Coursework Requirement for MSc. in Food Science & Human Nutrition

Coursework Requirement for MSc in Food Science and Human Nutrition

A student must meet all the core and elective requirements and earn 40 Units with the following criteria:

• • Achieve a minimum GPA of 3.00

• • Elective requirements (28 Units): Pass 7 courses (minimum 5 FST-coded) from those listed in the following two clusters:

• • • 1) Food Science & Technology and
    • 2) Nutrition.

Student must read at least one course from each cluster, and cannot read more than 7 elective courses in total. Students shall not read other courses outside of the programme curriculum as well.

• • Core requirements (12 Units):
    • For students admitted in AY2020/2021 Semester 2 (Jan 2021) and earlier: Successfully complete and attain a minimum of C+ grade for the course FST5199 MSc Research Project (12 Units)

• • • For students admitted in AY2021/2022 Semester 1 (Aug 2021) onwards: FST5199 will not be offered. In the new syllabus, students need to pass FST5198 Advanced Food Science and Nutrition Seminar (4 Units) AND obtain a minimum of C+ grade for one of the following:
      • FST5199A MSc Research Project (8 Units) – to be completed over 1 or 2 semesters for full-time students
      • FST5199B Integrated Food Research Lab (8 Units) – to be completed over 2 semesters

Programme Curriculum

Majority of the FST-coded classes will be conducted in the evening. For course description and workload, click here or visit NUSMods.

^From AY2021/2022 Semester 1 onwards, the courses with the suffix ‘A’ (i.e. FST5202A) will be offered in place of the corresponding courses without the suffix ‘A’ (i.e. FST5202)

* Subject to availability of quota

^% From August 2024 onwards, registration for FST5199B is only open in Sem 1 (i.e. August semester). For students who registered for FST5199B in Sem 1, the course will be auto allocated in Sem 2 as it takes 2 semesters to complete FST5199B.

Candidature Period

For admission information, please click here.