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Nottingham Trent University
Duration : 4 Years
Intake : September, January
IELTS : 6.5
TOEFL : 0
PTE : 62
Level : Undergraduate
Tuition & fees : £ 13,900 Per Year
Nottingham Trent University Contact Details

1 Pace Plaza, New York, NY, 10038, USA
Email: intlgradadmission@pace.edu
Phone: +18667223338

* Please note that fees may vary. Always check the exact cost of the program and bear in mind likely additional expenses.

About Fdsc Horticulture / Horticulture: Garden Design in Nottingham Trent University

Explore the life of plants on these highly vocational and practical courses. Based on understanding and interpreting the landscape around us, they explore horticultural production and growing, along with the principles of plant and soil science. Horticulture is a diverse subject area that covers plant and soil science; commercial crop production; ornamental flower and plant growing; landscape and garden design; and green-space management.

If you have any questions about our Horticulture course, you can now chat to our experienced lecturers and course leaders through Unibuddy.

Why choose this course?

  • You will benefit from the modern glasshouse complex situated on campus, alongside historic gardens and the country estate.
  • Guest speakers will also hold workshops and activities to showcase the career opportunities available to you.
  • You will have the opportunity to become proficient in surveying a site for development, and plotting data both by hand and using AutoCAD (Computer Aided Design).
  • This course can provide progression onto the one year BSc (Hons) Horticulture (final year top-up) degree.
  • Brackenhurst campus is home to an entrepreneurial cut-flower business called the Flower Pod, run by the Southwell Care Project and supported by student and staff volunteers.

Did you know?

  • NTU won a prestigious Gold Award at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show Centenary in 2013.
  • Students from this course achieved a Silver Gilt garden design award at the Harrogate Flower Show.
  • NTU is one of the largest providers of land-based courses in the UK, with Brackenhurst having over 60 years' experience in the sector.
  • A show garden inspired by horticulture students at Nottingham Trent University scooped a hat-trick of awards at the first RHS Chatsworth Flower Show 2017.

Careers and employability

Your career development

Graduates of this course go on to a wide range of careers including:

  • technologist
  • landscape management
  • garden design
  • self-employed roles
  • horticultural therapist
  • historic landscape management
  • green space adviser
  • agronomist.

Excellent placement opportunities

The course includes an optional sandwich year placement between Year One and Year Two, or during Year Two. You can develop their skills and experience in a working environment which is highly valued by future employers.

Recent students have taken paid placements in

  • garden centres and nurseries
  • landscape contractors
  • organisations such as the National Trust.

 

 

Entry requirements

Higher Secondary Certificate (XIIth)

Grade average of 65% made from four relevant subjects (native language excluded)

English language requirements

IELTS : 6.5

  • With a minimum of 5.5 in each component

PTE : 62

  • With no less than 51 in any component

Nottingham Trent University Highlights

University Type Public University
Campus Setting Urban
Establishment Year 1843
Graduate Job Rate 97%
Endowment £7.4 million
Applications Accepted Online
Work-Study Available
Intake Month January (UG); Rolling for PG
Mode of Program Full time and online

Nottingham Trent University Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

The cost of attendance is governed by factors like the tuition fee and the cost of living.

UG tuition fee £13,900
PG taught tuition fee £13,500- £14,500
Management tuition fee 15,500-£17,500
M.Phil./PhD tuition fee £13,900
Living cost £10,200

Nottingham Trent University Admission Procedure 

  • Application: The UG applications are accepted through ‘Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)’ and PG applications through the ‘NTU applicant portal’.
  • Application fee: One needs to pay £13 for 1 UG course and £24 for multiple UG courses.
  • Application deadlines: For UG students the last date to apply is June 30, 2019. The PG programs don’t have any official deadline, however, it is better to apply one month prior to course start date.
  • General requirements: Completed application form, academic transcripts, and English proficiency tests.
  • Additional requirements: Birth certificate, passport copy, LOR.

English Proficiency Test: Majority of the courses require IELTS score ranging between 6.0 and 6.0 for entry. However, other equivalent English test scores are also acceptable.

English Test Scores equivalent to IELTS 6.0 Scores equivalent to IELTS 6.5
TOEFL iBT 76 83
PTE (Academic) 54 62
CPE/CAE C1; scores more than 169 C1; scores more than 172
Trinity College ISE - Level 3 & 4

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