1. Faculty of Environment
  2. School of Food Science and Nutrition
  3. Research degrees
  4. Entry requirements

Entry requirements

PhD

To study for a PhD, you’d be expected to hold a bachelor degree in a relevant subject (2.1 or above or equivalent) or a good honours degree together with a Masters degree.

A PhD can be taken full-time or part-time:

  • Full-time: 3 years + 1 year (maximum) writing up time
  • Part-time: 5 years + 2 years (maximum) writing up time 

MSc by Research

To study for an MSc by Research, you’d be expected to hold a good bachelor degree in a relevant subject.

An MSc by Research can be taken full-time or part-time:

  • Full-time: 1 year
  • Part-time: 2 years

English language requirements

If English isn’t your first language, you’ll need to produce evidence of a language qualification before registration as a postgraduate student. 

Our School of Food Science and Nutrition English Language Requirements are:

Start dates before and including 1st August 2026 (in the 2025/26 academic year): 

Start dates after 1st September 2026 (in the 2026/27 academic year): 

  • IELTS - an overall score of 6.0 with no score less than 5.5 in any components 

Pre-sessional English courses

You can improve your academic English to the level needed to study a postgraduate research degree by taking one of our pre-sessional courses:

If you need to study for longer than 10 weeks, find out more about our postgraduate pre-sessional English courses.