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Facts and Figures

5,364

total students

2,995 FTE (2020-21)

600

employees

1/3 are academics

TEF Gold

for teaching and learning excellence

TEF 2023

60%

^{internationally excellent or world-leading research}

REF 2021

494

hectares of farm land

No 1

^{for graduate employment}

^{Full-time, first degree
Graduate Outcomes 2025}

No 1

in the UK for career prospects

^{Whatuni Student Choice
Awards 2016 to 2025}

_Specialist

University of
the Year

Times Higher Education
Awards 2025

Blog A tale of two anniversaries: The Archers at Harper Adams

Declan Parker with the Nick Bird Tropy

News Smart data disease prediction project earns engineer prestigious award A project investigating how data from multiple sensors on pig farms could be interpreted through machine learning models to better predict disease has earned a student the prestigious 2026 Nick Bird Award.

Alice Sault, right, receives her award - pic credit Cream Awards/ Grant Pritchard

News Dairy Manager highly commended as Young Dairy Farmer of the Year at Cream Awards 2026 The new Dairy Manager on Harper Adams University’s Future Farm has been Highly Commended as Young Dairy Farmer of the Year at this year's Cream Awards.

Emma Burgess holds her award flanked by fellow graduates, students and lecturers

News Graduate planning to transform Shetland farming named Farmers Weekly Ag Student of the Year A graduate who aims to transform farming on the Shetland Islands has been named Farmers Weekly’s Agricultural Student of the year.

Megan Powell at the awards ceremony

News Passion for farming secures scholar Cumbrian Agricultural Student of the Year award A passion for faming has seen an Agribusiness Management scholar at Harper Adams University named Cumbria’s Agricultural Student of the Year.

Karen Fisher with a field and trees behind her

News Groundbreaking new study aims to examine neurodivergence in agriculture An award-winning researcher is set to draw upon her own lived experiences - and an ever-growing rural network - as part of a groundbreaking study of neurodivergence in agriculture.

The main building at Harper Adams University under a blue sky

News University shortlisted for its Environmental Leadership at Times Higher Education Awards 2026 Harper Adams University has been shortlisted in the Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Leadership category at this year’s THE awards.

The Riff team onstage in Latvia

News Award-winning snack firm aiming to “grow, grow, grow!” An award-winning snack firm founded by a group of students is going from strength to strength – and the team behind it say they plan to “grow, grow, grow!”

Students learning in the Veterinary Education Centre at Harper Adams University

News Harper Adams second highest Modern University as it rises in Daily Mail Guide 2027 Harper Adams has been ranked the second highest Modern University in the UK - and risen to become a top 40 institution overall - in this year’s Daily Mail University Guide.

Shortlisted for BFA Ag student of the year are, from left: Emma Burgess, Betty Battarbee and Faith Hepple.

News Trio shortlisted for British Farming Awards Agriculture Student of the Year trophy The finalists for this year’s British Farming Awards Agriculture Student of the Year Award have been announced – with three Harper Adams scholars making the shortlist.

Nerys Parry receives her award from Royal Welsh SHow President 2026 Gethin Harvard with, from left, Harper Adams University Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Lee, Ceri Harvard DL, and Harper Adams University Director of Development and Alumni Relations Doris Taylor

News Food and farming advocate secures Student of the Year accolade at Royal Welsh Show A keen advocate for Welsh food and farming has been named the Harper Cymru Royal Welsh Agricultural Society Student of the Year for 2026.

Beatrix Ward in a wooded forest environment

News Woodland biodiversity research to examine overlooked insects An entomologist is setting out to discover what previously overlooked insects caught in a UK network of forest pest traps can tell us about woodland biodiversity.

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