Environment

Job titles include:

  • Climatologist
  • District forester
  • Ecologist
  • Ecosystem scientist
  • Energy specialist
  • Environmental consultant
  • Environmental engineer
  • Environmental geoscientist
  • Environmental planner
  • Environmental scientist
  • Environmental toxicologist
  • Land planner
  • Landscape or water manager
  • Natural resource manager
  • Policy analyst
  • Project or program manager
  • Science writer or editor
  • Soil specialist
  • Sustainability specialist
  • Teacher or environmental educator.

Sources include the LinkedIn profiles of University of Melbourne graduates.

Environment graduates are employed at companies including:

  • AECOM
  • Bureau of Meteorology
  • CSIRO
  • Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria
  • Environment Protection Authority Victoria
  • Forestry Corporation of NSW
  • GHD
  • Golder
  • Jacobs
  • Local government
  • Melbourne Water
  • Monash University
  • Parks Victoria
  • The University of Melbourne
  • VicForests

Sources include the LinkedIn profiles of University of Melbourne graduates.

Environment graduates work in fields such as:

  • Consulting
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Forest carbon investment
  • Forestry
  • Government policy
  • Land and water management
  • Land-care and conservation
  • Natural resource management
  • Program and Project Management
  • Research
  • Science publishing and communications
  • Sustainability
  • Urban horticulture

Sources include the LinkedIn profiles of University of Melbourne graduates.

Meet our alumni

Sarah taking samples in a grassy field

Sarah Dickson-Hoyle
Master of Forest Ecosystem Science

Sarah completed a Geography major in her Bachelor of Science and went on to complete the Master of Forest Ecosystem Science.

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Prue Pickering

Prue Pickering

An internship during her time studying the Governance, Policy, and Communication stream, helped Prue Pickering secure a position in the Graduate Program at the Department of the Environment and Energy.

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