PhD Nutritional Sciences at University of Texas at Austin

Programme overview

PhD Nutritional Sciences is a graduate degree programme of the College of Natural Sciences. It requires a minimum of 33 semester credit hours.

Faculty: College of Natural Sciences | Duration: 33 semester credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Austin, TX, United States

What you will study

The programme requires 33 semester credit hours. Hours chosen from: Graduate coursework outside nutrition in fields germane to the dissertation research, such as biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, educational psychology, curriculum and instruction, health education, and kinesiology

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate admission (applies to the programme): The foundational training of students seeking a graduate degree should include courses in the following fields: inorganic chemistry with laboratory, organic chemistry with laboratory, biochemistry with laboratory, vertebrate or human physiology, cellular and molecular biology, statistics, and nutrition. The Graduate Studies Committee may recommend that some or all of these courses be completed as a prerequisite for admission to the program or in addition to the courses required for the graduate degree.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate application fees: $65 for U.S. graduate applicants and $90 for international graduate applicants. Each graduate program sets its own application deadline.

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/admissions/apply

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