MSc Sustainable Food Systems and Food Security in Leeds United Kingdom | University of Leeds

University of Leeds | Leeds United Kingdom
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Qualification
Masters Degree (Taught)
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
GBP 30,000
(c. USD40,085.1)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
12 months

Food security ensures access to nutritious, safe, and affordable food for everyone. Achieving this sustainably stands as one of our era's most pressing challenges. Professionals in the food sector must address food security and safety issues, evolving perspectives on agriculture and consumption, changing dietary patterns and population dynamics, while navigating global economic and environmental demands. This program launches amid heightened public focus on food's health and planetary consequences. Whether examining the contradiction of food waste or agriculture's ecological footprint, the urgency for sustainable food systems has never been greater. Worldwide, organizations seek skilled specialists to help solve today's most critical food-related challenges.

Our MSc in Sustainable Food Systems and Food Security adopts a comprehensive systems perspective to analyze, assess, and restructure our complex food networks, developing secure and sustainable responses to these significant issues. Drawing on interdisciplinary expertise from multiple academic departments, the program provides broad knowledge and diverse skills to effectively solve practical problems. Students benefit from access to cutting-edge food research conducted on campus, ensuring graduates emerge fully prepared for dynamic careers in this vital field.


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Language Requirements

English
IELTS 6.5

Qualification Requirements

A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons) in a relevant subject such as (but not limited to) earth and environment, sustainability, geography, agriculture, biology, food science, nutrition, business and management, sociology, politics or public administration.

Applicants with a 2.2 will be considered on a case-by-case basis, where applicants can demonstrate relevant work experience or aptitude in a relevant specialist field. Graduates from other disciplines and those with professional experience in the sector will also be considered.

IELTS 6.5 overall and no less than 6.0 in each component skill
TOEFL iBT - 88 overall and no less than 19 in listening, 20 in reading, 22 in speaking and 21 in writing.

Tuition GBP 30,000

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