Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management
Postgraduate
UOQ-ENM-GDI 2025Course information for 2025 intake View information for 2024 course intake
Learn to lead as an environmental advisor
Bolster your future in management roles in the environmental sector with this series of eight subjects, forming your qualification. Graduate and work as a conservator, policy developer, sustainability advisor, ecologist and more.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Credit available
- Yes
- Duration
- 12 months
- Total subjects
- 8
- Available loans
- Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management
About this degree
During this course you will:
- Access unique biodiversity hotspots and fascinating ecosystems, ranging from coral reefs to World Heritage rain forests.
- Take advantage of innovative opportunities for marine and terrestrial research and interactive field- and lab-based learning.
- Gain practical experience while enhancing your report-writing and project management skills.
Organise your study around your professional and personal commitments, with the option to complete many courses online.
Environmental Management is the planning and implementation of actions geared to improve the quality of the human environment.
The postgraduate programs in environmental management at the University of Queensland are multidisciplinary programs designed to enhance the skills and technical expertise of graduates working in all facets of the environmental arena. The programs aim to produce managers able to address the many issues in the highly complex and changing area of environmental management.
Recommended study pattern
The Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management is a 1 year course for a full-time student. Each year consists of 2 Study Periods, also known as semesters. The recommended study pattern consists of 5 core subjects and 3 elective subjects, with 4 to be completed in your first study period and 4 in your second.
Award requirements
To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management, students must satisfactorily complete a program of study consisting of 8 subjects.
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Indicative total fee $9,100
The amount shown here is indicative for an Australian citizen studying full-time, which is typically 8 subjects per year.
Fees may vary depending on:
- the subjects you choose
- credit from previous work experience
- your eligibility for government funding loans or subsidies such as HECS-HELP or a Commonwealth supported place.
To learn more, go to Fees or contact a student advisor.
For more than a century, The University of Queensland (UQ) has delivered knowledge leadership for a better world. The most prestigious and widely recognised rankings of world universities consistently place UQ among the world's top universities. UQ has also won more national teaching awards than any other Australian university. This commitment to quality teaching empowers our 56,000 current students, who study across UQ’s three campuses, to create positive change for society.
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- 6
- Times Higher Education Ranking 2024:
- 5
How to apply
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Entry requirements
To be eligible for entry, you'll need:
- a bachelor's degree in any field; or
- a graduate certificate in environmental management.
You must have a grade point average (GPA) of 4.0 on a 7-point scale in your previous qualification.
All applicants must satisfy the UQ English language proficiency requirements for admission.
If you've completed previous study, you may be eligible to receive credit for – or exemption from – certain subjects in a UQ program.
Career opportunities
Possible future job titles:
- National parks and wildlife conservator
- Environmental assessment and compliance consultant
- Natural resources manager
- Policy developer
- Mining adviser
- Environmental tourism consultant
- Sustainability adviser
- Ecologist
- Meteorologist
- Environmental remediation manager.