Aspirants seeking admission to 2 year Full-time M.Sc Program should have a Bachelors degree in B.Sc. Nutrition and Dietetics /B.Sc. Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics/ B.Sc. Nutrition, Food Service Management and Dietetics/ B.Sc. Biochemistry / B.Sc. Home Science/ B.Sc. Plant biology and Plant biotechnology / B.Sc. Microbiology/ B.Sc. Chemistry, B.Sc. Zoology or any other related/ allied degree in Life Science, Nutrition, Food Science and Chemical science of the University of Madras or any other recognized universities.