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This virtual tour can be clicked through in any order, but there are some key things you might like to know:
The markers on the main screen will take you to more information about our facilities, with a 360 degree image to explore as well as walkthrough tours in some areas.
Wherever you see play button markers within the 360 degree images you can click to hear from our staff and students.
Inside the walkthrough tours you may find coloured markers which highlight additional facilities and content.
Anytime Anywhere Engineers: Harper Adams University
As the population grows, so do our demands on the planet. Managing this resource has never been so important, which is why all courses across our portfolio prepare graduates to go out and tackle the challenges of today and tomorrow. Engineering plays a pivotal role in our future and engineers continue to be in high demand across a range of sectors. The world needs more engineers - it needs graduates that are the problem solvers of the future. At Harper Adams University, you won’t just learn about engineering - you will develop into an engineer with the professional and technical skills and knowledge that will allow you to start making a difference from day one - on placement and after you graduate. You can expect to work on real-world projects - not just solving problems, but also pitching your creative, innovative and sustainable solutions to clients and project managing them into operation.
Our industry-accredited degrees, the experience and expertise of our staff, our facilities and our extensive industry connections make Harper Adams an excellent choice for anyone seeking to start a career in mechanical, automotive or mechatronic engineering roles, working with everything from tractors to 4x4s, rally cars to autonomous vehicles operating on and off highway - and a huge variety of other machines.
Machinery Hall
A machinery demonstration hall measuring 48m x 30m, which is attached to the soil hall, provides storage and demonstration facilities for off-highway and agricultural machines.
We maintain a wide-ranging fleet of machines and vehicles and have loan arrangements with engineering companies to ensure students have access to the latest technological developments. Both the Soil and Machinery halls have been used by machinery firms for demonstrations of tractors and equipment to local farmers and dealers.
Lecture Theatre
The Agricultural Engineering Innovation Centre, home to the National Centre for Precision Farming, provides 'clean' engineering facilities including to support Undergraduate, Postgraduate, research and commercial activity.
The space has a range of facillties including:
• Electronics/Mechatronics lab
• Hydraulic lab
• Research lab for tractors and machines
• Accommodation for staff
• Rooms for CPD
• State-of-the-art lecture theatre with space for large machinery to support in classroom teaching
The £2.93m engineering building supplements existing resources and provides a physical base around which university/industry collaboration can be stimulated.
The building has many unique features that support product development and training, and also provide a means to verify health and safety measures in the design and development of new agricultural machinery and precision farming applications.
Mechatronics Lab
The Agricultural Engineering Innovation Centre, home to the National Centre for Precision Farming, provides 'clean' engineering facilities including to support Undergraduate, Postgraduate, research and commercial activity.
The space has a range of facillties including:
• Electronics/Mechatronics lab
• Hydraulic lab
• Research lab for tractors and machines
• Accommodation for staff
• Rooms for CPD
• State-of-the-art lecture theatre with space for large machinery to support in classroom teaching
The £2.93m engineering building supplements existing resources and provides a physical base around which university/industry collaboration can be stimulated.
The building has many unique features that support product development and training, and also provide a means to verify health and safety measures in the design and development of new agricultural machinery and precision farming applications.
Tractors
The modern, eco-friendly library represents a significant investment in the future of all our students. The building, in the centre of the campus, is designed to be conducive to study and houses a wide range of learning resources and services. A computer controlled natural ventilation system and automatic lighting that responds to the light levels outside makes the library an environmentally friendly addition to the University. It is also home to the Engineering Design Centre (EDC) and Kaldi Café.
The library offers access to around 41,000 books, 1,250 print and electronic journals and a number of online databases. Study facilities include group study rooms and a silent study room. Sessions on using the library's resources are provided to all first year students. Refresher sessions are held for final year students to assist them with their dissertations. Staff on the enquiry desk can help you find information for your coursework or dissertations and show you how to use electronic journals, books and databases.
The building has many open access computers and a wireless local area network to allow users to access the university network.
Library and EDC
The modern, eco-friendly library represents a significant investment in the future of all our students. The building, in the centre of the campus, is designed to be conducive to study and houses a wide range of learning resources and services.
