Cannademy / N01 / Cultivation Science
Cannademy
United Kingdom / Founded MMXXVI / The Cultivation Academy

Learn to grow cannabis. Properly.

A three-year hybrid programme in cultivation science, medical cannabis, and compliance. Built for the people who'll actually run the legal industry.

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5,000+
Graduates trained since 2019
6+
Years operating, California to Calgary
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Of graduates working in the industry [confirm figure]
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Facility & pharmacy partners [confirm figure]
Trusted by leading cultivators, pharmacies & brands
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01 / Curriculum

Three years. Nine intensives.

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Year One

Foundations

Botany and plant science, global law and policy, the endocannabinoid system, propagation, environmental control, growing media, business fundamentals.

INTENSIVES
Propagation / Environmental Systems / Flowering & Harvest
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Year Two

Advanced Production

Integrated pest management, advanced nutrition, genetics and breeding, post-harvest processing, extraction science, GACP and GMP quality systems.

INTENSIVES
Genetics & Breeding / Processing / GACP Compliance
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Year Three

Specialization

Clinical context, quality assurance and lab testing, regulatory affairs, business operations, plus a chosen specialization track and capstone.

INTENSIVES
Specialization Lab / Facility Practicum / Capstone
The Credential

A real qualification

Nine intensives. Three years. One credential recognised by the people who actually build the legal cannabis industry.

02 / Why

Not a weekend webinar.

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Unmatched depth

Most cannabis "education" is a six-week video course. This is three years, because cultivation science, medical application, and compliance are too technical to teach any other way.

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A true hybrid model

Online coursework from anywhere, paired with hands-on intensives in a real licensed facility. Theory without practice is trivia. Practice without theory doesn't scale.

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Built by practitioners

Faculty drawn from real cultivation operations and clinical practice, not professional course-writers.

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Globally relevant

A curriculum built around the regulatory realities of the UK, EU, and North America. The legal industry doesn't stop at one border.

Field Notes / 01

Most courses teach the plant. We teach you to read it.

Harvest timing, potency, and quality all come down to details this small: a single gland turning from clear to amber. That's why trichome staging gets real hours, hands-on, under magnification, on a working flowering-room floor. Not a slide deck.

03 / Comparison

Do the math.

Typical Online Course
Cannademy
Duration
6–12 weeks
3 years
Format
Pre-recorded video
Hybrid, online + in-person
Hands-on
None
9+ facility intensives
Scope
Cultivation basics
Cultivation, compliance, medical, business
Credential
Completion certificate
3-year certificate + specialization
Field Notes / 02

Failed harvests are decided before the first leaf shows.

Root-zone management (oxygenation, EC, pH, rooting technique) gets real lab time in Year One, not a five-minute mention. It's the unglamorous groundwork that decides everything downstream.

05 / Outcomes

Graduates now running the room.

All Outcomes

"I went from a trimming job to running cultivation for a licensed facility. Cannademy is the reason."

[Graduate Name]Head Grower / [Company]

"The compliance training alone got me a QA role I couldn't have touched before."

[Graduate Name]Quality & Compliance Lead / [Company]

"I used the business track to launch my own brand. Three years on, we're in [00] pharmacies."

[Graduate Name]Founder / [Company]

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06 / Year Three

Pick a lane.

07 / Admissions

The founding
cohort is open.