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OSU Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Nutrition

Program Information

Application Procedure

Prospective graduate students must also apply to Graduate Admissions. Online registration is available.

Please send requests for application materials, application information, and inquiries to osun@osu.edu.

Admission Information

Doctoral degree applicants to the OSU Nutrition Ph.D. Program should have a baccalaureate or Master's degree in nutrition or a related biological science. To be considered for admission, applicants are expected to meet the following minimum criteria: cumulative point hour ratio of 3.30 or above in previous course work; GRE, written within the past 5 years, with a cumulative score of at least 1700 on the paper based test; if an international student, a TOEFL score of 250 or above. Required test scores for the new format of the GRE are 1100 and 3.5 for the essay.

Financial Aid

Students with outstanding academic records and test scores are nominated for University Fellowships. (Awards are 1-3 years of complete funding.) The OSU Nutrition Ph.D. program awards a number of research associateships available on a competitive basis to incoming students for their first year in the program. Students who have not been recruited by a specific faculty member with a pledge for funding stipend plus tuition after first year are encouraged to rotate through 2-3 research programs before selecting a permanent mentor. Other support is available on a competitive basis from participating colleges and departments.

OSUN Handbook

The handbook for the OSU Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Nutrition (pdf) is available to both current and prospective students.

Graduate Student Blog

News & events for OSUN graduate students is available at http://osugsns.blogspot.com/.

The University

The Ohio State University (OSU), an institution of approximately 54,000 students, is situated in a thriving metropolitan area of more than one million residents. Among land grant institutions in the United States, OSU is the largest on a single campus. Columbus, the State Capital, provides a superb setting, both professionally and culturally, for students and faculty. Contributing to the strength of the OSU Nutrition Ph.D. program are the many opportunities available on the main campus, in the Central Ohio area, and at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster for conducting basic and applied research. Excellent, large teaching hospitals and the James Cancer Center are located on the Columbus Campus. Several internationally prominent food/nutrition companies and agri-businesses are located in Central Ohio near the OSU campus.

M.S. Degree Programs in Nutrition

For Students interested in M.S. degree programs at Ohio State, please visit the following department sites: