Bachelor of Equine Science

Bachelor

Transform your passion for horses into a career with a program focussed on strategies to improve their management, performance and welfare across the global equine industry.Select where you studied and your qualification to see the minimum entry...

Key details

Degree Type

Bachelor

Duration

3 years full-time

Course Code

2385, 087882G

Intake Months

Feb

International Fees

$43,504 per year / $130,512 total

About this course

Build a strong understanding of horse and animal biology, structure and function in the Bachelor of Equine Science program.

You'll specialise in agricultural biochemistry, microbiology and its relationship to health and disease, horse behaviour, physiology, biomechanics, breeding, nutritional physiology and diet.

Choose from a range of electives, including agribusiness, biosecurity, pasture and production courses. Throughout, you'll work extensively with horses from the UQ Australian Stock Horse stud, alongside UQ's expert instructors and lecturers.

At graduation, you'll have the scientific knowledge and practical skills required for careers in all aspects of the equine industry.

Study locations

Gatton

What you will learn

Program highlights

Acquire all the career skills you need from internationally renowned equine academic staff.
Access an extensive range of facilities at UQ's Gatton campus, including breeding and horse-handling facilities, day yards and stabling amenities.
Study the program either internally on campus or externally off campus, with practical components for external students completed during intensive residential schools.
Participate in a three-week study tour of equine and production animal facilities in the USA.

28 in the world for veterinary science

QS World University Rankings 2020

1 in Queensland for biological sciences