Undergraduate · Agriculture
Bachelor of Agricultural Technology and Management
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
About this program
UniSQ describes this as Queensland's first dedicated degree in agricultural technology and management, and the pitch is specific: it sits between traditional agricultural science and straight agribusiness, training students to apply precision-ag and digital technology to farm systems rather than just studying plant and animal science in the abstract or business theory divorced from paddock reality. Students based at Toowoomba get direct access to the working farming and agtech industries of the Darling Downs, one of Australia's most productive agricultural regions, and the course can also be completed externally for students already working in the sector.
At 24 units it's a leaner degree than most three-year bachelor's programs, built around agricultural science fundamentals (plant and animal production systems), the technology layer (precision agriculture, remote sensing, farm data systems), and the management side (agribusiness, supply chains, farm business decision-making). Work-integrated learning and industry placement units are built into the structure, which matters in a discipline where employers routinely rate practical exposure above classroom theory.
Graduates are aimed at roles in agronomy support, farm technology and precision-ag consulting, agribusiness management, and agricultural data analysis, a narrower but more targeted set of outcomes than a general agricultural science degree, reflecting the technology-and-management framing the course was actually built around.
Cost & duration
English test scores
Course structure
3 terms of coursework
- Year 1: Plant production systems, animal production systems, introduction to agricultural technology, farm business fundamentals
- Year 2: Precision agriculture and remote sensing, soil and water management, agribusiness and supply chains, agricultural data systems
- Year 3: Farm business management and decision-making, industry placement/work-integrated learning, capstone agricultural technology project, elective units in a chosen specialisation
Admissions
Completion of Year 12 or equivalent, no specific ATAR cut-off; suited to students from rural and regional backgrounds, with articulation pathways from the Diploma of Agriculture and Environmental Science Studies.