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.

The Graduate Diploma in Urban Horticulture is a 100-point program, made up of:

• Compulsory core subjects (4 subjects, 50 points)
• Elective subjects (4 subjects, 50 points)

Our graduates go on to work as: horticulturalists, arborists, revegetation and restoration specialists, landscape designers, open space managers, and nursery and greenhouse managers.

Employers in this field include:

• Local government
• State government departments
• Landscape design and asset management businesses.

To be considered for entry, you must have completed: An undergraduate degree or a graduate certificate with a major in any discipline with a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 65 per ce

IELTS (academic English Only): 6.5 (no band less than 6.0)
TOEFL Internet-based test: 79 + ; Writing 21; Speaking 18; Reading 13; Listening 13;
Pearson Test of English Academic: 58 + no communicative skill below 50
Cambridge English: Advanced/ Certificate of Advanced English (CAE): 176 + no skill below 169.