Master of Food and Nutrition Science

Our Master of Food and Nutrition Science is designed to develop specialist skills and empower future food visionaries. You will:

• understand the importance of a secure, sustainable and healthy food supply
• formulate and package foods with specific functional and nutritional properties
• expand your knowledge of nutrigenomics and metabolic nutrition
• apply sensory and flavour science to new product development
• discover innovative and emerging processing and preservation techniques
• critically evaluate legislative and regulatory policy
• build peer relationships in your own learning space, within the University's dedicated Food Innovation Laboratory
• complete an independent capstone research project.

Entry to postgraduate coursework programs as a minimum requires a Bachelors degree or equivalent qualification from an approved institution as a qualification for entry. Some of the graduate certificates and graduate diplomas that are offered may be accepted as qualifying work for entry to a Masters program, or as professional qualifications in their own right. For further information.

Potential careers

Brand Manager, Entrepreneur, Flavour Chemist, Food Engineer, Food Marketer, Food Production Engineer, Food Scientist, Food Scientist, Food Technologist, Food Technologist

Online application checklist

• Complete the student agreement (IDP applicants only)
• Attach the following as PDF files
  • Academic transcripts and graduation certificates for all school and tertiary studies you have undertaken (original language and certified English translations)
  • Official English testing results from IELTS, TOEFL, Pearson or Cambridge CAE/CPE (if applicable)
  • Syllabus of subjects if you wish to be considered for advanced standing (credit transfer)
  • Any professional qualification or memberships you may have
  • A copy of your passport and visa (if applicable)
• Payment of AUD $110 for the Application Fee (required upon submission)

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