The University of Illinois Graduate College does not have a requirement for a minimum GRE score for admission. However, the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition prefers a student to have a combined score of 1100 or higher in the verbal and quantitative tests. This is not a requirement, but high GRE scores improve a student's chance of being accepted into the program.
GRE scores can be requested from ETS (ets.org) for up to five years after the exam was taken. Students with low GRE scores may benefit from retaking the exam to improve their scores which in turn may improve the student's chances for competitive funding, including university, college or departmental fellowships.
Graduate student applicants must find a faculty member willing to train them and serve as their major professor before they can be accepted into the Department. Although applications will be posted for faculty to review, we suggest that applicants take a proactive role by directly contacting faculty members with whom they would be interested in working. Applicants should feel free to contact faculty members directly.
The ApplyYourself program directs students to check with the department to which they are applying to see if any additional information is required for a complete application. FSHN does not require additional information beyond that which is provided through the on-line application.
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Note: Students with undergraduate degrees in the sciences (chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, chemical engineering, nutrition, food science, etc.) generally have already taken the prerequisite courses for our first year graduate-level classes. If you have a non-science background and are interested in food science, before applying you should take courses in general chemistry, organic chemistry, microbiology, physics, statistics, and calculus. Students interested in nutrition should take courses in general chemistry, organic chemistry, microbiology, physiology, and statistics before applying.
To receive full consideration for fellowship support for the fall semester, application materials should be received by January 15. Applicants should apply on-line, if possible.
Deadlines for applying: fall admission-May 15, spring admission-October 1, summer admission-February 15.
(Note to international applicants: Since we have a large number of international applicants each year, admission is very competitive. We only admit a few international students each year. International students who have attended an English-speaking university and/or who come to visit our campus generally have a better chance for admission).
To receive a paper application contact the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at fshn-general@ad.uiuc.edu.
All supporting materials (transcripts, letters of reference, personal statement, etc.) should be uploaded directly to the online application.
Please request that Educational Testing Service (ETS) send the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) your TOEFL (international students) and GRE scores (ETS codes: UIUC-1836, Department-00).
Program Codes:
10KS0037MS Food Science and Human Nutrition MS
10KS0037PHD Food Science and Human Nutrition PHD
10KS0037MSX Food Science and Human Nutrition Off Campus MS
If you have any questions about the FSHN Graduate Programs or applying, please contact:
Terri CummingsDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition
260 Bevier Hall
905 S. Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
USA
Phone: 217-244-4405
Fax: 217-265-0925
email: tcumming@uiuc.edu
