The food industry is a highly complex environment. Besides the overwhelming variety of ingredients they contain, our food products are produced, traded, and processed globally. Quality assurance and quality enhancement must come to terms with this complexity, as must the legal framework, and new technical innovations. Unique in Germany, the "Food Quality and Safety" master's degree course at the University of Bayreuth (Bavaria) addresses some of the greatest challenges of the 21st century: the sustainable production and distribution of healthy food of the highest possible quality, feeding a steadily growing world population, and optimizing existing supply chains while developing new ones. Complex problems require interdisciplinary solutions. This is where the scientific, legal, and economic skills you will acquire, thanks to this programme's interdisciplinary scope, will come to the fore.
In this two-year master's programme you will be introduced to problems, work on concrete case studies, and be included in current research projects. You will acquire skills in the following areas: Biology, Human Biology, Food Chemistry, Data Science, Bioinformatics, Statistics, Food Law, Trade Law, Safety and Risk Management Law, Quality Management, Food Supply Chain Management, and Science Communication. The language of instruction is English.
Requirements for the admission to the study programme are:
a university degree with a final grade of 2.5 ("gut") or better in the bachelor programmes Biology or Biochemistry, or a comparable degree in the field of Life Sciences;
the successful completion of an aptitude test;
a language certificate ENGLISH level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR);
a language certificate GERMAN level A1 of the CEFR (can be obtained during the first year of the programme).
The study programme takes place at the newly founded Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health in Kulmbach (around 25 km away from the main campus of the University of Bayreuth). Kulmbach is home not only to some globally recognized companies in the food industry, but also to the Max Rubner Institute, the Bavarian Control Authority for Food Safety and Veterinary Medicine, the State Technical College for Food Technology, as well as the Kulmbach Clinical Centre. In this dynamic environment, currently this new interdisciplinary and international campus is established, which brings together different perspectives of natural sciences, economics, law, social and behavioural sciences in a unique way. Be part of it and apply for the master's programme! We are looking forward to welcoming you in Kulmbach.
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
12:30 PM 1:30 PM
You want to know more about the new master’s programme "Food Quality and Safety"?
We would like to cordially invite you to join our next live-session on Wednesday, June 17th 2020, 12.30 p.m.!
Study programme director and founding dean Professor Stephan Clemens will give an introductory presentation and then will be happy to answer your questions.
Please use the link below to join the zoom-meeting:
https://uni-bayreuth.zoom.us/j/99338756755?pwd=OTM3VUkyaVJwWlloemMxV01YM28vQT09