The Erasmus Mundus Master in Food Innovation and Product Design (EMM- FIPDes) is a two year academic programme in the field of food science and product development.
A limited number of excellent university groups within the EU contribute to the programme, offering high quality international training both in terms of scientific knowledge and didactic skills.
The EMM-FIPDes aims to provide a European dimension in the knowledge-intensive area of food Research & Development and will be highly relevant for both EU and third-country students who wish to contribute to the development of innovative, sustainable and healthy food products.
The overall objective of the EMM-FIPDes course is to provide top-level and up-to-date education that qualifies the graduates to cope with the huge challenges in the sector of food innovation along with product design and packaging, while developing the aptitude to adapt to future developments. The EMMC-FIPDes added value is its integrated approach “from materials to packaged product”, including
technical, entrepreneurial and theoretical knowledge in food innovation merged in a teamwork-based learning system.
The close relationship with several R&D food groups makes the curriculum especially designed to take into consideration the needs of potential employers.
In this course four academic institutions collaborate intensively to offer joint study modules in addition to their existing curricula: AgroParisTech (France), UNINA University (Italy), LUND University (Sweden) and DIT (Ireland). Universities from third countries also contribute actively to the curricula as associate members
(Lebanon, Algeria, Tunisia, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela and Korea).
Admission
The FIPDes consortium selects the students that meet the following formal admission conditions:
- BSc degree or equivalent degree of at least 180 higher education credits in food science and technology, biotechnology, process engineering, biochemistry or related fields with a number of prerequisites (e.g. chemistry, biotechnology, process technology/engineering, biochemistry, mathematics, statistics) representing at least three years of study from a foreign institute of higher education.
- Grade point average needs to be at minimum 70% of the maximum score.
- English B (advanced) language proficiency level demonstrated in one of the following ways: TOEFL at level 575 (90 for internet-based TOEFL), IELTS 6.5, Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency. Exemption can be made for students with English as their mother tongue or who have completed a higher education course in English that satisfies eligibility requirements. The Consortium Committee can admit excellent third country students with somewhat lower TOEFL scores.
Online application form at
http://candidatures.agroparistech.fr/candidaturesfipdes
Contact: barbara.rega@agroparistech.fr
Moreinfo: http://www.fipdes.eu