Multi-disciplinary postgraduate teaching
Our graduates take their learnings into roles across all sectors of the food system.
Our unique MSc in Food Policy has been running at City St George’s, University of London for over twenty years. We also offer a PhD programme and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses.
At the heart of our education programme is our commitment to advancing an integrated approach to food policy that takes account of the interconnections in the food system to enable nutrition, health, environmental, social and economic goals to be delivered more coherently.
Our students come from a wide variety of backgrounds and go onto work in governments, public institutions, civil society, business large and small, and the media. The aim is to equip these future decision-makers and influencers with a bigger picture understanding of what food policy is, how it works and why. We instill food systems thinking as a practical skill that can be used in the real world of food and food policy.
We educate students from all over the world. The fact that our students come from such a variety of backgrounds – many disciplines, many professions – means we learn from our students, and they learn from each other. Our courses draw extensively not just on academic experts but on leading practitioners in the field we study, ensuring that they remain at the forefront of current developments.
20 years
of delivering the MSc in Food Policy program, equipping graduates to influence food systems worldwide.
15+
PhD researchers specializing in food systems, sustainability, and public health.
UK Food Systems Centre for Doctoral Training, 2021-2027
City St George’s is one of the 9 universities managing the UKFS-CDT, which is training over 60 interdisciplinary doctoral researchers capable of leading the UK towards a resilient, healthy and inclusive food future. The first cohort started in autumn of 2021, with a first year spent at University of Greenwich and thereafter students have moved to a university partner, including City St George’s.
Postgraduate courses
PhD/MPhil Food Policy
Professional Development
Image by Richard Murgatroyd courtesy of the Nutrition Society.
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Have you heard of Food Thinkers?
Once a month, Food Thinkers invites experts from across the food system to talk about their work and share how they see the world of food policy.
These live webinars are an opportunity to engage with people who play an active part in food policy-making.
22nd October 2025
You are invited to join us on Wednesday 22nd October when Professor Charlotte Biltekoff, University of California, Davis, will deliver our next Food Thinkers webinar on ‘Processed Food and the Politics of Communication’
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