Overview

Food and Nutrition Security from Stellenbosch University programme is therefore jointly offered by the Faculties of Health and Medicine and AgriScience.

Key facts

Taking a broader, more comprehensive approach, the programme trains specialists capable of functioning in a multidisciplinary team. They will be skilled at outlining, implementing and evaluating integrated food and nutrition security policies, adjusted to the specific needs and possibilities of Southern Africa and further afield.

The overall programme objective is to develop the capacity of students to think, analyse and act in an evidence based way; their ability to deal with complex problems; ability to reflect on their own thinking and work, and ability to translate that reflection into the development of more suitable solutions; capacity to communicate research challenges as well as opportunities and solutions to colleagues and non-specialists; to assist in project/programme management and implementation; and to gain the capacity to form a judgement in an uncertain context.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Conceptualising food systems
Food safety, hazards & risks
Human economic development
Agriculture-nutrition linkages
Food processing & preservation
Macro- & micronutrients & health

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-02-08 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-31 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-10-30 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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79

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PTE Academic

76

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Stellenbosch, South Africa

Disciplines

Nutrition & Dietetics Food Science View 15 other Masters in Nutrition & Dietetics in South Africa

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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76

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A professional bachelor’s or honours degree in an applicable Agricultural Science, Health Science or Natural Science field that is on NQF level 8.
You must achieve a minimum average mark of 60% over the four years of study.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

62160 ZAR / year

≈ 62160 ZAR / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

23900 ZAR / year

≈ 23900 ZAR / year

Additional Details

International (Outside of Africa) and Africa (beyond the SADC* countries and excluding Rwanda): Tuition + International Tuition fee (ITF) R38,260

Living costs

Stellenbosch

South Africa

7630 - 10640 ZAR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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