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The University of Edinburgh – College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine Global Food Security and Nutrition (Online Learning) MSc, PgDip (ICL), PgCert (ICL), PgProfDev
The University of Edinburgh – College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

Global Food Security and Nutrition (Online Learning) MSc, PgDip (ICL), PgCert (ICL), PgProfDev

Online

1 up to 6 Years

English

Part time

22 Aug 2025

08 Sep 2025

GBP 19,100 / per year *

Distance Learning

* estimated tuition for global food security and nutrition MSc | PgDip: GBP 12,735 | PgCert: GBP 6,370

Introduction

Food security is concerned with the availability, access, and utilisation of safe, nutritious and sustainable food for all, especially vulnerable groups within society.

The challenges related to food are not only the existence of approximately 795 million undernourished people in the world (Food and Agricultural Organization) but also:

  • the increasing presence of diet-related, non-communicable diseases (e.g. diabetes and heart disease)
  • the contribution of agriculture to greenhouse gas emissions
  • land-use change

Understanding the interconnection of food, health and the environment, as well as their trade-offs, is vital to formulating policies that enable us to achieve food security sustainably.

What will I learn?

This programme recognises that food security concerns not only food policy and food production issues but also other aspects such as:

  • land tenure
  • immigration
  • demographics
  • diet and nutrition
  • technology
  • natural resources (e.g., pressures on water and soil)
  • climate change

We offer expertise and research on these topics, and the team have good working relationships with international organisations that are at the cutting edge of addressing food security issues, such as:

  • Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)
  • World Food Programme (WFP)
  • Organics International (IFOAM)

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MSc, PgDip (ICL), PgCert (ICL), PgProfDev.

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