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Hello friends, I am a student of BTech, studying with Food Engineering. I am interested to study MSc in Food Nutrition after completing my BTech. Kindly tell me about the procedure for doing MSc in Food Nutrition course. Thank you!

You can pursue M.tech in Food Nutrition after Btech in Food Nutrition. This is a 2 year post graduate course which educate students with the principles of different aspects of food at specialisation in an area of food processing.

Admission to this course in most of the colleges is done through GATE score. The approximate tuition fee of the course varies from 200000 to 400000 depending on the streatham of the colleges.

If you are interested to pursue M tech in food nutrition after B Tech in food nutrition then you have to qualify the GATE examination because most of the reputed institutes give admission on the basis of GATE score.
Minimum qualification required to take admission in this course is B.Tech in food nutrition from a recognised University with minimum 50% marks.

Duration of this course: 2 years

M.Sc (Master of Science) in Food Nutrition is a post graduation level degree. The duration of the course is 2 years with 4 semesters.

The eligibility required to study masters in food nutrition is a graduation/ bachelors level degree in food science/ food technology or its related stream from any recognised university.
Since you have studied B.Tech in food engineering you are eligible to study masters in food nutrition.

The admission process varies based on the university. Few universities give admission based on the entrance exam performance like GATE. Few universities conduct their own entrance exam for giving admissions into the university.
You can appear for GATE exam and score minimum 60% in the exam so that you can get admission into the university.
GATE is an national level entrance exam conducted once in every year for giving admissions into post graduation degrees.
For more information about the notifications, application forms and other details you can visit the official website of GATE.

There are many colleges which provide this course. Some of them are listed below:

- Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar
- BFIT group of institutions, Dehradun
- D. Y. Patil university, Mumbai
- Manav Rachna international university, Faridabad
- Shoolini university, Solan
- Amity University, Raipur & Noida
- Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
- Annamalai University, Tamilnadu
- Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak
- Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi
- Andhra University, Vishakapatnam
- Pondicherry University, Pondicherry