Agriculture with Farm Business Management

This degree focuses on the management of each element of an agricultural business: the whole estate; the farm; and individual arable, livestock and diversified enterprises.

Get career ready with a work placement and leave as a confident professional in your field. you can apply to spend 9 to 12 months working in any organisation in the world, and receive university support from our dedicated team to secure your dream placement. work placements take place between stages 2 and 3. you'll gain first-hand experience of working in the sector, putting your learning into practice and developing your professional expertise. if you choose to take a work placement, it will extend your degree by a year. placements are subject to availability.

• Type: Optional

• Duration: 12 Months

• Fees: Contact us for up-to-date information

As a newcastle university agriculture graduate, you will be held in high regard in the industry and have many career options open to you. you'll be fully prepared for the future with our career-focused approach to agriculture education. 95% of our graduates were in work or study six months after graduating (2016/17)*. graduates from this course were earning an average salary of £24,500 within six months after graduating, and have gone into farm management roles, service and supply industries as well as research, advisory and consultancy work in the public and private sector. *destinations of (undergraduate, uk and eu) leavers from higher education survey 2016/17 many of our graduates have found employment in prestigious national and multinational companies such as: velcourt sentry farming bidwells andersons strutt and parker agrovista syngenta

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. Newcastle University has partnerships with the following companies: