MSc Food Economics and Marketing

University of Reading

Train in applied economics, policy, marketing and research methods in the context of food with our MSc Food Economics and Marketing master’s degree.Study at one of the UK’s leading universities for environmental and ethical performance (the University of Reading is ranked 4th in the People and Planet University League, 2024/25).Focusing on how economic and marketing forces influence decisions of producers, processors, retailers, consumers and policy makers along food supply chains – at a domestic and international level – this programme will provide you with critical training in applied economics, marketing, and quantitative and qualitative research techniques.Choose MSc Food Economics and Marketing at the University of ReadingYou will:join the highest placed UK university for Agriculture and Forestry at 20th in the world (QS World Rankings by Subject, Agriculture and Forestry, 2025), with its own farms and specialist facilitiesexamine consumer food choice and behaviour changes as well as marketing decisions in food retailing and manufacturingexamine policy issues as they relate to international trade, competition, diets and health, food safety, sustainability and quality of food products.