About the course

The Department of Animal Sciences and Industry is a comprehensive unit supported by about 50 faculty devoted to research, teaching, and extension activities related to domestic farm animal species. Currently, the department has approximately 1,000 undergraduate students advised in the department and about 60 graduate students pursuing either M.S. or Ph.D. degrees in the Animal Science graduate program. For graduate training, the department has animal research and teaching units located conveniently to the main campus. Those units include beef (grazing and feedlot), dairy, swine, sheep, poultry, and horse teaching and research units. In addition, both Call Hall and Weber Hall contain laboratories equipped to conduct most analytical techniques required for research. Graduate training in the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry is organized within six functional discipline groups including animal breeding and genetics, meat science, monogastric nutrition, physiology, ruminant nutrition, and food science. The food science program represents a large interdisciplinary degree program and is detailed in a separate area in the catalog.

　　Scientists within the ruminant nutrition program maintain the dual goals of conducting research that will advance the understanding of fundamental nutritional phenomena and also provide insight into practical aspects of the nutritional management of ruminant livestock. Individual research programs range from basic to very applied. Students in the program are provided with a strong foundation in ruminal and post-ruminal digestion, metabolism, and fundamental experimental procedures necessary for conducting ruminant nutrition research. Areas of research emphasis within the ruminant nutrition group include dairy cattle nutrition, beef feedlot nutrition, grazing livestock nutrition, measurement of greenhouse gas emissions, and stocker cattle nutrition. Scholarships - View all scholarships Internships

　　

Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 3 Semester(s)Fees: Not available

Intake	Location
Spring (January), 2024	Manhattan
Summer (May), 2024	Manhattan
Fall (August), 2024	Manhattan
Spring (January), 2025	Manhattan
Summer (May), 2025	Manhattan
Fall (August), 2025	Manhattan
Spring (January), 2026	Manhattan
Summer (May), 2026	Manhattan

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for Kansas State University

A bachelor's degree from a college or university accredited by a regional or national institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

　　Undergraduate preparation in the proposed major field equivalent to that acquired by a graduate of Kansas State University, or evidence of an appropriate background for undertaking an advanced degree program, and

　　TOEFL iBT - 79, TOEFL PBT - 550, IELTS - 6.5

　　As a general guideline, students applying to the program should have a minimum of a 3.0/4.0 cumulative GPA or their last 60 hours should be a 3.0/4.0. In special circumstances, students with a 2.8/4.0 will be considered on a provisional basis, if space is available.

　　The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is not required for admission

　　

English language requirements

　　6.5

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　　TOEFL Internet based overall score: 79.0

　　

Application deadline:

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