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BSc (Hons) Rural Land Management (Foundation Year)
at Royal Agricultural University

Cirencester, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 13,500
Country Rank#134
Duration48 Months
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Program Overview

This course offers proven routes to rewarding careers within rural business, estate management, consultancy and property in the countryside. Bidwells, Strutt and Parker, Carter Jonas, Savills, Fisher German and Brown&Co are some of the nationally-recognised businesses our graduates have gone on to work for – and so could you. Together with the Pilkington Farms Partnership the RAU has introduced a generous award designed to reward academic performance and to celebrate excellence and innovation in real estate and land management, to find out more please click on the link at the bottom of the page.

This degree course with a foundation year incorporates an extra year of study at the start of your course, so that you can progress with confidence. It will develop the skills you need for your later studies. It is particularly suitable if:

You don’t have the grades for immediate entry onto a three-year course
You have non-traditional qualifications or experience
You’re starting university after some time away from education
You’re looking for more support during the transition into university study

Accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), you will learn the fundamentals of rural professional practice as well as law, valuation, building construction and management, and planning and development. You will develop an essential understanding of wider business management to enable you to provide effective advice about farm, estate and other rural businesses while gaining an overall understanding of the multi-functionality of rural practice.

Law, valuation, building construction, management, planning and development are all covered, and may be further supplemented by a work placement or internship, should you wish to gain some additional real-world experience and carve your first steps into your future career.

Typically, graduates enter employment in rural practice surveying to undertake the two-year Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) and qualify as chartered surveyors.

Many graduates also seek qualification as Fellows of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) at the same time as completing the APC. During your time here, you can enjoy the benefits of a student membership of both RICS and CAAV.

Course Content
Each module is worth a specified number of credits. Each credit equates to 10 hours of total study time. Total study time includes scheduled teaching, independent study and assessment activity.

Full time students normally take modules worth 60 credits per 15 week semester but this can vary depend on your elective choice. All students take a total of 120 credits per level and 360 credits for the degree as a whole. Your overall grade for your degree is based on marks obtained for modules taken at level 5 and level 6 (weighted 30:70 accordingly).

The modules available for this course are as follows:

Year one

In the first year, you will develop an understanding of agriculture and rural land use. You will be introduced to core property studies in law, valuation and building construction, and gain an understanding of economics, accounting and finance.
- 1014 Building Technology
- 1015 Law 1
- 1016 Valuation 1
- 1033 Business Finance
- 1044 Agriculture for Land Management
- 1320 Fundamentals of Land and Property
- 1321 Land and Property Economics
- 1400 Developing Academic Skills
Year two
- 2030 Law 2
- 2037 Valuation 2
- 2066 Business and Property Finance and Taxation
- 2333 Planning Law and Practice
- 2334 Surveying, Inspection and Measurement
- 2335 Forestry, Land and Resources
- 2336 Agricultural Business Systems and Farm Buildings
- 2337 Personal and Professional Development Skills and Employability
Year three

In the third year, you will complete a research dissertation on a subject of your choosing, and select two elective modules to suit your specialist areas of interest.
- 3005 Contemporary Issues in Rural Land Management
- 3033 Agricultural Law and Valuation
- 3035 Rural Professional Practice
- 3244 Estate Business Management and Diversification
- 3245 Infrastructure and Compulsory Purchase
- 3300 Research Project / Dissertation
Plus a choice of TWO electives selected from a broad range, including:
- 3007 Commercial Property Management
- 3041 Corporate Finance
- 3055 Estate Management
- 3080 Heritage Property
- 3081 Consumer Behaviour
- 3090 Forestry and Woodland Management
- 3215 Advanced Residential Agency
- 3246 Development and Development Appraisal
The availability of electives to individual students will be dependent on timetabling considerations and on sufficient students electing to take part.
Entry Requirement
Typical offers

Required: GCSE minimum five GCSEs at Grade C/4 including English Language and Mathematics (or Maths Numeracy for Welsh applicants) plus satisfactory level 3 qualifications:
- A Level: (Example grades EEE) – minimum of 48 UCAS tariff points from level 3 qualifications
- C&G Advanced Technical/BTEC - Level 3 Extended Diploma (1080) at Pass-Pass-Pass
- International Baccalaureate: 24 points
- Access to Higher Education: Pass course with 45 credits at level 3 (Pass in Functional Skills level 2 are accepted in lieu of GCSE English & Mathematics)
Fees & Scholarships
Full-time

UK
£9,250 per year

International
£13,500 per year
Career Prospect
Our graduates have gone on to work for the likes of the National Trust and other national, international and regional landowners, county councils and utility companies. Others have secured work with private estates and chartered surveyors. You can expect to find work in any number of the areas connected to rural property management, including:
- Chartered surveyors
- Land and property agents
- Valuers
- Estate managers
- Entrepreneurs/business managers
- Auctioneers
In the last two years, the main property employers of Rural Land Management graduates have been:

Bagshaws, Balfours, Batcheller Monkhouse, Bell Ingram, Bidwells, Brown & Co, Bruton Knowles, Buccleuch Estates, Carter Jonas, Cheffins, CKD Galbraith, CLA, Colliers International, Cooper & Tanner, Dalcour Maclaren, Duchy of Cornwall, Fenn Wright, Fisher German, Fisher German Preistner, George F White, Godfrey Payton, Halls, Hinson Parry & Co, Hobbs, Parker Kivells, Knight Frank, Lambert & Foster, Maxey Grounds & Co, Moore Allen & Innocent, National Trust, PJSA Chartered Surveyors, RH & RW Clutton, Rendells, Savills, Stags, Strutt and Parker, Staffordshire County Council, Symonds & Sampson, Taylor & Fletcher, United Utilities Water, Valuation Office Agency, Webb Paton, Whirledge & Nott, Wright Manley.

Cost Of Studying At Royal Agricultural University

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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BSc (Hons) Rural Land Management (Foundation Year) at Royal Agricultural University