Introduction
Prepare to play your part in making food production more sustainable using technology, innovation and data, with our Agri-Food Technology foundation degree at ARU Peterborough.
If you’re committed to the sustainable production of high-quality food from field-to-fork while protecting the environment, and you have a passion for technology, innovation and data, our undergraduate degree course is for you.
We live in an inter-connected world, where industry, economics, society, and the environment all impact on one another.
The food supply chain is no exception and is critical to the health and wellbeing of everyone. As we tackle challenges from climate change to globalisation, it’s more important than ever that we future proof the production and supply of food.
By studying our FdSc Agri-Food Technology, you’ll explore the use of new technologies to ensure the availability of food to everyone in society, while reducing the impact of food production on the environment.
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As an Agri-Food Technology student at ARU Peterborough, you’ll acquire important skills and experience, including a detailed understanding of crop and animal production systems.
You will build your understanding of soils, water, and the atmosphere, which are essential for understanding the environment, and food production. You’ll also gain a thorough grounding in the social, environmental, and business principles that underpin food security and sustainability.
Working alongside industry you will see how data science, technology and innovation help farmers and food companies become more sustainable and focus on current issues in food production and future impacts, looking at how we can address them, while considering environmental protection and sustainability.
You’ll make use of specialist labs, software and field sites to test your ideas and propose solutions. As well as this, you’ll visit production systems and processing facilities, hearing from professionals how organisations respond to a range of issues affecting production and supply.
You’ll find there’s an emphasis on developing key transferable skills throughout the course, such as teamwork, communication, and numerical and computational skills, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Facilities and accreditation
Hands-on learning
As an Agri-Food Technology student at ARU Peterborough you’ll have access to:
- real land use systems and professionals through field visits
- data complimenting land use systems through an online portal
- specialist environmental monitoring equipment and data collection software
- technical support.
Outstanding student support
Join our student community and:
- learn from experienced tutors, who'll provide encouragement and feedback
- benefit from a Personal Development Tutor from day one, who's there to support you throughout your time at university
- make full use of our extensive IT and library resources
- embrace student life with a broad range of activities, clubs and societies
- access support, should you need it, with study skills, careers advice, health and wellbeing, and more.
Careers
Agri-food is one of the world’s largest industries, and there are plenty of career opportunities in this rapidly evolving sector.
As an Agri-Food Technology graduate, you might work for an agriculture company, food manufacturer, producer, retailer, or government department. Or you might choose to start your own company. There are a number of career paths you could pursue, ranging from technical roles, to marketing, distribution, food policy, and product development.
Whichever route you follow, you can be sure you’ll graduate with the knowledge and skills that employers need. We work closely with regional businesses, and they help us review what we teach and how we teach it. They can also offer hands-on, practical opportunities to learn such as work-based projects and internships.
Our foundation degree also offers a progression route (with 50% or higher overall grade) to our BSc (Hons) Agri-food Technology. 195 credits will be awarded on progression.
3 years with foundation
This year will prepare you for the rest of your course. We’ll focus on general skills needed for degree study, such as researching and referencing, numeracy and ICT, and communication. But we’ll also start to look at key subjects in biology, chemistry, and physics – and well as mathematics as it’s used in life sciences.
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