1st for employability

Our graduates are ranked 1st in Australia and 4th globally for employability by the 2020 QS Graduate Employability Rankings

 Work-ready graduates

With a broad range of flexible and dynamic career options, science graduates are in high demand across many industries

The Master of Agriculture and Environment trains you to solve the big challenges in the world: food security, climate change, and management of carbon, water and the environment. With lots of professional experience in the lab and out in the field, you’ll be ready to contribute to a booming sector that generates over $150 billion a year in production, contributes around 16% of Australia's export earnings, and tackles the biggest global issues of our time.

The one-and-a-half-year Master of Agriculture and Environment is the perfect next step for graduates already trained by a degree in Science, Economics or related work experience (accreditation subject to approval).

Within this articulated degree you will complete a research project where you will be innovatively addressing modern-day problems, while also honing your skills in project management, communication and cross-disciplinary thinking. You can choose from a range of specialist streams depending on where your interests lie. Importantly, the course gives you lots of hands-on experience, which helps to make you highly sought-after by employers in both the public and private sectors.

Your studies will be bolstered by state-of-the-art facilities that are among the best in Australia. These include our Centre for Carbon, Water and Food – the first of its kind in the nation – and the world-renowned Plant Breeding Institute. In 2015, our IA Watson International Grains Research Centre became the largest regional grains research centre in the country.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Opportunities for skilled graduates are in growing fields such as:

• carbon
• water and energy trading
• food security
• food futures
• ecohydrology
• sustainability
• catchment management
• land rehabilitation
• molecular science.

Our graduates are employed in a range of industries including:

• agribusiness
• marketing firms
• merchant banks
• commodity trading companies
• environmental consultancies
• scientific research organisations around the world
• government departments
• the private sector.

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

Graduates of the Master of Agriculture and Environment are eligible for membership of several professional bodies in the fields of agriculture and natural resource management.