Our environment has many faces: cities, wilderness, agricultural lands, the oceans and everything in between.

The Graduate Diploma of Environment has many faces too. We offer 12 different streams of study, from climate change, to public health, to sustainable cities and more, including a tailored stream that you can design yourself.

You’ll develop specialised knowledge and technical skills in an environmental discipline or field of practice, and graduate with the confidence to use this know-how to create positive changes in our environment.

Our graduates go on to effect real change in the world.

Diverse and multidisciplinary

We aim to be truly flexible and collaborative in our approach to teaching and, as such, our cohort is made up of students with a hugely diverse range of backgrounds, from commerce and economics to zoology.

You'll learn to work effectively in this multidisciplinary environment, and develop the technical and analytical skills you need to research and practice in your area of specialisation.

A global community

With 20 years of excellence in environment and sustainability, and more than 1600 alumni, the Office for Environmental Programs will help connect you to a global network, including industry leaders around Australia and abroad.

A course tailored for you

This course provides you with grounding knowledge in sustainability governance and leadership. You’ll pair this with subjects chosen by you, in consultation with an academic advisor, that will help to hone your focus within the spectrum of environmental studies.

Whether you’ve come straight from your undergraduate studies, or are looking to enhance or change your current career, with expert academic advice throughout your degree, you’re bound to find an area that matches your passion.

The Graduate Diploma in Environment is a 100-point program (typically eight subjects), made up of:

• Core subject (12.5 points) in Environmental Sustainability
• Elective subjects (87.5 points) from an approved list  in consultation with an academic advisor.

Elective subjects can include an applied research project, an industry internship, or an overseas field trip.

Our graduates go on to work as: strategy and policy advisors, environmental planners, project officers, sustainability specialists, private consultants, environmental scientists, ESD consultants, risk management specialists, entrepreneurs, waste management specialists.

Employers in this field include:

• Government departments of agriculture,  environment and policy, including Parks Victoria
• Local government
• Environmental consultancies and start-ups
• Education and community development providers
• Not-for-profits and non-governmental organisations
• International aid agencies, including the United Nations.

Technical and professional skills

On graduating from the course you’ll have knowledge to undertake professional practice in environment or sustainability.

Additionally, you’ll have strong professional skills in:

• Ability to critically analyse and synthesise environmental knowledge
• Cross-disciplinary teamwork
• Scientific communication, both written and oral.

To be considered for entry to the 200-point program, you must have completed: An undergraduate degree in a cognate discipline with a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 65 per cent, or e

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.