With a competitive edge in a global marketplace, South Australia is the ideal location for you to study the business of food and agriculture. You’ll be based alongside world-class researchers, primary producers and agribusiness leaders, discovering the economic, policy, environmental and social issues affecting agribusinesses and global food systems.
What will you do?
Our Graduate Certificate in Global Food and Agricultural Business will help you develop the conceptual and practical skills necessary for management decision-making, marketing, finance, policy analysis and problem-solving in an ever-expanding and increasingly complex global food and agricultural marketplace. You will:
understand how to evaluate domestic and international markets
study trends and issues in the world food system
pursue one elective aligned with your interests—from value-chain management to marketing, natural resource issues or agricultural policy analysis.
Where could it take you?
Whether you are interested in the public or private sector, the program opens up a wide number of possible career paths, including in government departments, research centres, international funding agencies, food retailers, financial agencies, agricultural consultancy services, and non-government organisations. It can also lead into our graduate diploma and master in global food and agricultural business.
Career Readiness
Students are well equipped for careers in the increasingly complex and diverse local, national, and global value-chain networks. Roles are most likely with:
food retailers
food processors
banks and financial agencies
agricultural consultancy services
research centres
input suppliers
government and non-government organisations.
Potential careers
Food Industry Worker, Wine Marketing, Manager / Business Management, Market Researcher, Marketing - Agriculture, Food & Wine, Bioinformatics, Export / Import trade, Government or Corporate Policy Adviser, International Trade or Business Analyst
Degree Structure
The program involves three 3-unit foundation courses and one 3-unit core elective from global food studies (12 units in total).
Successful students can apply to upgrade to a 24-unit graduate diploma or the 48-unit master's program in global food and agricultural business with status for their studies in the graduate certificate.