MSc Food Security and Development

University of Reading

Address the challenges of global food insecurity and poverty with our MSc Food Security and Development 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).You will develop a multidisciplinary understanding of how food systems work in developing countries, and explore the main drivers of global food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty.Choose MSc Food Security and Development 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 facilitiesbuild knowledge of how food systems interact with human development policies at international, national and local levelsgain the conceptual and practical skills necessary for the analysis and development of planned food security interventions.