It is home to the Engineering Design Centre (EDC), which is used by Engineering students and allows them to use this as their experience of being in the workplace. The computers in this area are more powerful than standard desktops and have a full range of software that is available to use such as: Modelling packages such as Matlab, 3D CAD, FEA, CFD office applications and communication tools and electronic circuit simulation software. All are designed to support the students with their applied learning.
Research Lab
The Agricultural Engineering Innovation Centre, home to the National Centre for Precision Farming, provides 'clean' engineering facilities including to support Undergraduate, Postgraduate, research and commercial activity.
The space has a range of facillties including:
• Electronics/Mechatronics lab
• Hydraulic lab
• Research lab for tractors and machines
• Accommodation for staff
• Rooms for CPD
• State-of-the-art lecture theatre with space for large machinery to support in classroom teaching
The £2.93m engineering building supplements existing resources and provides a physical base around which university/industry collaboration can be stimulated.
The building has many unique features that support product development and training, and also provide a means to verify health and safety measures in the design and development of new agricultural machinery and precision farming applications.
Off Road Track
A great facility for demonstrating all sorts of off-road vehicles, this is also the site of the Skills Training Centre for students wishing to gain additional qualifications such as telehandler or tractor driving, offered as part of the Rural Skills Programme.
We also have the use of an adjacent 3ha field, which has been developed to provide a safe driving and demonstration area for students and companies. The field provides an all-weather surface for the operation of off-highway and agricultural machines and extends the facility provided by the covered Soil Hall and Machinery Demonstration Hall.
AEF - Welding
The engineering hub includes workshops dedicated to electronics and mechatronics, metal fabrication and vehicle and machine assembly and maintenance where students develop and manufacture their concepts for rough terrain machinery. A dedicated design room adjacent to the workshops is invaluable for final year project work, and a Z corporation 3D printer allows for rapid prototyping. There are additional spaces alongside the applied engineering facility, where students can learn the theory around topics such as mechanical science and materials, then undertake applied laboratory exercises. Being so close to the main workshop means sessions can relate and be linked back to fundamentals of real machines/ vehicles.
In addition there is space to look at prototype builds, these manufacturing facilities are utilised by students whereby they can gain experience of: discussing the feasibility and manufacturability of their designs with technicians, submitting manufacturing drawings for manufacture, and also undertaking systems integration work, for example assembly. There is also opportunity to learn more about the practical skills and gain further experience should they wish to do so in negotiation with the team.
AEF - Vehicle Systems
The engineering hub includes workshops dedicated to electronics and mechatronics, metal fabrication and vehicle and machine assembly and maintenance where students develop and manufacture their concepts for rough terrain machinery. A dedicated design room adjacent to the workshops is invaluable for final year project work, and a Z corporation 3D printer allows for rapid prototyping. There are additional spaces alongside the applied engineering facility, where students can learn the theory around topics such as mechanical science and materials, then undertake applied laboratory exercises. Being so close to the main workshop means sessions can relate and be linked back to fundamentals of real machines/ vehicles.
In addition there is space to look at prototype builds, these manufacturing facilities are utilised by students whereby they can gain experience of: discussing the feasibility and manufacturability of their designs with technicians, submitting manufacturing drawings for manufacture, and also undertaking systems integration work, for example assembly. There is also opportunity to learn more about the practical skills and gain further experience should they wish to do so in negotiation with the team.
AEF - Project Space
The engineering hub includes workshops dedicated to electronics and mechatronics, metal fabrication and vehicle and machine assembly and maintenance where students develop and manufacture their concepts for rough terrain machinery. A dedicated design room adjacent to the workshops is invaluable for final year project work, and a Z corporation 3D printer allows for rapid prototyping. There are additional spaces alongside the applied engineering facility, where students can learn the theory around topics such as mechanical science and materials, then undertake applied laboratory exercises. Being so close to the main workshop means sessions can relate and be linked back to fundamentals of real machines/ vehicles.
