Hartpury University

Hartpury University, is a provider of further and higher education. The university and college is set in a 360-hectare estate located in Hartpury, near Gloucester, in Gloucestershire, England. Hartpury University gained university status in 2018. The University offers PhDs, and postgraduate and undergraduate degrees in agriculture, animal, equine, sport and veterinary nursing. The college was established in 1948. The first female students enrolled at the college in 1953 to study general courses covering farming, poultry, horticulture, and beekeeping. Hartpury's link with the University of the West of England (UWE) began in 1997 when Hartpury was awarded associate faculty status. In 1999, the college introduced degrees in Veterinary Nursing Science, Equine Business Management and a master's degree programme in Equine Science, which UWE validated .It accepted its first PhD student in 2004.