Undergraduate

Agriculture with Placement Year

Tuition per year £25,850 - £30,650 university range
AwardBSc
IELTS6.5 university range

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Overview

Entry requirements

English
IELTS 6.5 university range

Careers opportunities

Practical experience decides hiring in this sector more than the classification does, and most courses are built round a placement year for that reason. The work has moved sharply toward data, soil and emissions reporting in the last decade.

Roles graduates go into

  • Agronomist
  • Farm manager
  • Crop or livestock technical adviser
  • Agricultural researcher
  • Precision farming specialist
  • Rural business adviser

Where they work

  • Farming businesses and estates
  • Agronomy and crop input companies
  • Research institutes such as Rothamsted and NIAB
  • Supermarket agriculture teams
  • Defra and the levy boards
After the course

BASIS and FACTS certification is what an agronomist needs to advise on crop inputs, and employers usually fund it in the first year.

Fees and funding

Tuition, international students£25,850 - £30,650 university range
Where you will study

University of Reading

We work with one other university in Reading, so settling on the place still leaves a choice inside it.

Reading
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