Overview

Students may opt to focus their coursework on food science, human nutrition, or a combination of both.

The Food Science and Human Nutrition program from The University of Maine offers a thesis and non-thesis option, with the non-thesis option having the additional flexibility of being completed on-campus or online.

Key Features

Our human nutrition faculty conduct research in the areas of nutrition education and behavioral interventions, community nutrition, human nutrient requirements over the lifespan, the effects of micronutrients, trace minerals and lipids on human health and other nutritional issues.

The food science faculty conduct research in areas of food safety and quality, food chemistry, food microbiology and food processing, and the development of healthy foods and novel value-added food products.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Advanced Human Nutrition

Food Preservation

Nutritional Assessment

Nutrition and Aging

Trace Mineral Nutrition, Metabolism and Clinical Applications

Current Food Safety Systems

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-31 00:00:00

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Priority January 31 for on-campus, rolling if space is available / Online: Rolling

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Orono, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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General requirements

Applicants with a Food Science focus must have successfully completed undergraduate training with either a major or minor in one of the biological or physical sciences with courses in organic chemistry and biochemistry or an undergraduate degree in food science, food technology, food engineering or processing.

Applicants with a Human Nutrition focus should have an undergraduate degree in nutrition (or approved by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics), human ecology, chemistry, biochemistry, or in an appropriate combination of biological sciences with courses in nutrition, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and human physiology.

Applicants to the online MS program should have had one year of college-level chemistry, one year of college-level biology (with one semester being Anatomy & Physiology), and an entry-level nutrition course.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

31446 USD / year

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Out-of-State

31446 USD / year

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In-State

10314 USD / year

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Living costs

Orono

United States

1216 - 1888 USD / month

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