Harper Adams University

Harper Adams University
Coat of Arms
Harper Adams University
Former name
Harper Adams Agricultural College
MottoUtile Dulci (Latin)
Motto in English
Useful and agreeable
TypePublic
Established1901: as Harper Adams Agricultural College
1998: gained University college status
2012: gained University Status
ChancellorThe Princess Royal
Vice-ChancellorProfessor Ken Sloan
Students5,070 (2022/23)[1]
Undergraduates4,630 (2022/23)[1]
Postgraduates440 (2022/23)[1]
Other students
60 FE[2]
Location, ,
TF10 8NB
,
United Kingdom

52°46′47″N 2°25′39″W / 52.779651°N 2.427517°W / 52.779651; -2.427517
Websitewww.harper-adams.ac.uk
The university's main building

Harper Adams University, founded in 1901 as Harper Adams College, is a public university located close to the village of Edgmond, near Newport, in Shropshire, England. Established in 1901, the college is a specialist provider of higher education for the agricultural and rural sector. It gained university college status in 1998, and university status in 2012.[3]

The university provides more than 50 foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes to students from over 30 countries. The university is set within a 494-hectare working farm.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Table 0a – All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2006/07" (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet). Higher Education Statistics Agency. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
  3. ^ "University: What's in a Title? | GuildHE". guildhe.ac.uk. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Harper Adams University". Independent.co.uk. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.