Diploma in Agriculture

Summary

Grow your agricultural knowledge and farm management capabilities, so you can play a role helping New Zealand’s vital primary industry sector expand and succeed.

Lincoln University has been behind New Zealand’s agricultural and land-based industries for more than 150 years.

Our primary industry sector is now more important than ever, and is going through a period of rapid innovation and transformation.

Lincoln’s Diploma in Agriculture helps you expand your knowledge with a programme of eight integrated courses. These cover farm management and associated husbandries along with complementary skills including business and financial planning.

Regional study option

If you are based in Darfield or the surrounding areas, you may be able to study this programme at Darfield Rural College.

For more information see our Regional Diploma page.

Practical work

This one-year full-time study programme focuses on New Zealand agriculture, its management systems and resources.

It's advisable that when entering the diploma you have experience working in at least one agricultural or horticultural system. Having experience in the industry will help with the understanding of their course work.

For the Diploma in Agriculture you'll need to:

• Work for 12 weeks at farms or agricultural businesses, with at least four weeks and a maximum of 12 weeks at any one operation.
• Display competence in driving vehicles. Tractor and truck experience is an advantage.
• Demonstrate physical ability to work on farms without endangering yourself or others.

Download the Practical Work Handbook (PDF 1500 KB) for this diploma.

For more information on the practical aspects of study, email the Practical Work Co-ordinator or phone +64 3 423 0061.