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School of Environmental and Rural Science

Natural History Museum

A library of life; a place of activity, interaction and discovery.

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Bachelor of Agricultural Production and Management

An agriculture degree with a number of pathways rewarding your past experience.

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Bachelor of Agricultural Production and Management

Science at UNE

Venture into innovation with our uniquely extensive range of science based courses and research...

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Save the planet

Our courses provide essential knowledge in monitoring the world's variety of ecosystems, agriculture, food production, sustainability, geology, civil and environmental engineering.

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Australia's Best

In 2017, UNE was ranked Australia's best University for Agriculture and Environmental Studies.

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If you wish to extend your career prospects or are aspiring to further academic study, we offer many postgraduate pathways through our course work and research programs.

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Many career paths are available in environmental or rural science, from Aquatic Ecology to Zoology, or Agricultural Consulting to Weed Science.

Animal Science and Systems

Animal Science and Systems

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There are now many ‘johnny-come-lately’ universities in online education. UNE has been delivering distance education since 1955 – that’s longer than any other Australian university.

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The University of New England respects and acknowledges that its people, programs and facilities are built on land, and surrounded by a sense of belonging, both ancient and contemporary, of the world's oldest living culture. In doing so, UNE values and respects Indigenous knowledge systems as a vital part of the knowledge capital of Australia.