Education Courses
The University of Melbourne - AUSTRALIA
Melbourne School of Land and Environment The Melbourne School of Land and Environment is the most comprehensive faculty of its kind in the southern hemisphere providing specialist education, research and training in the vital fields of Agriculture, Agribusiness, Animal Science, Natural, Environmental and Resource Management, Food Science, Forest Ecosystem Science, Geography, Urban Horticulture, and Wine Technology and Viticulture.
Why study viticulture & winemaking with us?
Wine represents a very significant share of overall Australian business activity, yet there are few prestige postgraduate programs tailored specifically for those working within the Australian and International wine industries. The orientation of the Master of Wine Technology and Viticulture is toward any vineyard or winery operation, from large, medium or small, or in wine tourism, marketing and management. The course is designed to anticipate both current and future industry needs.
Master of Wine Technology & Viticulture
Graduate Diploma of Wine Technology & Viticulture
Graduate Certificate in Wine Technology & Viticulture
* Course Structures: The courses comprise of distance education-based study including residential workshops at Dookie campus.
Historic Dookie Campus Winery
Built in 1896 the Historic Dookie Campus Winery is a fully commercial enterprise, responsible for producing the University's own wines under the "Dookie 360 degrees" label.
All wines are produced from grapes grown in the University's own Mt Major vineyard. The winery is also a winemaking facility utilised by boutique wine makers.
The winery has four key roles: - Operate commercially
- Support the educational goals of the University
- Provide a laboratory for research and
- Facilitate outreach and knowledge transfer
Careers in Viticulture and Wine Making
Careers for graduates include vineyard management, winemaking and cellar management. Related careers include wine marketing and wine tourism; winery design and engineering; irrigation design and scheduling; agribusiness (sales of products such as fertilisers and plant protection chemicals); machinery sales; grape purchasing officers; viticulture extension, and teachers, lecturers, researchers and research assistants.
A Recent Graduate Story… 
Ken Chase, Chase International Wine Consultants
Ken Chase was born and raised in Montreal and received formal education at Loyola of Montreal, and then the University of Freiburg in Germany. Always having had an interest in wine, Ken was drawn to the Master of Wine Technology and Viticulture course as an opportunity to deepen his subject knowledge and sharpen his communication and research skills. His experience of studying this program has led him to embark on further study at PhD level within the Melbourne School of Land and Environment. Ken thought that “Aside from the course content, the most important feature of the Masters was the flexibility of the delivery, which allowed me to continue on with my already very busy and successful business. The course content was up to date and flexible enough to switch gears if there was ground breaking news in the field we were studying.” Ken now runs his own business, Chase International Wine Consultants, from Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
For further information on any of these courses please contact:
Mr Ashley Wheaton Email: awheaton@unimelb.edu.au
Telephone: +61 3 5833 9284
Or
Melbourne School of Land and Environment
The University of Melbourne
Victoria, Australia 3010
Email Enquiry: wine-info@unimelb.edu.au
Telephone: +61 3 8344 0276 (International), 1800 815 803 (Freecall, Australia)
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