International Vision

In addition to our International Partners, we have also forged strong connections with universities and organisations around the world.  Some of these include;

• The University of Guelph (Canada)
• Utah State University (USA)
• Arizona State University (USA)
• Texas Tech University (USA)
• Iowa State University (USA)
• Massey University (New Zealand)
• Lincoln University (New Zealand)
• The Universidad ORT (Uruguay)
• The Ecole Superieure D'Agriculture (France)
• The University of Valencia (Spain)
• The University of Curtin (Australia)
• The University of Heilongjiang (China)
• TsingHua University (China)
• The University of An Giang (Vietnam)

Our cooperation has helped increase the number of students undertaking sandwich placements and periods of study overseas.  Many of our students have visited the Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Hungary and the USA as options as part of their course programme.

In the Far East, programmes have been developed with ministries of agriculture, private companies and universities. These have led to further links with the Association of the South East Asian Nations region and established a sound base for academic collaboration and student exchanges and recruitment. In particular, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam feature in cooperation programmes.

Our International Partners

Shandong Agricultural University

Shandong Agricultural University (SDAU) is located in east China and teaches 30,000 students.  The SDAU is a multi-disciplinary university which teaches agriculture, science, engineering, management, economics, humanities, law, medicine and education.

Our work with the SDAU is focused on the delivery of the BSc (Hons) Food Business and Food Safety, a jointly taught degree course that was first launched in 2003.  The course is taught in English and Mandarin and delivered in Tai'an in China by academic staff in the School of Business.

Recently the SDAU received an award from central Government, for having one of the most successful and innovative international co-operation programmes with a foreign university partner - namely the Royal Agricultural College.  The BSc (Hons) Food Business and Food Safety was considered by the Education Council of the Ministry of Education, to be in the 'Top 10' of international programmes in China in 2008 - 2009.  There are currently over 800 applications received for this course each year.  Development is also currently underway to deliver another joint programme, Land Resource Business and Environment Management.

Click here for the SDAU Brochure

China Agricultural University

The China Agricultural University (CAU) in Beijing specialises in agriculture, biology, engineering, veterinary medicine, economics, management, humanities and social sciences. It was formed in 1995 by a merger of the Beijing Agricultural University and the Beijing Agricultural Engineering University.

Click here to read about a recent RAC visit to CAU.

South African High Commission

Our most recent overseas link established is with the South African High Commission, working together to combat hunger and bring prosperity to rural Africa.  The African Fellowship Programme is a scheme of support for emerging South African farmers, which was first launched in June 2006. The Programme is specifically linked to the International Rural Development MSc course.