18 August 2026.
If you don’t reply to your offers by the deadline, the offers you have will be automatically declined.
For more information about the application process, please see the University of Leeds admissions policy.