A door, not a detour.
A bridging year — or a Higher Certificate (NQF 5) that steps up into a diploma or degree. Same destination, lower entry bar. Most major universities run Foundation tracks, and most matrics never hear they exist.
Foundation year
A bridging year into the same degree.
“Foundation is for students who failed matric.”
Foundation requires a valid Bachelor’s pass. It is an academic stretch, not a recovery programme.
“Universities use Foundation to reject students.”
Foundation places are earned, and they articulate into the linked degree for students who pass.
The live index has no Foundation year programmes to show this minute — an honest empty state, not a fabricated list. Check the full explorer for the current set.
Every door, tagged. Yours included.
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