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High level (6.5 overall, including at least 6.0 in each component).
IELTS scores are valid for two years from the test date. You cannot combine scores from more than one sitting of the test. Your score must be valid when you begin your Sussex course. Find out more about IELTS
We accept IELTS One Skills Retake.
We accept IELTS Online.
Check full details of our English Language requirements and find out more about some of the alternative English language qualifications listed below
176 overall, including at least 169 in each skill.
We would normally expect the CAE test to have been taken within two years before the start of your course.
You cannot combine scores from more than one sitting of the test. Find out more about Cambridge English: Advanced
176 overall, including at least 169 in each skill.
We would normally expect the CPE test to have been taken within two years before the start of your course.
You cannot combine scores from more than one sitting of the test. Find out more about Cambridge English: Proficiency
120 overall, with no component score below 110. Duolingo English test scores are valid for two years from the test date. Your score must be valid when you begin your Sussex course.
High level (70 overall, including at least 65 in each component).
LanguageCert Academic SELT scores are valid for two years from the test date. Your score must be valid when you begin your Sussex course. Find out more about LanguageCert Academic SELT
We only accept LanguageCert when taken at SELT Test Centres.
We do not accept the online version. We also do not accept the non-SELT version.
International ESOL SELT B2 with a minimum of 39 in each component.
LanguageCert International ESOL scores are valid for two years from the test date. Your score must be valid when you begin your Sussex course. Find out more about LanguageCert SELT
We only accept LanguageCert when taken at SELT Test Centres. We do not accept the online version.
High level (7 overall, including at least 5 in each component)
Oxford ELLT scores are valid for 18 months from the test date. You cannot combine scores from more than one sitting of the test. Your score must be valid when you begin your Sussex course.
Register to complete the OI ELLT and use our 10% discount code at check out: SUSX10.
We accept Oxford ELLT Global and Oxford ELLT Digital.
Food is a cross-cutting development issue that concerns hunger, food insecurity, malnutrition, environment sustainability, power politics, social justice and cultural identity. It is about the global and the local, and the hard trade-offs that the globalisation era has brought about.
This MA draws on wide-ranging expertise of faculty at both the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and School of Global Studies at Sussex (where you’ll be based). All teaching staff are active researchers in development, giving you a unique learning experience grounded in real-world challenges and solutions. IDS is an independent research and teaching institute located on the campus of the University of Sussex, with a close affiliation with the University.
You’ll gain an advanced understanding of the complex relationship between food systems and sustainable development. We build your analytical and practical skills, improving your ability to engage critically with issues such as:
Students on this MA will have the opportunity to apply for a small number of guaranteed placements with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome.
As a graduate, you’ll be ready to make significant contributions through careers in NGOs, international agencies, government ministries, think-tanks, research institutes and private sector-organisations.