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University of Melbourne

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Graduate Certificate: Graduate Certificate in Green Infrastructure

  • Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate in Green Infrastructure teaches cross-disciplinary approaches to planning, design, and management of green infrastructure, including urban trees, green roofs, and water-sensitive urban design. Classes are delivered intensively, with practical learning at the Burnley campus.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Certificate
Duration
1 - 1 years part-time
Course Code
GC-GRINFRA
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb
Domestic Fees
$20,496 per year

About this course

OverviewCourse overview

Green infrastructure proves that all spaces, even roofs and walls, can (and should) go green.

The Graduate Certificate in Green Infrastructure, the first course of its kind in Australia, will teach you how to use vegetation to improve urban environments for their residents.

You'll take cross-disciplinary approaches to the planning, design and management of green infrastructure to improve city environments, including urban trees, green roofs and walls, and water-sensitive urban design.

This course offers a great skills-development program for urban planners and managers, as well as new or established horticulturalists.

Study while you work

To accommodate your existing work commitments, all classes are delivered in an intensive format with online assessment elements.

Learn from a garden campus

You'll spend your time getting your hands dirty - literally - alongside horticulture experts at our beautiful Burnley campus and beyond.

At Burnley you'll find heritage-listed gardens and state-of-the-art green roofs and walls, showcasing what's possible in the green infrastructure world.

Keep it real

We build on theory, but our teaching focuses on real-world examples and case studies. We make sure you'll leave the course with the practical knowledge and skills you'll need to stage a green infrastructure revolution in your workplace.

Study locations

Burnley

What you will learn

Overview

Course overview

Overview

Green infrastructure proves that all spaces, even roofs and walls, can (and should) go green.

The Graduate Certificate in Green Infrastructure, the first course of its kind in Australia, will teach you how to use vegetation to improve urban environments for their residents.

You'll take cross-disciplinary approaches to the planning, design and management of green infrastructure to improve city environments, including urban trees, green roofs and walls, and water-sensitive urban design.

This course offers a great skills-development program for urban planners and managers, as well as new or established horticulturalists.

Study while you work

To accommodate your existing work commitments, all classes are delivered in an intensive format with online assessment elements.

Learn from a garden campus

You'll spend your time getting your hands dirty - literally - alongside horticulture experts at our beautiful Burnley campus and beyond.

At Burnley you'll find heritage-listed gardens and state-of-the-art green roofs and walls, showcasing what's possible in the green infrastructure world.

Keep it real

We build on theory, but our teaching focuses on real-world examples and case studies. We make sure you'll leave the course with the practical knowledge and skills you'll need to stage a green infrastructure revolution in your workplace.