The Royal Agricultural University (RAU), founded in 1845 as the first agricultural college in the English-speaking world. To this day it continues to be at the forefront of teaching and research in the land-based sector. Currently, around 1,200 students from 45 different countries study for undergraduate or postgraduate degrees at the university in the disciplines of agriculture, environment and conservation, equine science, food production, rural development and sustainability, rural land and estate management, real estate and business. The RAU itself is situated in 25 acres of manicured grounds on the outskirts of the historic market town of Cirencester, Gloucestershire