Graduate Diploma in Agriculture
Royal Agricultural University
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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 overviewThis is a unique opportunity to create your own bespoke, agriculture focussed, course in a way that will help you realise your ambitions, whether you are a student who has already graduated or a professional with plans to advance your ...Read more

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

This is a unique opportunity to create your own bespoke, agriculture focussed, course in a way that will help you realise your ambitions, whether you are a student who has already graduated or a professional with plans to advance your career in the rural industries.

Not only will you gain a detailed understanding of the UK agricultural industry, you will be given practical rural skills training at the RAU’s cutting-edge John Oldacre Rural Innovation Centre.

It is likely that you will have already acquired elsewhere a range of intellectual and transferable skills. However, this programme enables you to:

  • Demonstrate your commitment to the notion of continuing learning
  • Utilise your existing skills in pursuit of new knowledge and understanding
  • Develop new professional skills applicable to agriculture, farming and land management

While many graduates find work as farm managers, farm assurance scheme officers and agricultural consultants, to name a few, others wish to progress onto a Masters course.

Careers and graduate destinations

The rural land industry opens up multiple career prospects for successful graduates, including:

Farm managers

  • Agricultural commodity sales/trading
  • Agricultural consultants
  • Agricultural research/trials officer
  • Farm assurance scheme officers
  • Livestock feed analysis
  • Crop agronomy

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Edward
25 Feb 25

Social life, accommodation and facilities are great but I find many of the lectures are not in depth enough and subjects require significant research to do assignments properly...Read more

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Gaia
10 Dec 24

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Entry requirements

The Graduate Diploma in Agriculture comprises a programme of study that requires graduate (Honours Degree) level entry or its equivalent, and has learning outcomes that match qualifications at Honours degree level. As a result, the programme is affected by the UK Governments’ policy on Equivalent and Lower Qualifications [ELQ] whereby such students are not eligible for funding support through the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Candidates will normally have a first degree from a discipline other than agriculture, awarded at 2:2 or above. Equivalent overseas and other UK qualifications may be accepted at the discretion of the University.

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£9,250 per year

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£15,300 per year

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£15,300 per year

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Social life, accommodation and facilities are great but I find many of the lectures are not in depth enough and subjects require significant research to do assignments properly....
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10 Dec 24
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Royal Agricultural University
Stroud Road Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6JS United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Kemble  1.6 miles away

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