Overview

Our environment is facing some serious challenges — from changing climates to habitat loss, environmental degradation, species extinction and overpopulation.

You’ll also gain important skills in risk assessment and environmental monitoring, which are crucial to careers in consulting, environmental management and laboratory research.

This is a very flexible Science - Environmental Science program at University of Melbourne you can choose to specialise in

Conservation and Ecosystems
Climate Change
Natural Resources and Hazards
Sustainability Science

Whatever your focus, you’ll learn how to use scientific tools to understand and work with natural systems to solve environmental problems. You’ll use statistics to evaluate risk, consider best practice in environmental monitoring, review environmental management plans, and learn about how non-scientific factors impact environmental decisions.

Career

A major in Environmental Science can lead to a career as an

environmental scientist
natural resource manager
sustainability specialist
environmental toxicologist
environmental advisor
policy analyst
soil specialist
environmental planner

Graduates have found rewarding careers in government agencies such as the Department of Environment, Land, Water, and Planning, Melbourne Water, Environment Protection Authority Victoria and Parks Victoria. Many also gain employment in engineering and construction firms such as AECOM, Jacobs and GHD, or in local government.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Vegetation Management and Conservation
Applied Ecology
Ecology in Changing Environments
Marine Biodiversity and Biogeography
Green Infrastructure Technologies
Ecology of Urban Landscapes
Landscape Ecosystem Project

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-03-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-30 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-12-04 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-07-27 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-05-31 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-06-05 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

81

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PTE Academic

64

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

300 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Melbourne, Australia

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

81

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PTE Academic

64

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

CRICOS code: 002153M

Lowest Selection Rank 2023 - 85.00 GUIDE ONLY

Lowest ATAR selected 2023 - 74.65 GUIDE ONLY
Units 3 & 4: A study score of at least 25 in English/English Language/ Literature or at least 30 in EAL, and at least 25 in Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics, and in one of Biology, Chemistry or Physics; OR A study score of at least 25 in English/English Language/Literature or at least 30 in EAL, and at least 25 in both Mathematical Methods and Specialist Mathematics.

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Tuition Fees

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51844 AUD / year

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Additional Details

National: Commonwealth supported places (CSP)

Living costs

Melbourne

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1501 - 2659 AUD / month

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