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| Motto | Latin: Arvorum Cultus Pecorumque; (from Virgil's Georgics) "Caring for the Fields and the Beasts" | ||||||||
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| Type | Public | ||||||||
| Established | 2013 - University status 1845 – College | ||||||||
| President | Charles III | ||||||||
| Vice-Chancellor | Peter McCaffery | ||||||||
| Students | 1,100 (2022/23)[1] | ||||||||
| Undergraduates | 915 (2022/23)[1] | ||||||||
| Postgraduates | 185 (2022/23)[1] | ||||||||
| Location | , 51°32′35″N 1°59′42″W / 51.54306°N 1.99500°W | ||||||||
| Campus | Rural | ||||||||
| Chair of Governing Council | Dame Fiona Reynolds | ||||||||
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| Website | rau | ||||||||
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| National rankings | |
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| Complete (2025)[2] | 119 |
| Times / Sunday Times (2025)[3] | 131 |
The Royal Agricultural University (RAU), formerly the Royal Agricultural College, is a public university in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. Established in 1845,[4] it was the first agricultural college in the English-speaking world.[5] The university provides undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to students from over 45 countries in the course areas of Agriculture, Business, Cultural Heritage, Environment, Equine, and Land & Property.
- ^ a b c "Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Complete University Guide 2025". The Complete University Guide. 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Good University Guide 2025". The Times. 20 September 2024.
- ^ The Times Friday, 15 August 1845; pg. 6; Issue 19003; col D
- ^ RAU - History & Heritage Archived 17 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 14 November 2015.