Colleges : alphabetical

Provisional alphabetical listing

UK and Ireland

The University of Aberdeen

• conservation, ecology, environment, forestry, plant & soil science
• degree, post-graduate, research
• north Scotland

University of Abertay Dundee

• environment and culture, society, business, sustainability
• degree, post-graduate, research
• east Scotland

Aberystwyth University

• agriculture, animal science, equine, organic, countryside, tourism
• HND, degree, post-graduate, research
• mid Wales

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (cafre)

• agriculture, engineering, conservation, environment, equine, horticulture
• apprenticeship, national diploma, HNC, HND, degree
• Enniskillen, Antrim (Greenmount Campus) and Cookstown (Loughry Campus), Northern Ireland

Anglia Ruskin University

• conservation, ecology, wildlife, tourism
• degree, post-graduate, research
• Four campuses and centres at Cambridge, Chelmsford, Peterborough, Kings Lynn, east England

Askham Bryan College

• agriculture, animal, business, countryside, conservation, engineering, equine, forestry, arboriculture, greenkeeping, horticulture, landscaping, land management
• NVQ, apprenticeship, BTEC diploma, national diploma, degree
• seven campuses and centres around North Yorkshire, north England

Bangor University

• agriculture, conservation, environment, forestry, sustainable development
• degree, post-graduate, research
• north Wales

Barony College

• agriculture, animal, engineering, equine, fisheries, forestry, arboriculture, horticulture
• apprenticeship, NVQ, SVQ, national certificate / diploma, HNC, HND
• near Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland

Berkshire College of Agriculture

• animal, countryside, equestrian, horticulture
• BTEC, diploma, foundation degree
• near Maidenhead, Berkshire, south England

Bicton College

• “the premier college for agriculture”
• agriculture, animal, environment, equine, horticulture, adventure tourism
• apprenticeship, certificate, NVQ, diploma, national diploma, foundation degree
• Budleigh Salterton, Devon, south west England

Bournemouth University

• animal, arboriculture, conservation, countryside management, environment, equine, horticulture, landscape design, tourism
• certificate, degree, post-graduate, research
• Bournemouth and Poole, Dorset, south England

Bishop Burton College

• agriculture, animal, conservation, environment, equine, planning
• apprenticeship, BTEC, NVQ, degree, post-graduate, research
• Beverley, East Yorkshire, north England

Bridgwater College

• agriculture, animal, arboriculture, countryside, engineering, equine, horticulture, landscape design, sports turf, tourism, management
• BTEC apprenticeship, City & Guilds, national diploma, NVQ, foundation degree, degree (Bournemouth University)
• several centres in Somerset and Devon including Cannington, Paignton and Yeovil for land-based studies; south west England

University of Brighton

• agriculture, animal, arboriculture, countryside, equine, forestry, garden, horticulture, outdoor adventure, viticulture
• foundation degree, degree
• in association with Plumpton College (see below), East Sussex, south east England

Brooksby Melton College

• animal, equine
• Apprenticeship, BTEC, NVQ, City & Guilds, Foundation degree
• Leicestershire

Capel Manor College

• horiculture, garden, landscape, animal, saddlery, arboriculture, forestry, countryside
• BTEC, City & Guilds, diploma, apprenticeships, national certificate and diploma
• land-based study centres in the heart of London at Enfield, Gunnersbury Park, Regent’s Park, Crystal Palace, Barking & Dagenham College, Edmonton Green; Enfield, Middlesex, London, south east England

Chichester College

• agriculture, animal, countryside, equine, tractor driving
• City & Guilds, national diploma, certificates, NVQ, LANTRA,
• Chichester and Brinsbury campuses, West Sussex, south England

Cork Institute of Technology

• agriculture, horticulture, recreation, tourism
• Ireland

University of Cumbria

• agriculture, animal, equine, countryside, farm management, forestry, horticulture, diversification, outdoor, engineering, recreation, wildlife
• apprenticeship, BTEC, national diploma, foundation degree, degree, post-graduate, research
• Newton Rigg, Penrith, Ambleside campuses; Cumbria, north west England

Deeside College

• animal, environment, equine, horticulture, machinery, tourism
• apprenticeship, BTEC, certificate, national diploma, foundation degree, degree
• Connah’s Quay and Northop, Mold, Flintshire, Clwyd; north west Wales
• also see Welsh College of Horticulture and Glyndwr University

Derby College

• agriculture, animal, conservation, countryside, horticulture, tractor driving
• City & Guilds, cerificate, BTEC, national diploma
• Broomfield Hall campus four miles north east of Derby; East Midlands, England

University of Derby

• countryside, recreation, tourism, outdoor education, adventure
• BTEC, national certificate, foundation degree, degree, post-graduate
• Buxton, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England

