RAU Equestrian Centre

The Equestrian Centre is the home of the Royal Agricultural University equine enterprise, situated in glorious Cotswold countryside and within easy reach of the main University campus.

Living in campus accommodation

When you’re at university, your room is your space to call 'home' and where you live can play an important role in making new friends.

There are a lot of benefits to living on-campus at the RAU. You’ll get to know the University, have your lectures on your doorstep and be right in the heart of the action.

Royal Agricultural University hosts major equine nutrition conference

09 Aug 2022

The 10th European Workshop on Equine Nutrition (EWEN) will take place at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) in Gloucestershire later this month.

EWEN, which was started by Professor Veronique Julliand and was first held in Dijon in France in 2002, is a bi-annual meeting for experts to share equine nutrition research. While it is a European event, it attracts delegates from all over the world.

First students graduate from the RAU’s Cultural Heritage Institute

02 Aug 2022

The first students have graduated from the RAU’s state-of-the-art Cultural Heritage Institute based in the former carriage works in Swindon.

The Cultural Heritage Institute (CHI) students joined more than 250 others, most from the RAU’s main Cirencester campus, at Friday’s Graduation ceremony before enjoying celebrations with their families and fellow students.

RAU students graduate in the Cirencester sunshine

29 Jul 2022

More than 250 students from the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) graduated, surrounded by their friends and family, at the campus today.

The students, from across the University’s wide range of courses, were awarded with their degrees in a ceremony in a marquee on the University’s front lawn before enjoying celebrations with their families and fellow students.

Wild Campus scoops Environmental Project of the Year title at Chamber of Commerce awards

27 Jul 2022

A project working to create improved wildlife habitats across the Cirencester education quarter has won the Environmental Project of the Year award at this year’s Cirencester Business and Community Awards.

Wild Campus, a partnership between the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) and Cirencester College, was established in 2020 with funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and has been working to connect wildlife populations, benefiting protected species and investing in the community, environment, wellbeing, and prosperity.

University’s wine scoops bronze at prestigious UK wine awards

24 Jun 2022

A still white Ortega wine, produced by the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) from its six-acre vineyard near Cirencester, has scooped a Bronze award at this year’s prestigious WineGB Awards announced today.

This is the first time the RAU has produced a single variant and only around 1,000 bottles of the 2020 Cotswold Hills Ortega, which also won a bronze medal at last month’s Independent English Wine Awards (IEWA 22), have been produced.

RAU signs historic partnership agreement to establish new agricultural university in Uzbekistan

16 Jun 2022

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has entered into a long-term partnership with the Uzbekistan Ministry of Agriculture to launch the International Agriculture University (IAU) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

After months of planning and discussions, RAU Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter McCaffery signed the official Partnership Agreement, formalising the relationship between the two institutions, today (16 June 2022) via video link during a meeting with Mr Jamshid Khodjaev, Uzbekistan's Minister of Agriculture.

Undergraduates applying to the RAU

Applications to study at the Royal Agricultural University must be made through the UCAS system. This applies to all full-time undergraduate courses and to all UK and overseas/international applicants.

All applications to study at the University are considered on academic grounds and candidates who may need additional support are encouraged to discuss their potential requirements with the University as early as possible in the admissions process to ensure these can be fully provided for. 

Undergraduate open days and events

Our undergraduate open days and events are the perfect opportunity for you to find out what it’s like to live and study with us in Cirencester. If you are on this page and looking for our postgraduate open days and events please click here. 

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