Rural Land & Property Management with Professional Placement Year

This course offers proven routes to rewarding careers within rural business, estate management, consultancy and property in the countryside. Strutt and Parker, Dalcour Maclaren, Savills and Fisher German are some of the nationally recognised businesses our graduates have gone on to work for – and so could you. You'll also have the chance to put your learning to practice during a work-based placement year.

Accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), you will learn the fundamentals of rural professional practice as well as planning and development, law, valuation, building construction and management. You will develop an essential understanding of sustainability and wider business management to enable you to provide effective advice about farm, estate and other rural businesses while gaining an overall understanding of the multi-functionality of rural practice.

This degree is the ideal launch pad into the world of rural land management, or other sectors, depending on your career aspirations. You can gain some additional real-world experience and carve your first steps into your future career through the work placement.

Typically, graduates enter employment in rural practice surveying to undertake the two-year Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) and qualify as Chartered Surveyors.

Many graduates also seek qualification as Fellows of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) at the same time as completing the APC. During your time here, you can enjoy the benefits of a student membership of both RICS and CAAV.

In the third year, you will apply and develop your expertise and complete a 12-month period in the workplace. Our Careers Team also run a careers fair each year, providing you with an opportunity to meet with potential employers

Not only could you find yourself working for prestigious companies in the UK or across the world, you will develop confidence and industry contacts for when you graduate.

Many of our students are also recognised as the future of the industry.

You will learn through a series of lectures, seminars, group tutorials, practical sessions and visits to local farms, commercial properties and rural estates.

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A variety of student-focused and appropriate assessment methods are used in the programme, all of which will enable you to demonstrate your achievements and understanding of issues to the highest level, along with your ability to use specialist study as well as other key skills acquired during your academic studies. You will experience a good balance between formal assessment activities, for example, essays, examinations, multiple-choice tests, oral presentations, group or individual reports, alongside non-assessed tasks and experiences which together contribute to your overall development.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

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