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Admissions
Acceptance Rate
78
Applied
11
Accepted
6
Enrolled
Applying
50
Application Fee - Domestic
Yes
Electronic applications accepted?
Yes
Applications processed on a rolling basis?
Application Deadlines
Type | Domestic | International | Priority date |
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Fall deadline | March 1st | March 1st | Yes |
Entrance Requirements
Exam | Details | |
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Master's Degree Exam | GRE General Test (recommended) | |
Master's Degree Requirements | Two letters of recommendation; minimum GPA of 3.0; undergraduate degree in science | |
Doctoral Degree Exam | GRE (recommended) | |
Doctoral Degree Requirements | MS in nutrition and/or food science or in a cognate science with minimum GPA of 3.5; three letters of recommendation; personal statement; interview (live or Web-based) |
Exam | Details | |
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TOEFL: Required |
TOEFL Paper score: 550 TOEFL IBT score: 79 |
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IELTS: Recommended |
IELTS Paper score: 6.5 |
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TWE: Required |
IELTS Paper score: 5.5 |
Tuition & Fees
Financial Support
Financial award applicants must submit: | FAFSA |
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Types of financial support available |
Fellowships Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships |
Student Body
35
Total Graduate Students
40%
International Breakout (representing other countries)
Race/Ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino | 2.86% |
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Black or African American | 0% |
White or Caucasian | 51% |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0% |
Asian | 2.86% |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0% |
Two or more races | 2.86% |
Unknown | 0% |
Gender
Male (22%)
Female (77%)
Faculty
8
Total faculty
Full-time - 8
Part-time - 0
Male (4)
Female (4)
Research
Focus of faculty research: | Metabolomics and the study of nutrition and disease; understanding the effect of nutrition intervention (i.e., caloric restriction, folate deficiency) on the molecular mechanisms of aging and cancer; obesity and diabetes; study of how different dietary constituents (e.g. fatty acids) interact with each other to modulate key parameters related to plasma lipoprotein metabolism |
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Externally sponsored research expenditures last year: | 0 |
Location & Contact
Address
5045 Cass Avenue
3225 Science Hall
Detroit, MI 48202
United States
3225 Science Hall
Detroit, MI 48202
United States
Contact
Dr. Ahmad R. Heydari
Professor and Chair
Email: ahmad.heydari@wayne.edu
Phone: 313-577-2500
Fax: 313-577-8616
Professor and Chair
Email: ahmad.heydari@wayne.edu
Phone: 313-577-2500
Fax: 313-577-8616
Wayne State University
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