SRUC meaning in Academic & Science ?

Scotland's Rural College (initialised as SRUC) is a higher education, consulting and research institution focused on agriculture and life sciences. The institution's history stretches back to 1899 with the establishment of the West of Scotland Agricultural College and the current organisation of the institution came into being through a merger of smaller land based colleges.

After the West of Scotland Agricultural College was established, the Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture and the Aberdeen and North of Scotland College of Agriculture were both established in the early 20th century. These three colleges were merged into the Scottish Agricultural College in 1990. In October 2012, the Scottish Agricultural College was merged with Barony College, Elmwood College and Oatridge College to form SRUC.

SRUC has six campuses across Scotland. Students study land based courses from further education to postgraduate level. Degrees are currently awarded by the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow depending on the course of study. The institution has a consulting division, SAC Consulting, which works with clients in rural businesses and associated industries and it also has a research division which carries out research in the agriculture and rural sector.