Food Security (MSc) 12 months Postgraduate Programme By University of Warwick |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

37,460 GBPTuition Fee/year

Starting Month

SepStarting Month

Programme overview

Main Subject

Biological Sciences

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Delivering global food security is one of the critical challenges of the 21st century. Each nation needs to balance local food production with imports and consider environmental and economic impact. This master's course considers the critical factors influencing global food security including the contributions of climate change, biodiversity, water, soil, land use, labour, diet and urbanisation.

Skills from this degree

You will gain:
  • An understanding of current food production and distribution practices with an appreciation of how they can fail and ensuing health and policy issues
  • An ability to critically evaluate how constraints on crop production can change due to biotic and societal pressures
  • An ability to select and apply appropriate tools or techniques to tackle a food security question or problem
  • Transferable skills including team working, communicating with peers and sector specialists, organising, planning and oral presentation
  • Research skills including scientific report writing, conducting surveys, problem solving, data analysis and project work

Programme overview

Main Subject

Biological Sciences

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Delivering global food security is one of the critical challenges of the 21st century. Each nation needs to balance local food production with imports and consider environmental and economic impact. This master's course considers the critical factors influencing global food security including the contributions of climate change, biodiversity, water, soil, land use, labour, diet and urbanisation.

Skills from this degree

You will gain:
  • An understanding of current food production and distribution practices with an appreciation of how they can fail and ensuing health and policy issues
  • An ability to critically evaluate how constraints on crop production can change due to biotic and societal pressures
  • An ability to select and apply appropriate tools or techniques to tackle a food security question or problem
  • Transferable skills including team working, communicating with peers and sector specialists, organising, planning and oral presentation
  • Research skills including scientific report writing, conducting surveys, problem solving, data analysis and project work

Admission Requirements

7+
2:2 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a related subject.

1 Year
Sep

  • Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance

Tuition fees

Domestic
13,040 GBP
International
37,460 GBP

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