Duchy College

• agriculture, animal, countryside, environment, horse, equine, land use, hospitality, horticulture, outdoor pursuits, rural business
• apprenticeship, NVQ, City & Guilds, national diploma, foundation degree, degree
• Stoke Climsland campus; Rosewarne campus – on the site of the former Ministry of Agriculture horticultural experimental station; part of Cornwall College, Cornwall, south west England
• associated with University of Plymouth

Dundalk Institute of Technology

• agriculture, environment
• Ireland

East Durham College

• agriculture, animal care, arboriculture, forestry, environmental management, equestrianism, horticulture, gardening
• Houghall Campus on the outskirts of Durham City Centre; Peterlee, County Durham, north east England

University of East Anglia

• environment, ecology, climate
• degree, post-graduate, research
• Norwich, Norfolk, East Anglia, England

Easton College

• agriculture, animal, arboriculture, countryside, equine, gamekeeping, garden, horticulture, leisure, machinery, management, recreation
• NVQ, apprenticeship, national diploma, BTEC, foundation degree
• seven miles west of Norwich, next to the Royal Norfolk Showground; Norwich, Norfolk, East Anglia, England

The University of Edinburgh

• ecology, environment, renewable energy
• degree, post-graduate, research
• Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh Napier University

• ecotourism, aquatic ecosystem, marine, freshwater, conservation, protected areas, environment, wildlife
• degree, post-graduate, research
• Edinburgh, Scotland

Elmwood College

• agriculture, animal, conservation, gamekeeping, greenkeeping, horses, horticulture
• apprenticeship, certificate, HNC, HND
• Cupar, Fife, Scotland

The University of Gloucestershire

• countryside, landscape, tourism management
• degree, post-graduate, research
• Cheltenham and Gloucester, Gloucestershire, west of England

University of Glamorgan, Cardiff and Pontypridd

• environment, conservation, coastal, natural history, wildlife
• HNC, HND, foundation degree, degree, post-graduate, research
• Cardiff and Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, mid Glamorgan, south Wales

Glyndwr University

• environment, landscape, animal, horticulture, estate management
• foundation degree, degree
• Wrexham, north Wales

University of Greenwich

• horticulture, international agriculture, land management, natural resources
• foundation degree, degree, post-graduate, research
• Greenwich, south east London; Medway, Kent; south east England
• also see: Hadlow College, Kent

Guildford College

• agriculture, animal, countryside, equine, horticulture, landscape, leisure
• NVQ, certificate, diploma, foundation degree, degree
• Foundation Degrees in association with Kingston University
• Merrist Wood campus, Guildford, Surrey, south east England

Hadlow College

• agriculture, animal, countryside, equine, fisheries, horticulture, landscape, leisure
• certificate, diploma, foundation degree, degree
• degrees in association with Greenwich University
• near Tonbridge, Kent, south east England

Harper Adams University College

• agriculture, engineering, marketing, business, animal, crop, environment, management
• foundation degree, degree, post-graduate, research
• near Telford and Shrewsbury, Shropshire, west midlands, England

Hartpury College

• agriculture, countryside, equine, horticulture, outdoor adventure
• BTEC, national certificate, diploma, foundation degree, degree, post-graduate
• Hartpury College became an Associate Faculty of UWE in 1997; see University of the West of England
• 4 miles north of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, west England

Herefordshire College of Technology

• agriculture, animal, countryside, engineering, environment, equine, farming, livestock, forestry, fish husbandry, gamekeeping, wildlife, horse care, horticulture, outdoor, tourism
• BTEC, national diploma, NVQ, certificate, HND, degree
• Holme Lacy campus, Herefordshire, west England

UHI Millennium Institute

• countryside, forestry, horticulture, arboriculture, environment, heritage, gamekeeping, wildlife, sustainable development, tourism
• HNC, HND, degree, post-graduate
• The University of the Highlands and Islands
• a dozen colleges spread across the Highlands and Islands of Scotland

Imperial College London

• ecology, environment, conservation
• degree, post-graduate, research
• South Kensington, London, south east England

The University of Kent

• animal science, biodiversity, conservation
• degree, post-graduate, research
• Canterbury, Kent, south east England

Kingston Maurward College

• agriculture, animal, arboriculture, countryside, equine, horticulture, outdoor
• NVQ, certificate, national diploma, foundation degree
• three miles east of Dorchester in central Dorset, south west England

University of Lincoln

• agriculture, countryside, environment, equine, animal, sports turf, forestry, horticulture
• Department of Agriculture and Land-based Sciences
• apprenticeship, certificate, national diploma, foundation degree, degree, post-graduate, research
• Riseholme College, Nettleham and at Holbeach, Lincoln

