Sustainable Agriculture (Taught)

Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to help agriculture meet the challenges of the 21st century! The Sustainable Agriculture course at Aberystwyth University centres on increasing efficiency and reducing environmental impact within the extensive pasture-based production sector. The programme provides flexible, accessible, postgraduate level training for people employed in the agri-food sector. Training comprises distance learning modules and work-based research projects. These are accessible as CPD or as credit-bearing units, which can be built towards a range of postgraduate qualifications.

Why study Sustainable Agriculture at Aberystwyth University?

• Our training has been designed to be as accessible as possible, particularly for those in full-time employment. The course is entirely online, enabling you to study whenever and wherever (provided you have Internet access) is convenient for you.

• Taught by experts at both Aberystwyth University (AU) and Bangor University (BU), this course offers you a highly vocational option.

• This course is highly flexible. With a wide range of option modules available, you can choose the modules you wish to study according to your needs and interests. We also work closely with Bangor University, which means that you can also take relevant Bangor modules as part of your studies.

• Aberystwyth University has 1000 ha of farmland, a 400 cow dairy unit, upland and lowland sheep and beef units and a flock of layer hens. Our livestock-related research was worth in excess of £20 million in the last 5 years.

• A three-year version of this course (D413D3) is available for those in receipt of a student loan.