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Former name | Harper Adams Agricultural College |
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Motto | Utile Dulci (Latin) |
Motto in English | Useful and agreeable |
Type | Public |
Established | 1901: as Harper Adams Agricultural College 1998: gained University college status 2012: gained University Status |
Chancellor | The Princess Royal |
Vice-Chancellor | Professor Ken Sloan |
Students | 5,070 (2022/23)[1] |
Undergraduates | 4,630 (2022/23)[1] |
Postgraduates | 440 (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 |
Website | www |
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]