In addition there is space to look at prototype builds, these manufacturing facilities are utilised by students whereby they can gain experience of: discussing the feasibility and manufacturability of their designs with technicians, submitting manufacturing drawings for manufacture, and also undertaking systems integration work, for example assembly. There is also opportunity to learn more about the practical skills and gain further experience should they wish to do so in negotiation with the team.
AEF - Classroom
The engineering hub includes workshops dedicated to electronics and mechatronics, metal fabrication and vehicle and machine assembly and maintenance where students develop and manufacture their concepts for rough terrain machinery. A dedicated design room adjacent to the workshops is invaluable for final year project work, and a Z corporation 3D printer allows for rapid prototyping. There are additional spaces alongside the applied engineering facility, where students can learn the theory around topics such as mechanical science and materials, then undertake applied laboratory exercises. Being so close to the main workshop means sessions can relate and be linked back to fundamentals of real machines/ vehicles.
In addition there is space to look at prototype builds, these manufacturing facilities are utilised by students whereby they can gain experience of: discussing the feasibility and manufacturability of their designs with technicians, submitting manufacturing drawings for manufacture, and also undertaking systems integration work, for example assembly. There is also opportunity to learn more about the practical skills and gain further experience should they wish to do so in negotiation with the team.
AEF - Tools
The engineering hub includes workshops dedicated to electronics and mechatronics, metal fabrication and vehicle and machine assembly and maintenance where students develop and manufacture their concepts for rough terrain machinery. A dedicated design room adjacent to the workshops is invaluable for final year project work, and a Z corporation 3D printer allows for rapid prototyping. There are additional spaces alongside the applied engineering facility, where students can learn the theory around topics such as mechanical science and materials, then undertake applied laboratory exercises. Being so close to the main workshop means sessions can relate and be linked back to fundamentals of real machines/ vehicles.
In addition there is space to look at prototype builds, these manufacturing facilities are utilised by students whereby they can gain experience of: discussing the feasibility and manufacturability of their designs with technicians, submitting manufacturing drawings for manufacture, and also undertaking systems integration work, for example assembly. There is also opportunity to learn more about the practical skills and gain further experience should they wish to do so in negotiation with the team.
Library and EDC
The modern, eco-friendly library represents a significant investment in the future of all our students. The building, in the centre of the campus, is designed to be conducive to study and houses a wide range of learning resources and services.
It is home to the Engineering Design Centre (EDC), which is used by Engineering students and allows them to use this as their experience of being in the workplace. The computers in this area are more powerful than standard desktops and have a full range of software that is available to use such as: Modelling packages such as Matlab, 3D CAD, FEA, CFD office applications and communication tools and electronic circuit simulation software. All are designed to support the students with their applied learning.
Robots
The Agricultural Engineering Innovation Centre, home to the National Centre for Precision Farming, provides 'clean' engineering facilities including to support Undergraduate, Postgraduate, research and commercial activity.
The space has a range of facillties including:
• Electronics/Mechatronics lab
• Hydraulic lab
• Research lab for tractors and machines
• Accommodation for staff
• Rooms for CPD
• State-of-the-art lecture theatre with space for large machinery to support in classroom teaching
The £2.93m engineering building supplements existing resources and provides a physical base around which university/industry collaboration can be stimulated.
The building has many unique features that support product development and training, and also provide a means to verify health and safety measures in the design and development of new agricultural machinery and precision farming applications.
Hands Free Hectare
The Hands Free Hectare (HFHa), a project run by Harper Adams University and Precision Decisions, a Map of Ag company, has received funding from Innovate UK to create a Hands Free Farm.
HFHa started in 2016 with the aim to be the first in the world to grow, tend and harvest a crop without operators in the driving seats or agronomists on the ground. The project has been taken through two successful cropping cycles, and won a number of awards; including the prestigious BBC Food and Farming Future Food Award.
The new Hands Free Farm will be a three-year-long project, run in partnership between Harper Adams and Precision Decisions, along with a new partner; the UK division of Australian precision agriculture specialist Farmscan AG.
The project is recently underway and is based at the University’s campus in Shropshire. The Agricultural Engineering Precision Innovation Centre (Agri-Epi Centre) is providing the team with development space and project management support at its Midlands Agri-Tech Innovation Hub, which is also located on the University’s campus.
