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Sustainable Crop Production: Agronomy for the 21st Century MSc

University of Warwick

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  • Qualification

    MSc - Master of Science

  • Location

    University of Warwick

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    1 year

Course summary

Sustainable Crop Production: Agronomy for the 21st Century MSc provides the knowledge and practical skills in crop management and crop improvement. Warwick will provide you with practical skills and academic understanding to develop a critical and creative mindset.

Course Overview

Crop agriculture provides mankind’s increasing population with foods fibres and fuel and this course provides you with knowledge and practical skills in crop management and crop improvement. You will gain a combination of practical expertise and academic understanding to develop key skills. You will learn the principles of crop production including the latest advances in plant pathology integrated pest management and soil health.

Teaching

You will be taught by a multidisciplinary teaching faculty including staff from Life Sciences and Warwick Business School joined by lecturers with internationally acknowledged academic industrial and government expertise.

Teaching is typically via facilitated session including interactive lectures short question and answer sessions field trips and interactive workshops/tutorials. Individual and team learning will be used for case study analysis.

Skills from this degree

You will gain:

  • An understanding of how crops are grown and the factors affecting crop production
  • The knowledge to identify and understand the causes of crop disorders and make decisions on appropriate management/control measures
  • The skills to critically evaluate how constraints on crop production can change due to biotic and societal pressures
  • Transferable skills including team working communicating with peers and sector specialists organising planning and oral presentation
  • Research skills including scientific report writing conducting surveys problem solving data analysis and project work

Careers

Graduates from the School of Life Sciences taught Masters courses have gone on to work for employers including: Pfizer; Severn Trent Water; Eurofins Agroscience Services; Novartis; Philips Healthcare; Rothamstead Research; NGO Client Earth and Public Health England. They have pursued roles such as: bacteriologists microbiologists; biochemists medical scientists; business and financial project management professionals; environmental health professionals management consultants and business analysts.

Our department has a dedicated professionally qualified Senior Careers Consultant offering impartial advice and guidance together with workshops and events throughout the year. Previous examples of workshops and events include:

  • Careers in Life Sciences Networking Event
  • Careers in Science
  • Warwick careers fairs throughout the year
  • Mock Interviews for Life Sciences students
  • Interested in Careers in Scientific Publishing

Tuition fees

Students living in United States
(International fees)

£ 33,340per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

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University of Warwick

University of Warwick

  • University League Table

    10th

  • Campus address

    University of Warwick, University of Warwick Coventry, Coventry, Coventry, CV4 7AL, England

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Students come to Warwick from approximately 150 countries.
Many scholarships available for overseas students.
On and off-campus accommodation options available.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Geography & Environmental Science

    25th out of 73 2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 211
    160 76%

    14th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    95.0 95%

    1st

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.04 76%

    47th

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