MSc Agri-food Technology with Professional Practice

This MSc is intentionally wide-ranging and is designed to prepare students for opportunities across the broad and fast-moving agri-food sector. The programme takes a holistic, all encompassing, farm-to-fork approach, acknowledging the need to optimise performance and best assure/control the food products in the agri-food supply chain.
 

Programme Modules:
 

- Advanced Food Manufacturing
- Agri-Robotics
- Digitisation in Agri-food Industry
- Food Safety and Technical Management
- Global Agri-food Supply Chain Systems
- New Product and Process Development
- Principles of Crop Science
- Research Methods
- Collaborative Research Project
 

Following the taught element of the programme, students will undertake a Collaborative Research Project, where they will have the opportunity to make contacts and apply their knowledge in a real-life setting with a six-month professional practice route.
 

Students are expected to pay for their own travel, accommodation, and general living expenses while undertaking this project. Students will be expected to identify and secure their own projects. Support is available to those who need it.

First or second class honours degree or equivalent overseas qualification.
 

We will consider applicants from non-related degrees, with relevant experience.
 

If you have studied outside of the UK, and are unsure whether your qualification meets the above requirements, please visit our country pages for information on equivalent qualifications:
 

Overseas students will be required to demonstrate English language proficiency equivalent to IELTS 6.0 overall, with a minimum of 5.5 in each element. 
 

If you do not meet the above IELTS requirements, you may be able to take part in one of our Pre-session English and Academic Study Skills courses:
 

These specialist courses are designed to help students meet the English language requirements for their intended programme of study.

The fees for MSc Agri-food Technology with Professional Practice may vary from £16,000 to £26,000 annually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for International Students.

This programme is designed to prepare students for a career in one of the world’s largest industries, agri-food. Agriculture companies, food manufacturers, producers, and retailers are large employers, as are government departments that develop food policy.
 

Graduates may pursue careers in technical roles, marketing, distribution, plant supervision, and product development. They may also choose to form their own company, with the help of the University’s award-winning business support centre, Sparkhouse. Some may choose to pursue research and PhD pathways (particularly in the field of agri-robotics).