Master of Urban Horticulture

We live in a world that's increasingly urbanised. Our cities keep growing and our green spaces need to grow with them. Maintaining and improving vegetation in our cities will provide the social, environmental, economic and health benefits that keep our neighbourhoods liveable.

Melbourne, like all cities around the world, needs people to design, manage and advocate for greater urban greening and the importance of these green spaces.

We're working alongside industry and government to produce urban horticulturists with these necessary skills, and a passion for creativity and sustainability.

A qualification available nowhere else

The Master of Urban Horticulture is the only course of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, so you'll have a qualification that’s entirely unique and well-regarded.

Whether you’re new to the field or already have some experience and want to upskill, there’s an entry point for you into this course.

Learn from 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.

Industry links

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 design and management for the future.

There’s even the option to complete a professional internship in an industry, government or non-governmental organisation workplace to launch your career in the direction you want to go.

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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