Why RAU?

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has been at the forefront of agricultural education and a key contributor to the land-based sector for 180 years. We pride ourselves in combining knowledge and industry connections with an innovative, forward-thinking approach.

Top 10 Whatuni Student Choice Awards

The RAU ranked in the top ten at the Whatuni Student Choice Awards in 2024 in the Small or Specialist category and was also ranked second in the Southwest Small or Specialist category.

FdSc Business and Enterprise

This course will equip you with the knowledge, understanding and much sought after business management skills required to succeed in industry. In today’s changing economic landscape, you will study on a course designed to meet the needs of the future.

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MSc Business Management

This degree allows you to focus solely on general business, or to select optional modules in farm management, international marketing, agriculture, or climate and natural resource management to contextualise your studies in a sector of your choice.

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MSc Conservation and Management of Historic Buildings

Buildings are a direct link to the past – to the people who built them, to the people that lived in them, and to economies and societies that produced them.

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MSc Real Estate

The real estate profession underpins a dynamic economy, and has significant sustainability and energy security implications.

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MSc Rural Estate Management

This is a highly-regarded course which equips graduates for a rewarding and challenging career in the management of land, property, and business in the countryside.

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BSc (Hons) Agri-Management (Top-up)

If you are aspiring to a career in farm management, agricultural consultancy or an environmental / land management advisory role, this course is ideal for you. Graduates have gone on to work for prestigious companies such as Agrii, Dalmark Group, Waitrose, AGCO and Natural England.

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BSc (Hons) Agriculture

The BSc (Hons) Agriculture degree is designed to develop the professional agriculturalists and farm managers of the future. This wide-reaching, industry-recognised programme is built on the latest applied research, informed by the RAU’s extensive industry networks and delivered by world-renowned experts in their fields. It will develop your skills so that you will make a difference and stand out in the agriculture sector.

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BSc (Hons) Business Management

Businesses around the world are experiencing a period of rapid global economic change which they must react to in order to grow. The BSc (Hons) in Business Management will support you to develop a range of intellectual, analytical, and critical thinking skills that will position you to help these businesses address the challenges they face.

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BSc (Hons) Business Management (Top-up)

Businesses need ever more skilled and highly adaptable personnel to face the challenges of a rapidly changing rapid global economic climate. The BSc (Hons) in Business Management is designed for students who want to level-up their existing qualifications to access opportunities in new careers or existing places of work.

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