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Bachelor of Agribusiness and Master of Agricultural Economics

By completing this Combined Bachelor's and Master's course you will graduate with both a Bachelor of Agribusiness and a Master of Agricultural Economics.

In your first three years you will complete the Agricultural Science and Agribusiness (Extended Major) where you will learn both the agricultural science and fundamental business, managerial and economic knowledge and skills necessary to address the scientific and managerial challenges in food systems and value chains, followed by a semester of postgraduate study.

You will then complete a final year of postgraduate study in the Master of Agricultural Economics. The master's component of the course will give you an appreciation of key elements of agricultural economics, with the overall course emphasis on the application of theory to real world circumstances. The core themes of the course are - applied economic analysis, policy analysis, and agribusiness management and analysis.

Campus Information

Perth (Crawley campus)

Situated on the Swan River in Crawley, UWA is one of Australia’s most picturesque campuses

Intakes

Application Processing Time in Days: 20

Application Process

More information Required

10 Days

possible interview call

10 Days

Conditional offer

20 Days

Visa process

20 Days

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description	IELTS (1.0 -9.0)	TOEFL IBT (0-120)	TOEFL CBT (0-300)	PTE (10-90)
Expert	9	120	297-300	86-90
Very Good	8.5	115-119	280-293	83-86
Very Good	8	110-114	270-280	79-83
Good	7.5	102-109	253-267	73-79
Good	7	94-101	240-253	65-73
Competent	6.5	79-93	213-233	58-65
Competent	6	60-78	170-210	50-58
Modest	5.5	46-59	133-210	43-50
Modest	5	35-45	107-133	36-43
Limited	4	32-34	97-103	30-36
Extremely Limited	< 4	< 31	< 93	< 30

Job Opportunity Potential

As the demand for food, fibre and natural resources keeps growing and the challenge for a more sustainable production is increasing, the need for Agricultural Economists will give our graduates exciting opportunities.

Career options include:

Consulting
Agribusiness
Grain marketing and grains trading
Economic advice agencies
Banking
Insurance and risk management
Development agencies
Government and non-governmental organisations in developed or developing countries

PSW Opportunity

Post Study Work Steam Renames to Post Higher Education Work Steam.

Bachelor degree holders including honours can get upto 2 years of post study stay
Master by course work and extended (with a duration exceeding 2 years) can stay upto 2 years
Masters by research (with a duration exceeding 2 years) and PhD holder can stay upto 3 years
The Maximum eligible age to apply for PSW will be reduced to 35 years of age from 50 years of age for all applicants

Due to the Australian Indian Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement signed by the 2 countries, according to which:

Indian students completing bachelor degree including honours can stay upto 2 years
Bachelor degree with First class honours in STEM including ICT can stay upto 3 years
Masters by coursework in extended researched (with a duration exceeding 2 years) can stay upto 3 years
PhD students can stay upto 4 years

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

Below you’ll find a list of admission equivalencies for this course's Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR).

Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) 2016 onwards

Mathematics requirement

This major requires a certain level of Mathematics. If you do not meet this level, you may be able to take additional Mathematics units in your first year to satisfy this requirement.

WACE prerequisite: Mathematics Methods ATAR

University of Western Australia

Perth , Western Australia ,Australia