Graduate Diploma in Urban Horticulture

Looking for a career change with a focus on plants? The Graduate Diploma of Urban Horticulture is a perfect introduction to designing, creating, managing and advocating for urban green spaces.

From little things, big things grow

After completing this course, you can put your skills to use in the workplace, or you can transition into the Master of Urban Horticulture. The Graduate Diploma is equivalent to the first year of the Masters course.

For new starters and old hands

Whether you’re new to urban horticulture or already have some experience and want to upskill, the course offers a well-rounded introduction to the field.

Learn in a garden campus

You'll spend your time getting your hands dirty – literally – alongside world-class researchers at our beautiful Burnley campus and at sites throughout the city.

Link with industry

The course has excellent linkages and contacts to the urban horticulture industry, adding to the currency and relevancy of the study experience, but also building employment opportunities in green space management.

English language requirements

All applicants to the University of Melbourne must satisfy the English language requirements. This may be achieved in a number of ways, including recognised previous study taught and assessed entirely in English or an approved English language test. If you are from a non-English speaking background, the required standard of English for this degree is one of the following English proficiency test scores:

• English language test score requirements

• If you need to undertake an English language test, you must meet one of the scores* below:

  IELTS

  6.5

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  with no band less than 6.0

  TOEFL

  79+

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  with writing 21; speaking 18; reading 13; listening 13

  PEARSON

  64+

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  with no communicative skill below 60

  CAMBRIDGE

  176+

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  with no skill less than 169

  *Accepted tests: IELTS (Academic English Only); TOEFL Internet-based test; Pearson Test of English Academic; Cambridge English: Advanced/Certificate of Advanced English (CAE). If a test displays N/A, it means it is not accepted for this course.

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