Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Our MSc Food Science course will give you a firm grasp onffood science and nutrition and the dramatic implications it can have on human health and disease.
This course is taught by leading experts at the frontline of applied research, ensuring everything you learn on the programme is relevant and valued by employers. In recent years, our researchers have explored the important role of probiotics, resistant starch, sugar replacers and phytonutrients in the foods we consume. They’ve also helped prove the positive effects and importance of high-quality food and good nutrition and the protective role these features can play in reducing the risk of age-related disease outcomes.
We’ll develop your knowledge, scientific research skills and practical skills to an advanced level and fuel your interest in this dynamic and vibrant discipline with a focus on new product development, processing, food chemistry, food security and microbiology.
You’ll gain a deep understanding of current issues in the field of human nutrition. Our teaching emphasises the evidence-based links between diet, health and disease, supported by a full appreciation for the key nutritional dietary components and the microbial mechanisms involved.
You’ll develop the necessary research skills and industry awareness required to pursue a successful and rewarding career in the growing area of food science.
A minimum of a 2:2 UK honours degree in a relevant subject.
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Our graduates often start or continue careers as professionals within the food industry and its associated agencies. They typically take on roles as new product developers, food analysts, regulatory specialists and process technologists. Some also work in quality assurance or progress further in the food and nutrition industry.
Many of our graduates also go on to complete a PhD with us, joining a community of research-active staff and postgraduate researchers.
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