Royal Agricultural College
The Royal Agricultural University or RAU (previously known as the Royal Agricultural College or RAC) is a university located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK. Established in 1845, it was the first agricultural college in the English speaking world. The university provides more than 30 land-based undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes to students from over 40 countries through the School of Agriculture, the School of Business and the School of Real Estate & Land Management.
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