Language Requirements
Qualification Requirements
The following criteria are used to determine each applicant's suitability for either the Food, Nutrition
and Culinary Sciences MS or the Food Technology PhD graduate programs. These criteria are used
as guidelines, thus, applicants may be considered competitive by Graduate Admission Committee
(GAC) even if one or more requirements are not absolutely met.
Combined scores of the two objective sections (verbal and quantitative) of the Graduate
Record Examination (GRE) should be 1000 or higher if taken prior to 8/1/2011 and 300 if taken on or
after 8/1/2011. Applicant score on the analytical writing section of the GRE should be 4.0 or higher.
Any applicant with a total GRE score (Verbal and Quantitative combined) or an analytical writing
score below these levels must be able to submit exceptional supporting materials to have a
competitive application (transcript, reference letters, and other supporting documents such as
published papers).
GPA: A cumulative grade point average of 3.0 from undergraduate degree institution and Master's
degree institution (if applicable).
TOEFL (international students): Because of the strong communication component of graduate
degree programs, non-native speakers of English should have a minimum TOEFL score of 80. IELTS
can be taken in lieu of TOEFL. Minimum score accepted on the IELTS is 6.5.