Llyfasi College

• agriculture, animal, business, countryside, engineering, forestry
• BTEC, City & Guilds, NVQ, certificate, HNC, HND
• at Ruthin and Wrexham in the Vale of Clwyd, Wales
• Welsh language and English language

The Manchester Metropolitan University

• ecology, conservation, countryside, environment, climate, sustainable development, cultural and social geography
• degree, post-graduate, research
• Centre for Earth & Ecosystem Responses to Environmental Change
• Manchester, north west England

Moulton College

• agriculture, animal, arboriculture, countryside, environment, equine, farm mechanisation, horse, horticulture, land management
• BTEC, certificate, diploma, City & Guilds, HNC, HND, foundation degree, degree
• near Northampton, south east midlands England

Myerscough College

• agriculture, animal, arboriculture, countryside, environment, equine, farriery, horse, horticulture, mechanisation
• apprenticeship, certificate, diploma, City & Guilds, foundation degree, degree
• near Preston at the centre of Lancashire, north west England

Newcastle University

• agriculture, agronomy, business, animal, countryside, farm management, rural studies
• degree, post-graduate, research
• Newcastle, north east England

Northumberland College

• agriculture, animal, arboriculture, countryside, environment, equine, horticulture, renewable energies, tourism
• NVQ, certificate, diploma, HNC, HND, foundation degree, degree
• Kirkley Hall campus, Ponteland

The University of Nottingham

• agriculture, animal, crop, environment
• degree, post-graduate, research
• School of Biosciences
• Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicestershire, east midlands England

Nottingham Trent University

• animal, conservation, countryside, equine, horticulture, wildlife
• BTEC, certificate, diploma, foundation degree, degree
• Brackenhurst campus, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, east midlands England

Oaklands College

• animal, equine, horticulture, hospitality, landscape
• apprenticeship, BTEC, certificate, diploma, City & Guilds, foundation degree, degree
• Borehamwood and St Albans, Hertfordshire, south east midlands England

Oatridge College

• agriculture, animal, countryside, engineering, equine, farriery, greenkeeping, horticulture, landscape
• SVQ, certificate, HNC, HND
• Oatridge Online newsletter
• “a vibrant campus in the country”
• Ecclesmachan, Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland

Otley College

• animal, horse, land, countryside, gardens, gundogs, horticulture, leisure, outdoor
• apprenticeship, BTEC, certificate, diploma, City & Guilds
• Otley, near Ipswich, Suffolk, East Anglia, England

Oxford Brookes University

• animal, conservation, ecology, environment, equine
• foundation degree, degree, post-graduate, research
• Oxford, midlands England

Pallaskenry Agricultural College

• farming , mechanics, sales
• Co. Limerick, Ireland

Plumpton College

• agriculture, horticulture, equine, animal, countryside, forestry, viticulture, rural business
• apprenticeship, NVQ, certificate, diploma,  foundation degree, degree
• degrees in association with the University of Brighton
• near Lewes, East Sussex, south east England

University of Plymouth

• agriculture, animal science, environment, wildlife, conservation

Queen’s University Belfast

• agricultural technology

The University of Reading

• agriculture, business, animal

Reaseheath College

• agriculture, animal, countryside, equine, greenkeeping (golf), horticulture, adventure sports
• Nantwich, Cheshire

Royal Agricultural College

• agriculture, animal, crop, land management, equine, organic
• The University College at Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Scottish Agricultural College

• agriculture, agricultural science, animal, rural, business
• SAC has three campuses in Scotland: in Aberdeen, Ayr and Edinburgh

South Staffordshire College

• agriculture, animal, countryside, equine, horticulture, land
• Rodbaston campus

Sparsholt College Hampshire

• aquaculture, fisheries, equine, wildlife
• near Winchester

Staffordshire University

• environment, sustainability

Walford and North Shropshire College

• agriculture, animal, countryside, environment, equine, horticulture
• Walford campus, Baschurch, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Warwickshire College

• agriculture, animal, rural, environment, equine, horticulture
• Moreton Morrell Centre
• Pershore College, Worcestershire

Waterford Institute of Technology

• agriculture, forestry, horticulture
• Ireland

Welsh College of Horticulture

• horticulture
• Northrop campus of Deeside College, Flintshire, Wales

College of West Anglia

• agriculture, animal care, equine, horticulture
• Cambridge campus, Milton, Cambridgeshire
• Wisbech campus, Cambridgeshire

University of the West of England, Bristol

• planning, equine

Wiltshire College

• agriculture, animal, rural, environment, horticulture, land, wildlife
• Lackham campus, Lacock, Chippenham

University of Worcester

• animal welfare, horticulture

Writtle College

• agriculture, business, marketing, animal, crop, equine, horticulture
• Chelmsford, Essex