Studying Agriculture at Melbourne

 Studying Agriculture at Melbourne

Agriculture is definitely more than farming, but what? As populations increase and climate change affects agriculture and the natural world, healthy, economically viable and sustainable food and fibre production is quickly becoming the most pressing issue of our time.

Graduates of the Bachelor of Agriculture at the University of Melbourne leave with a set of skills that set them up to be employable not only in agriculture, but also its supporting industries and agencies in Australia and around the world, in roles involving:

• Sustainable practice
• Water management improvement
• Responsible fertiliser use
• On-farm advising
• Food and fibre production increase
• Disease-resistant crop development
• Animal welfare
• Biosecurity
• Post-farm processing and marketing
• Agribusiness management and agricultural finance

• Government and industry policy.

   

Find out more about how Bachelor of Agriculture students prepare for the workforce, and the careers they enter.

The Bachelor of Agriculture is a 3-year course, taught at the Parkville Campus and includes an option to spend a semester at Melbourne’s Dookie campus - a living laboratory, showcasing and experimenting on the cutting edge of agricultural science.  Its researchers and students work together to test and learn in real-time. 

Students study a common first year, before entering one of three majors:

• Agricultural Economics: learn how to analyse and advise on the business management and financial sustainability of agricultural enterprise
• Plant and Soil Science: understand the science of using plants for food, fuel, fibre and land reclamation and to address issues in plant health and sustainable agriculture
• Production Animal Science: prepare for a career in animal health and production, animal welfare or biosecurity.  Learn about animal production industries, animal behaviour and disease, and how management strategies can optimise growth and welfare.

Watch this useful YouTube clip on studying agriculture and the Dookie Campus.

NOTE: Students keen on using the Bachelor of Agriculture as a pathway into Veterinary Medicine, must have completed the Production Animal Science major and have achieved high average marks, to be eligible to apply to study the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with up to 25 points of credit.