Dublin, Ireland
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 29,100 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* full time non-EU fee per year - € 29100; EU fee per year - € 10430
Key Summary
Introduction
The MSc Horticulture caters for early career graduates working or intending to work in the global dynamic horticulture production and supply industry. It is designed for students who wish to acquire greater expertise in horticulture, mature students and career changers, and draws on the academic expertise available in the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science.
Today the supply of horticulture goods and services involves a global network of producers, distributors and retailers. While labour is currently a significant part of the cost basis for horticulture enterprises, innovations in technology, logistics and management is disrupting the traditional labour intensive model of horticulture businesses.
With ever increasing demands from the market place to reduce costs, future horticulture enterprises will require highly educated and skilled individuals who can interpret and apply sound scientific knowledge and utilise modern innovative technologies and management systems to provide sustainable globally relevant horticulture products and services.
The minor thesis component offers a very broad choice of research topics that allows a candidate to focus on a specific subject area. Students are assigned an academic supervisor with research interests and expertise in the thesis subject area.
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Ideal Students
Who should apply?
Full-Time option suitable for:
- Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
- International (Non-EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. Yes
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Please note that UCD offers a number of graduate scholarships for full-time, self-funding international students, holding an offer of a place on a UCD graduate degree programme. For further information please contact our Admissions team!
Curriculum
What modules can I take?
Stage 1- Core
- Enterprise Development
- Food Production: Vegetable Crops
- Food Production: Protected Crops
- Fruit & Postharvest Physiology
- Biodiversity and Environmental
- Food Diet and Health II - Making Healthy Food Choices
- Climate, Carbon, and Soil
- Data Analysis for Biologists
- Food Quality and Safety (O/L)
- Elements of Landscape Design
- Nursery Production & Management
- Minor Thesis
Stage 1- Options
- Plant Biotechnology & Micropro
- Professional Communications
Program Outcome
- Apply learned skills and competencies in horticultural production of food and/or non-food plants.
- Combine the use of core laboratory, field and IT skills in scientific study and evaluation.
- Devise and interpret horticultural studies/evaluations involving the collection, appropriate analysis and reporting of resulting observations.
- Interpret and evaluate the wider sustainability issues and challenges of plant based food and non-food production.
- Contribute to and appreciate the objectives of related national, EU and international policy.
- Integrate scientific understanding in sustainable horticulture production and policy approaches
- Combine, interpret and apply new scientific, technological & business knowledge to their horticultural practice.
- Plan and realise sustainable management of biological, human, financial, and social resources, to ensure the success of commercial and non-commercial horticulture enterprises.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Careers & Employability
Wide-ranging career opportunities exist in private companies, public organizations, and government agencies in the food and non-food sectors of horticulture. This program also allows graduates to completely change direction putting them on a radically different career path from their primary degree and advancement to PhD level.
Graduate Roles:
- Plant Producers
- Distribution and Retail
- Horticulture Therapists
- Designers
- Technical Advisors
- Scientists
- Business Development
- Entrepreneurial Roles
Student Testimonials
Program Admission Requirements
Demonstrate your commitment and readiness to succeed in business school by taking the GMAT exam – the most widely used exam for admissions that measures your critical thinking and reasoning skills.
Download the GMAT mini quiz to get a flavour of the questions you’ll find in the exam.