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University of Melbourne

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Graduate Certificate in Green Infrastructure

  • Graduate Certificate

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.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Certificate
Duration
1 year part-time
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb

About this course

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 locations

Burnley

What you will learn

Course structure

The Graduate Certificate in Green Infrastructure is a 50-point program, made up of:

  • Core subject (12.5 points): Green Infrastructure for Liveable Cities
  • Electives (37.5 points).

You'll select you electives from a range on offer, so you can follow your own interests.

HORT90039 must be one of the first two subjects completed.
This course is not available full-time.

Career pathways

Career outcomes

Our graduates work as: landscape designers, horticulturalists and environmental and urban planners.

Employers in this field include:

  • Local government
  • Government organisations
  • Environmental consultancies
  • Private contractors
  • Government departments.

How to apply

Application closing dates

Start-year Intake
Timely applications: 30 November 2021

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Architecture & Building courses at University of Melbourne.
76.6%
Overall satisfaction
81.4%
Skill scale
65.3%
Teaching scale
81.2%
Employed full-time
$62.5k
Average salary