Find out more by clicking here. Tractors
The modern, eco-friendly library represents a significant investment in the future of all our students. The building, in the centre of the campus, is designed to be conducive to study and houses a wide range of learning resources and services. A computer controlled natural ventilation system and automatic lighting that responds to the light levels outside makes the library an environmentally friendly addition to the University. It is also home to the Engineering Design Centre (EDC) and Kaldi Café.
The library offers access to around 41,000 books, 1,250 print and electronic journals and a number of online databases. Study facilities include group study rooms and a silent study room. Sessions on using the library's resources are provided to all first year students. Refresher sessions are held for final year students to assist them with their dissertations. Staff on the enquiry desk can help you find information for your coursework or dissertations and show you how to use electronic journals, books and databases.
The building has many open access computers and a wireless local area network to allow users to access the university network.
Applied Engineering Facilities
The engineering hub includes workshops dedicated to electronics and mechatronics, metal fabrication and vehicle and machine assembly and maintenance where students develop and manufacture their concepts for rough terrain machinery. A dedicated design room adjacent to the workshops is invaluable for final year project work, and a Z corporation 3D printer allows for rapid prototyping. There are additional spaces alongside the applied engineering facility, where students can learn the theory around topics such as mechanical science and materials, then undertake applied laboratory exercises. Being so close to the main workshop means sessions can relate and be linked back to fundamentals of real machines/ vehicles.
In addition there is space to look at prototype builds, these manufacturing facilities are utilised by students whereby they can gain experience of: discussing the feasibility and manufacturability of their designs with technicians, submitting manufacturing drawings for manufacture, and also undertaking systems integration work, for example assembly. There is also opportunity to learn more about the practical skills and gain further experience should they wish to do so in negotiation with the team.
Drones
The Agricultural Engineering Innovation Centre, home to the National Centre for Precision Farming, provides 'clean' engineering facilities including to support Undergraduate, Postgraduate, research and commercial activity.
The space has a range of facillties including:
• Electronics/Mechatronics lab
• Hydraulic lab
• Research lab for tractors and machines
• Accommodation for staff
• Rooms for CPD
• State-of-the-art lecture theatre with space for large machinery to support in classroom teaching
The £2.93m engineering building supplements existing resources and provides a physical base around which university/industry collaboration can be stimulated.
The building has many unique features that support product development and training, and also provide a means to verify health and safety measures in the design and development of new agricultural machinery and precision farming applications.
Traffic Farming
A multidisciplinary long-term project was established at Harper Adams University College (UK) in October 2011 to investigate the interaction between traffic and tillage on soil, crop and energy responses in a randomised and replicated study to determine the effects of Random Traffic Farming, Controlled Traffic Farming and Low Ground Pressure with conventional, minimum and zero tillage.
The aim of this study is to develop an integrated mechanisation system to optimise soil and water resources, crop growth and yields and system performance and economics in commercial agricultural practice.
Soil Hall
The large covered Soil Hall is unique to Harper Adams. Measuring 60m x 30m (the largest covered field demonstration area in the UK), the hall provides an excellent facility for carrying out practical demonstrations and research into the behaviour and performance of off-highway vehicles and field machinery without the influence of the weather.
The covered field can be irrigated to change soil conditions, and provides an ideal environment for student project work and for commercial companies to carry out research and development work on their products.
AEIC
The Agricultural Engineering Innovation Centre, home to the National Centre for Precision Farming, provides 'clean' engineering facilities including to support Undergraduate, Postgraduate, research and commercial activity.
The space has a range of facillties including:
• Electronics/Mechatronics lab
• Hydraulic lab
• Research lab for tractors and machines
• Accommodation for staff
• Rooms for CPD
• State-of-the-art lecture theatre with space for large machinery to support in classroom teaching
The £2.93m engineering building supplements existing resources and provides a physical base around which university/industry collaboration can be stimulated.
The building has many unique features that support product development and training, and also provide a means to verify health and safety measures in the design and development of new agricultural machinery and precision farming applications.