Our Student Services and Accommodation teams are here to provide advice and help when you are living off campus and renting accommodation.

We want students who choose to live in Cirencester and surrounding areas to find appropriate accommodation, to integrate with the community and to stay safe.

We offer a range of professional development courses designed to suit the needs of you or your business.

Students are at the heart of everything we do and ensuring that you have a positive experience during your time here is our number one priority. Our dedicated student advice and support network is committed to looking after your physical, mental and emotional health throughout your RAU journey.

While much of your time at the RAU will focus on your studies, leisure will probably also play an important role in your student experience!

The Royal Agricultural University has always positioned itself at the forefront of ‘applied research’ in agriculture, from its foundation in 1845, when the industrial revolution was realigning food supply systems, through to today when societal concern is focused on how to feed humanity and conserve the land in a period of challenge and change.

Our research strategy is framed around three goals:

This section provides information to key University-wide strategy and policy documents.

The Royal Agricultural University offers high-quality professional development courses to those working with individuals and businesses in the agricultural and land-based sector.

Our courses, designed and delivered by experts in the field, are offered both online and face-to-face on our campus.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Royal Agricultural University where a new and exciting chapter of your life is about to begin.

We understand that you may have many questions about arriving here and these pages should hopefully go some way to providing answers. Please spend time in particular reading the Registration Information – completing your online self-registration before you arrive is vital to ensure there are no delays to receiving your student ID, moving into accommodation and starting your studies.

Our postgraduate courses are taught in a dynamic and stimulating learning environment with inspiring and highly supportive teaching.

This is the ideal time to study a postgraduate course at the RAU. The current global challenges of food security, climate change and Brexit provide unprecedented opportunities for the industry and those who work within it.

Our virtual course introduction events focus on each postgraduate course; with a presentation giving a thorough overview of the course content, benefits and career prospects hosted by the programme manager.