Overview
Key Features
The M.S. and Ph.D. programs in Food Science from University of Arkansas provide students with graduate education and research experience, both fundamental and applied, aimed at enhancing production and processing techniques, assuring food safety, utilizing co-products of food processing, improving the sensory and nutritional quality of food and understanding the role of nutrition in health and disease. Interdisciplinary faculty with comprehensive expertise in the food and food-related sciences, along with state-of-the-art facilities, are capable of addressing the most complex fundamental and applied research problems.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Food Analysis
- Food Microbiology
- Food Chemistry
- Molecular Biology Techniques Applied to Nutrition and Food Science
- Sensory Evaluation of Food
- Foodborne Diseases
- Safety and Sanitation for the Food Industry
- Principles of Food Science
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
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Disciplines
Nutrition & Dietetics Food Sciences View 372 other Masters in Nutrition & Dietetics in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- A conferred baccalaureate degree. Students who have not completed their baccalaureate degree at the time of application must have a 3.0 cumulative GPA on the last 60.0 credit hours of attempted coursework. Students who have a degree at the time of application must have a 3.0 cumulative GPA on the last 60.0 credit hours of attempted coursework from a regionally accredited institution of higher education.
- A conferred post-baccalaureate, master, or doctoral degree (excluding professional degrees) from a regionally accredited institution.
- The Graduate School requires the GRE (e.g. GRE code 6866) or comparable standardized examination for admission consideration for degree seeking students. Exemptions have been approved for some programs. Please contact your program of interest to determine if you are required to submit official test scores.
Tuition Fee
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International
28560 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 28560 USD per year during 12 months. -
National
28560 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 28560 USD per year during 12 months. -
In-State
10500 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 10500 USD per year during 12 months.
Living costs for Fayetteville
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Funding
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