Australia’s agricultural sector is estimated to be worth over $66 billion and continues to expand and thrive.
Whether you’d like to improve food security, animal health or practice sustainable agriculture, the degrees and opportunities available at the University of Melbourne will prepare you for a lasting and impactful career.
You’ll stand out from the crowd with skills in communication, laboratory testing, quality assurance and control, sample preparation, and teamwork and collaboration. During your studies you’ll become familiar with industry software such as SAP, MATLAB, Python, LabVIEW – just to name a few.
Industry/market salary guide
$76,491 per year
is the average food science graduate salary in Australia
$112,930 per year
is the average agriculture salary in Australia
2,412
advertised jobs in food science in 2023
Source: EmployMe (2024) and au.talent.com (2026)
Where do our graduates go?
Opportunities are diverse and plentiful, and our degrees are designed to help graduates find employment in a unique range of fields including agronomy, biosecurity and crop production, banking and rural finance, consultancy, international aid, public policy, research and value chain management.
Employers can include: Agriculture Victoria, The Australian and Victorian governments, Aurora Dairies, Australian Country Choice (ACC), Costa Group, CSL Limited, Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), Lactalis, Lawson Grains, NorVicFoods, Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Warakirri Cropping.
I learned so many skills and amassed a great deal of knowledge regarding all facets of the Australian agricultural industry. My hands-on experience at Dookie Campus and on exchange at the University of Reading further bolstered my practical knowledge, especially the dairy industry and variances between international systems. Scarlett Cuthbertson
Get your career started
Studying agricultural and food sciences at the University of Melbourne will equip you with specialist skills to solve global challenges and feed the world – literally.
You may consider the Bachelor of Science with a major such as Agricultural Science, Animal Science and Management, or Food Science. Or perhaps the Bachelor of Agriculture, which offers majors in Production Animal Science, Agricultural Economics, and Plant and Soil Science. These programs are designed in consultation with industry and are a foundational first step towards becoming an agricultural or food science expert.