Graduate Certificate in Environment

Our environment has many faces: cities, wilderness, agricultural lands, the oceans and everything in between.
The Graduate Certificate of Environment has many faces too. It's a 6-month full time (or equivalent part-time) course that gives you the chance to explore a huge range of subjects that span the full breadth of this fascinating and diverse discipline.
You’ll start to develop specialised knowledge and technical skills in an environmental discipline or field of practice, and graduate with the confidence to use this know-how to create positive changes in our environment.
Our graduates go on to effect real change in the world.
This course provides you with grounding knowledge in sustainability governance and leadership.

You’ll pair this with subjects chosen by you, in consultation with an academic advisor, that will help to hone your focus within the spectrum of environmental studies.
Whether you’ve come straight from your undergraduate studies, or are looking to enhance or change your current career, with expert academic advice throughout your degree, you’re bound to find an area that matches your passion.


Career outcomes
Our graduates go on to work as: strategy and policy advisors, environmental planners, project officers, sustainability specialists, private consultants, environmental scientists, ESD consultants, risk management specialists, entrepreneurs, waste management specialists.

To be considered for entry, you must have completed:

An undergraduate degree in a cognate discipline with a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 65 per cent, or equivalent, or

An undergraduate degree in any discipline with a WAM of at least 65 per cent, or equivalent, and 2 years of documented professional experience since graduation related to the degree.

English language requirements:

IELTS (academic English Only): 6.5 (no band less than 6.0)
TOEFL Internet-based test: 79 + ; Writing 21; Speaking 18; Reading 13; Listening 13;
Pearson Test of English Academic: 58 + no communicative skill below 50
Cambridge English: Advanced/ Certificate of Advanced English (CAE): 176 + no skill below 169.