BSc (Hons) Agriculture at Nottingham Trent University

Programme overview

A full-time undergraduate degree on sustainable and innovative agriculture, designed in consultation with the National Trust and taught at the Brackenhurst Campus, which has a 200-hectare working farm and rural estate. It covers conventional farming as well as vertical farming, regenerative agriculture and drones.

Faculty: School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences | Department: Agriculture | Duration: Three years full-time, or four years with a placement year | Intake: September 2027 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year one modules include Practical Conservation Skills, Animal Structure, Function and Adaptation, Introduction to Agribusiness, Agricultural Operations and Technologies, Plants and Soil, and Crop and Livestock Production Systems. Study combines lectures, laboratory work, fieldwork on the estate and farm visits, with a dissertation, and an optional placement year between years two and three.

Career pathways

Graduates work in farm management and allied industries as farm advisors, crop protection specialists, agronomists, animal technicians and pedigree sales executives, with employers including Agrovista UK.

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Application information

Entry requirements

UK applicants: standard offer 112 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications, including an A-level Science subject or equivalent; contextual offer 104 UCAS Tariff points including a Science subject. Accepted sciences are Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Human Biology, Environmental Studies, Geography, Sports Science and Psychology; science modules in BTECs and other qualifications are also considered. International applicants: 112 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications including a Science subject (equivalent international qualifications accepted). English language requirements for international applicants depend on the subject (component scores not stated on the course page).

Intake: September 2027

Duration: Three years full-time, or four years with a placement year

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