Credit: Jack Wills and Scotland’s Rural College
The Horticulture (Plantsmanship) HND/BSc (Hons) programmes provides pathways to careers in horticulture by developing skills in plant cultivation and expertise in plant biodiversity. The programmes aim to introduce learners to horticultural practices and develop professional skills in plant cultivation based on the latest plant biodiversity research.
You will have the opportunity to study at SRUC and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) and benefit from access to the facilities and expertise at both institutions. You will learn in specialist and enriching environments at the RBGE, a world-leading botanic garden. Experiences will include working alongside professional horticulturists to manage and curate over 13,500 species of plants in the gardens and glasshouses. You will see plants threatened by extinction in the wild safeguarded using innovative horticultural techniques and professional propagation facilities. In the herbarium, you will discover some of the three million pressed plant specimens representing international fieldwork, species discoveries, and historical collections.
Graduates of the course are currently employed in varied and leading roles in the Horticulture sector. Current employers include public gardens, research institutions, plant nurseries and retail. You can see our graduates on popular television shows such as 'Gardeners' World' and 'The Beechgrove Garden'.
The HND/BSc aims to "educate students in the specialism of Plantsmanship, within a botanic garden environment, and to raise the overall standard and status of Plantsmanship within the horticultural industry".
The overall HND/BSc programme is four years long, but students can enter the programme at the start of Years 1, 2 and 3.
Exit Qualification:
Year 1 - Higher National Certificate (HNC)*
Year 2 - Higher National Diploma (HND)
Year 3 – BSc
Year 4 - BSc (Hons)
*Applications are NOT accepted for the HNC, but a HNC may be awarded if a student leaves the programme at the end of year one with all modules completed.
Applications for full-time study on the HND and BSc must be made through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).
If you have an enquiry regarding admission to the HND/BSc, in the first instance please contact the Education Office at SRUC, as they look after the admissions and applications process.
SRUC Student Recruitment
Tel: 0800 269 453
Email: recruitment@sruc.ac.uk
