Food Security (Taught)

Consider the critical factors influencing global food security on Warwick's Food Security MSc, where you will analyse the contributions of climate change, biodiversity, land use, labour, diet and urbanisation. Join the University of Warwick's School of Life Sciences, with 90% of our research rated as 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent' (REF 2021).

Course overview
Delivering global food security is one of the critical challenges of the 21st century. Each nation needs to balance local food production with imports and consider environmental and economic impact. This master's course considers the critical factors influencing global food security including the contributions of climate change, biodiversity, water, soil, land use, labour, diet and urbanisation.

Skills from this degree
You will gain:

• An understanding of current food production and distribution practices with an appreciation of how they can fail and ensuing health and policy issues

• An ability to critically evaluate how constraints on crop production can change due to biotic and societal pressures

• An ability to select and apply appropriate tools or techniques to tackle a food security question or problem

• Transferable skills including team working, communicating with peers and sector specialists, organising, planning and oral presentation

• Research skills including scientific report writing, conducting surveys, problem solving, data analysis and project work

This information is applicable for 2026 entry. Given the interval between the publication of courses and enrolment, some of the information may change. It is important to check our website before you apply.