Life at Forward
Life after Forward
Access to top Masters worldwide
Most of our graduates apply to top Master’s around the world either following the academic field they have invested in – with a natural path towards master programmes at LSE and King’s College London – or by switching to top European business schools. Our highly personalised teaching will maximise your academic performance so that you achieve excellent grades on your Bachelor’s degree.
Where do our students go after Forward College?
Among Master’s candidates
40%
%
Top 10 best Universities in Europe (QS ranking 2025)
31%
%
Top 10 best Business Schools in Europe (Financial Times ranking 2023)
29%
%
Other Universities and Business Schools
Top master’s our students have been accepted into:
Our career coach and teaching fellows will be there to help you select and apply to top Master’s courses, and after graduating, you will have a distinctive application that will set you apart, and help to open doors to your preferred university.
At Forward you will benefit from:
- Personalised teaching designed to maximise individual academic performance so that each and every student reaches their academic best and achieves top marks for their Bachelor’s degree, leading to successful applications to top Masters and to strong graduate employability;
- An undergraduate university experience which includes a demonstrable portfolio of completed real-life projects, an internship, international experience and multi-lingual exposure, as well as personal development and life-long self-awareness habits;*
- Personalised support in applying for your Master’s, which may include reviewing your statements of purpose, providing advice on your academic CV, and more.
- Various workshops from “Choosing the right Master’s” to “How to prepare a Master’s Personal Statement”.
*NB: the extent of this depends on your choice of programme
Work experience
Top recruitment experts concur that Forward College Bachelor’s are highly relevant to the future of work: your skills and work experience will be strong assets to you as you start the next chapter of your life whether it is in the business world, public sector, governance, or within charities, NGOs or global organisations.
6-8 weeks Internship
During your third year at Forward, you will complete a mandatory internship so that you graduate with real-world experience and prepare for the challenges of the job market. Forward supports you in identifying and applying to potential internships
Career Coach
Our career coach will work with you on various workshops, give personalised advice on your CV, and take you through mock interviews.
Where our students have interned
A portfolio of Entrepreneurship projects
At the end of the three years at Forward you will have*:
- Social & Sustainability impact – you will have gained concrete experience in real-world problem-solving of social and sustainable issues
- Digital – you will have gained first hand understanding of no-code development, UX design or digital marketing
- Research – Autonomous research skills, establishing a scholarly mindset that will prepare you for future post-graduate studies or a future in academia or research**
- Consulting – you will have solved real-world problems submitted by international organisations partnered with Forward College. This will also allow you to make connections for potential work or internship opportunities**
*NB: it depends on your choice of programme
**If you are following the Double Bachelor programme, in your third year you will be able to choose between the research and consulting projects
Forward Ecosystem
Our frequent seminars with influential academics from top universities, along with our growing Forward ecosystem of corporations, start-ups, charities, and universities, provide resources and information to help you make the most informed decision when engaging with the next step of your career, whether academic or professional.
Forward Masters
Soon, there will be possibilities for you to consider in Forward College Master’s programmes currently under development. In line with our Double Bachelor’s Programme, our Double Master’s programmes will combine an outstanding Master’s from world-class universities with Forward’s own Leadership Master’s Degree.
Plans for a Junior MBA programme are also under consideration with a number of Forward Corporate partners. Students will spend 50% of their time either in an apprenticeship with one of our partners, or on an entrepreneurial project of their own.
Both programmes will give you the chance to discover wider geographies and cultures outside Europe, so…watch this space!
