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)
- Core requirements (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
- 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:
Programme Curriculum
| Course Code | Course Title | Units | Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
| Cluster of courses for Food Science & Technology (Elective) | ||||
| FST5201 | Rheology and Textural Properties of Biomaterials | 4 | X | |
| FST5202 / FST5202A^ | Advanced Food Fermentation / Modern Food Fermentation^ | 4 | X | |
| FST5203 / FST5203A^ | Advanced Food Microbiology and Safety / Advanced Food Microbiological Analysis and Food Safety | 4 | X | |
| FST5205 / FST5205A^ | Frontier of Food Processing and Engineering / Smart & Sustainable Food Processing and Engineering^ | 4 | X | |
| FST5206 | Advanced Food Toxicology and Chemical Safety | 4 | ||
| FST5207 | Introduction to Advanced Meat Alternatives | 4 | X | |
| FST5225 | Advanced Current Topics in Food Science I | 4 | X | |
| FST5226 | Advanced Current Topics in Food Science II | 4 | X | |
| FST5227 | Advanced Current Topics in Food Science III | 4 | X | |
| FST5228 | Advanced Current Topics in Food Science IV | 4 | ||
| CM5241* | Modern Analytical Techniques | 4 | X | |
| CM5245* | Bioanalytical Chemistry | 4 | X | |
| Cluster of courses for Nutrition (Elective) | ||||
| FST5301 / FST5301A^ | Evidence Based Functional Foods / Scientific Principles of Nutraceuticals^ | 4 | X | |
| FST5302 | Food, Nutrition and Health | 4 | X | |
| FST5303 / FST5303A^ | Modern Human Nutrition / Science in Clinical Nutrition^ | 4 | X | |
| SPH5003* | Health Behaviour and Communication | 4 | X | |
| SPH5202* | Control of Non-Communicable Diseases | 4 | X | |
| SPH5406* | Contemporary Global Health Issues | 4 | X | |
| NLM5001* | Personalised Nutrition | 4 | ||
| NLM5007* | Malnutrition Across the Life Course | 4 | ||
| NLM5008* | Nutrition, Lifestyle, and Intergenerational Impacts | 4 | ||
| Core Curriculum | ||||
| FST5198 | Advanced Food Science and Technology Seminar | 4 | X | |
| FST5199 | MSc Research Project | 12 | X | X |
| FST5199A | MSc Research Project | 8 | X | X |
| FST5199B | Integrated Food Research Lab | 8 | X | X% |
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
| Study Plan | Minimum Candidature | Maximum Candidature |
| Full-time | 2 semesters (or 1 year) | 6 semesters (or 3 years) for students admitted before Aug 2022 4 semesters (or 2 years) for students admitted from Aug 2022 onwards |
| Part-time | 4 semesters (or 2 years) | 8 semesters (or 4 years) |
For admission information, please click here.