Global Food, Nutrition and Health, Master of Science (M.Sc.) ​

While the food supply is directly related to a healthy, individual development, health care globally faces extensive challenges that go beyond this context. This includes – in addition to the increase in infectious diseases worldwide – changes in the spectrum of so-called civilizational diseases, which in many ways have causal connections to social development. Nowadays these can be perceived in a global development and can only be adequately assessed with regard to prevention, diagnostics and therapy. A specific perspective on global health not only enables a better handling of the epidemiology of diseases, but also serves as a starting point for the interdisciplinary discussion about the development of individual and common living spaces and life opportunities.

The master’s programme “Global Food, Nutrition and Health” directly aims to teach interdisciplinary skills to address these and similar issues and questions as well as to find answers and solutions to these global challenges.

Profile

The core competencies taught in the programme enable our graduate Master's students to understand and solve problems in the field of global food, nutrition and health from an integrative, interdisciplinary perspective. The focus is on teaching health science skills. In addition to relevant theoretical knowledge in the fields of natural sciences, economics, ethics, law, cultural studies and sociology, the students are trained interdisciplinary competences.

Fields of Employment

You can apply your acquired knowledge and skills in positions in the national and international nutrition and health sciences. Potential employers include

• national and international companies
• globally active institutions (e.g. organs and aid programmes of the United Nations)
• Research institutions
• political and policy advice institutions
• non-governmental organisations

In these areas there is a discernible and constantly growing need, which is developing due to the importance of food and health security worldwide in the face of regional and global crises, climate change and the increase in diet-related, non-communicable diseases. Become an expert for global food security of the future and for the complex requirements of modern food systems in an international context.

Doing a doctorate at the University of Bayreuth

The University of Bayreuth Graduate School supervises doctoral students of all subjects who are pursuing a doctorate in a structured programme or at one of the University's seven faculties. We facilitate scientific exchange already in the earliest phase of independent research, and complement the interdisciplinary education of doctoral students with additional teaching and training opportunities. Our aim is to create the perfect research and learning conditions for them.

You can find all the information on doctoral studies in Bayreuth and Kulmbach on the homepage of the Junior Scholar Office WiN.

The programme's teaching and research is closely linked to the expertise provided by the excellence cluster Africa Multiple and the focus research area Food and Health Sciences at the University of Bayreuth. Kulmbach is home to many globally operating companies of the food industry, as well as the Max Rubner Institute, the Bavarian Control Authority for Food Safety and Veterinary Science, the State Technical College for Food Technology, and Klinikum Kulmbach. All of them are involved in research projects and teaching at the Faculty. In addition, students benefit from the research network in Bayreuth and established global-oriented research cooperations. Here, global and local aspects meet in a special place full of creativity and pioneering spirit.

Further information

• Interested? Taste it!
• Study Coordination and Student Council
• Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health
• Information about our Kulmbach Campus:
  • Location (Living and studying in Kulmbach)
  • All about Studying

Semester fee

The University of Bayreuth does not charge tuition fees. However, every student must pay the semester fee. This includes the fees for the Studentenwerk Oberfranken and the semester ticket for the use of public transport in the cities of Bayreuth and Kulmbach and in many parts of the regional transport system.

The module handbook provides an overview of the various modules that must be taken in a degree programme. It contains all the important explanations on the requirements and types of module examinations as well as on the intermediate or final examinations and serves as a kind of study guide for orientation.

Examination regulations define the content and structure of a particular degree programme in a legally binding manner. They must be approved by the Ministry of Science or accredited by an accreditation agency.