Overview
Animal Nutrition from Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) enhances conceptual, analytical and presentation skills and teaches modern and effective ways to describe and analyse scientific, research and dietary ration data. That informs decisions on managing, designing and evaluating diets in the context of the interaction between diet, production, health and disease.
Careers
This programme is structured to progression through CPD, Pg Certificate, Pg Diploma, culminating in the MSc.
Compulsory courses include subjects like current topics in animal nutrition, digestive anatomy and physiology, feed composition and evaluation, nutrition biochemistry and metabolism and research methods for animal sciences. You'll also write a dissertation on animal nutrition.
Programme Structure
Courses Include:
- Applied nutrition and rationing (monogastrics)
- Applied nutrition and ration ing (ruminants)
- Equine nutrition
- Feed industry
- Feed processing (monogastrics and ruminants)
- Small animal and exotic nutrition
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
Applications for this online programme will be accepted up until it commences.
Language
Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Biology Nutrition & Dietetics Animal Sciences View 22 other Masters in Animal Sciences in United KingdomAcademic requirements
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- Bachelors degree at 2:2 or above in a relevant subject.
- Those with significant work experience in a related industry may also be considered.
- RUC uses UK ENIC (formally UK NARIC) to assess overseas qualifications.
- Ideally, applicants should arrange for their own letter of comparability through Ecctis’s Statement of Comparability service.
- Those speaking English as a second language should sit an IELTS, TEOFL or Cambridge examination prior to application in order to meet the English Language entry requirements of SRUC's courses.
Tuition Fee
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International
4350 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 13050 GBP for the full programme during 36 months. -
National
4350 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 13050 GBP for the full programme during 36 months.
Funding
Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.