Study with us: brewing courses 

The International Centre for Brewing Science is a centre of excellence for brewing education. Our courses are delivered by a team of top academics who are internationally recognised experts in brewing. 

Most of our courses are at postgraduate level, so typically applicants should have an undergraduate degree in a relevant field of science or engineering. However, we can admit students without a degree if they have equivalent career experience of brewing and/or professional qualifications, such as the Institute of Brewing & Distilling (IBD) Diploma in Brewing. If you are not sure whether you would be eligible, please email us for advice at brewing.science@nottingham.ac.uk. We can give you access to demonstration course materials (so that you can check their suitability). It is also possible to sign up for most of our courses individually as ‘short courses’ if you want to check that the level is right for you.

We partner with the IBD and HIT training to deliver brewing level 4 apprenticeship training to the UK industry.

Our Masters qualification is formally recognised by the Institute of Brewing and Distilling and graduates are therefore exempted from the brewing Diploma level examination should they wish to sit the IBD Master level professional qualifications in the future.