MSc Sustainable Agriculture and Food Production at University of Leeds

A one-year, on-campus multidisciplinary MSc covering the fundamentals of sustainable agriculture and food production before moving to research-level topics such as environmental monitoring, sustainable livestock production, genome engineering and crop biotechnology. It includes practical work, field skills training and an advanced research project, with teaching drawing on the Centre for Plant Sciences and the University research farm.

Faculty: Faculty of Biological Sciences  |  Duration: 12 months full time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Leeds, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Compulsory modules include Crop Production in a Changing Environment, Sustainable Diets and Protein Production, Global Challenges in Food Security, Crop Science and Plant Biotechnology, Circular Approaches to Sustainable Agri-food Systems and a 60-credit Masters Research Project. Assessment is 100% coursework.

Career pathways

Agricultural and environmental consultancy, agricultural advisory and policy bodies (Natural England, DEFRA), environmental monitoring, agro-chemicals, plant biotechnology and crop breeding, agronomy, and PhD study. Job titles include agronomist, industrial scientist, farm assessor and agricultural policy adviser.

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