Undergraduate courses

Your degree will equip you with the skills, knowledge and understanding for a wide range of careers in agricultural and land-based industries, whether in farm or rural business management, in scientific, technical and advisory services including agronomy or livestock nutrition or in overseas development work.

We have a highly regarded reputation with employers, which means our graduates are in demand by the agricultural sector as well as by employers in other sectors.

We host annual careers fairs where our students have the opportunity to establish contacts with potential employers at a very early stage, and during farm visits and sessions with guest lecturers from the industry, you'll have the chance to establish a network of contacts from various parts of the sector.

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Our graduates typically go on to work in a range of farming enterprises, or in technical or scientific roles within animal and crop research, crop and animal advisory services, agronomy, livestock nutrition and consultancy, and overseas development.

Many of our graduates enter self-employment within the farming sector, while others continue their agricultural studies at master's level.

Most of our graduates gain management and consultancy roles in the agriculture, food and ancillary industries, but the breadth of the applied degree programme makes BSc Agricultural Business Management an excellent foundation for careers beyond the agri-food chain, including in business, marketing, finance and accounting..

Some graduates enter self-employment immediately upon graduating, largely within the farming, business and food sectors, while others continue their agricultural business management studies at master's level.