FAQs for postgraduates

I have changed my mind about the course I want to study. Can I change to another course?

This may be possible depending on whether places are still available, how competitive the new course is and whether your subjects and grade are suitable. If the course you wish to study is in the same area or department as your original one, there is a good chance you will be able to change. Please contact the Admissions office so we can advise and assist you.

Postgraduate offer information

Congratulations on your offer of a place at the Royal Agricultural University.

These pages will help guide you through the admissions process and what to do next in order to accept your offer, as well as how to prepare for your first few weeks as a student at the RAU.  

Undergraduate offer information

These pages will help guide you through the admissions process and what to do next in order to accept your offer, as well as how to prepare for your first few weeks as a student at the RAU.  

If you have changed your email address since your application, please can you provide updated details to admissions@rau.ac.uk so that we can communicate with you about your registration.

Cotswold Hills proud to be first English wine to be sold in Packamama’s eco-flat format bottle

22 Nov 2022

Cotswold Hills, the Royal Agricultural University’s award-winning wine and social enterprise based in Gloucestershire, has become the first UK vineyard to trial the use of Packamama’s multi-award-winning flat wine bottles.

A small run of the 2021 English white wine will be available in the new sustainable eco-flat bottles as part of an ongoing, student-led, project undertaken at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) and a celebration of how collaboration in the English wine industry can help create a more sustainable future.

Graduate Diploma in Agriculture

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This intensive course in agriculture is unique to the Royal Agricultural University and provides an opportunity for graduates or professionals in other disciplines to re-direct their careers towards agricultural and associated rural industries.

 

Course overview

RAU launches unique recruitment initiative in a bid to “grow our own academic”!

22 Nov 2022

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has launched a unique new recruitment initiative in a bid to “grow our own” academic and teaching staff and develop the future leaders in the land-based sector.

The Cirencester-based university is currently recruiting for a new position of Doctoral International Teaching Fellow – RAU Vice Chancellor Scholar, a position which would give the successful candidate the opportunity to study for a PhD while teaching RAU students and with the RAU covering the PhD fees.  

Land and Property courses

With the opportunity to complete a work placement during your time with us, you will gain industry contacts and could secure employment even before you graduate.

Agriculture courses

Whether you aspire to become an agricultural entrepreneur, a farm manager, adviser, consultant, or scientist, you will benefit from both hands-on practical experience and in-depth technical knowledge on a course that evolves with the input of industry advisers.

Clearing

Clearing provides an opportunity for you to explore your university options if you haven't secured a place. It is open to UK, EU and international students.

Clearing opens on 5 July 2025 and runs through to the end of September, you can apply for a course using Clearing if you are not already holding an offer from a university or college, and the course still has places available.

You can use Clearing if:

Ireland

Every year the RAU welcomes students from Ireland who come to the UK to receive a world-class education. 

At the RAU we offer a variety of Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Research programmes.

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