BSc (Hons) Bloodstock and Equine Performance Management at Royal Agricultural University

Programme overview

A specialist degree for careers in the Thoroughbred and sport horse industries, focusing on breeding, training, health, welfare and nutrition of performance horses alongside bloodstock industry modules, with teaching from national and global industry speakers.

Duration: 3 years full-time | Study mode: full-time; placement-year route available | Intake: September 2026 | Location: Cirencester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules include equine health and disease, equine nutrition, equine business enterprise, equine medicine, equine sports physiology, equine orthopaedics and rehabilitation, the global bloodstock industry, and breeding and stud management.

Career pathways

Graduates work as bloodstock agents, stud managers, nutritional advisers, racecourse managers, trainers and in racing administration, at organisations including Godolphin, Juddmonte, The Jockey Club, Weatherbys and the National Trainers Federation.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Five GCSEs at grade C/4 including English Language and Mathematics; a science subject (Biology, Applied Science or Animal Science) highly recommended. A-level example grades BCC (minimum 96 UCAS tariff points including at least two A-levels or equivalent); BTEC Extended Diploma MMM; IB 26 points; Access to HE 45 level 3 credits (15 at Distinction, 15 at Merit or higher). UCAS code W630.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). Full-time tuition per year; placement costs are the student's responsibility. Source

International applicants: GBP 16,950 a year (2026/27). Full-time tuition per year; placement costs are the student's responsibility. Source

Intake: September 2026

Duration: 3 years full-time

Apply through the official page: https://www.rau.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/applying

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