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Bachelor of Horticulture

University of Guelph

  • Guelph, Canada
  • 4 years
  • English
  • On campus
  • Bachelor

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About the program

A two-year hybrid degree-completion programme in horticulture for diploma graduates.

Program highlights

  • Internship available: yes
  • Placement support: yes
  • Work during study: yes
  • Post-study work rights (3): yes
  • PR pathway friendly: no

What you will learn

  • Apply concepts and methods in Horticulture to solve relevant problems. Develop competence in sustainable sites
  • Social innovation. Present findings clearly and consider professional or research ethics.

Career outcomes

  • Landscape design
  • Construction and maintenance
  • Greenhouse
  • Garden centre and controlled environment production
  • Field crops
  • Orchards
  • Sod and tree nurseries
  • Urban agriculture
  • Supervisory roles in municipal or institutional parks

Curriculum

  • Years 3 and 4 after the Horticulture Technologist Diploma. Term 1: project management
  • Field study preparation and emerging trends in horticulture. Term 2: research methods
  • Sustainable sites
  • Social innovation
  • Leadership and water capture and management. Terms 3-4: integrated project
  • Ethics and pest management
  • And an eight-month horticulture directed field study.

Entry requirements

Academic

  • Secondary school graduation certificate that admits to a university in the home country (for example Abitur minimum 11 of 15
  • Bangladesh HSC first division)
  • Plus the prerequisite courses of the chosen programme
  • Meeting the minimum does not guarantee admission.

Accepted academic background

Secondary school graduation certificate that admits to a university in the home country, With the programme prerequisite subjects, Transfer applicants have a separate page. DVM, Landscape Architecture (Background Information Form) and Turfgrass have extra requirements.

Documents you’ll need

  • Academic Transcripts
  • English Language Test Results.

How to apply

  1. Check the entry requirements for your country and programme and the deadline. Apply online through the University of Guelph international application via OUAC or the Common App and pay the application fee
  2. 100 CAD or 75 USD. Upload transcripts and the other documents on your admission portal checklist
  3. With English proficiency if required. Accept the offer by the date in the offer letter and pay the international tuition deposit (2
  4. 000 CAD). Apply to IRCC for a study permit with a Provincial Attestation Letter.

Other costs

Tuition per year$48,130 CAD
Application fee$100 CAD
Deposit$71,578 CAD

Program details

CampusGuelph
Faculty or schoolOntario Agricultural College
DepartmentGeneral Studies
Teaching languageEnglish
Credit value20
Study paceFixed
Post-study stay3
Scholarship noteInternational entrance scholarships for qualifying international undergraduate students, Subject to academic merit and award terms. Availability and amounts vary by scholarship and entry term.

Intakes and deadlines

  • Program starts

    January 2027

    Apply by

    No deadline listed

  • Program starts

    September 2027

    Apply by

    No deadline listed

Frequently asked questions

  • The program takes 4 years.