What will I learn?

Advance your skills with leading agricultural science courses and develop specialisations for further study.The Graduate Certificate in Agricultural Science is designed for recent graduates in any field, and for established professionals wanting to upgrade their management skills or redirect their career into agribusiness.For your half year of full-time studies, you'll select from nearly 40 courses providing you with a high level of specialised knowledge together with valuable skills associated with your selected areas of study.Graduates demonstrate the ability to apply leadership, research and problem-solving skills to meet the global challenges associated with feeding the world, and maintaining our environment in situations of increasing community expectations of animal welfare, biosecurity concerns, and competition for limited resources. This greatly expands your career prospects into a wide range of government, commercial, community or research-based roles.

Which department am I in?

Agriculture and Environment

CRICOS

079376D

Study options

Full Time (.5 Years)

Tuition fees

A$25,280.00 (US$ 16,660) per year

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Start date

July 2025

Venue

Gatton Campus

Gatton,

Queensland,

4343, GATTON, Australia

Full Time (.5 Years)

Tuition fees

A$25,280.00 (US$ 16,660) per year

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Start date

February 2025

Venue

Gatton Campus

Gatton,

Queensland,

4343, GATTON, Australia

Entry requirements

For international students

Bachelor degree in any field, with UQ or equivalent GPA of 4 or above on a 7 point scale; or 2 years of work experience in the same discipline.

English Proficiency

IELTS overall 6.5; reading 6; writing 6; speaking 6; listening 6. For other English Language Proficiency Tests and Scores approved for UQ TOEFL IBT - Overall 87, listening 19, reading 19, writing 21 and speaking 19. TOEFL PB - Overall 570, listening 54, reading 54, writing 59/5. Pearsons - Overall Score of 64 and 60 in all sub bands. BEP - A minimum overall grade of 4 plus a minimum grade of C in all macro skills. CES - Overall 176 and 169 in all sub bands. OET is not accepted.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.