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Programme summary
You will combine Food Quality Management Food quality management assures the health and safety of food and other
courses with several courses based on your perishable products (e.g. flowers) and has become increasingly important in
educational background and interest. These todays society. This is due to changing consumer requirements, increasing
courses can be in fields of food technology (e.g. competition, environmental issues and governmental interests. It has
product design, process design), food safety resulted in a turbulent situation on the food market and in the agro-food
(e.g. food safety management, microbiology), production chain. The situation is further complicated by the complex charac-
management (e.g. case studies management, teristics of food and food ingredients, which include aspects such as varia-
entrepreneurship) or logistics (e.g. food logistics bility, restricted shelf life and potential safety hazards; as well as many
management, supply chain management). The chemical, biochemical, physical and microbiological processes. To face this
programme is thesis-oriented and tailor-made to challenge, continuous improvement in food quality management methods is
your specific interests. The thesis and internship required wherever knowledge of modern technologies and management
in the second year of the programme are carried methods plays a crucial role.
out in cooperation with the food industry.
Quality issues in food and other perishable products are generally tackled
using either a technological or a managerial approach. At Wageningen,
a concept has been developed that combines both aspects. This techno-
managerial approach forms the basis of the Food Quality Management
programme. It provides a comprehensive and structured overview of quality
management for predicting food systems behaviour and generating adequate
improvements in these systems from a food chain perspective.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
See page 40.
Related programmes
MSc Management, Economics and Consumer Studies - MSc Food Technology - MSc Food Safety.
Admission & Application
Application Deadlines
February 2016 September 2016 February 2017
Dutch students January 1, 2016 July 15, 2016 December 1, 2016
EU/EFTA students December 1, 2015 July 15, 2016 December 1, 2016
Non-EU/EFTA students October 1, 2015 May 1, 2016 October 1, 2016
Study programme Bioinformatics All programmes Bioinformatics
Biotechnology Biotechnology
Biology Biology
Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences
Molecular Life Sciences Molecular Life Sciences
Organic Agriculture Organic Agriculture
Plant Biotechnology Plant Biotechnology
Plant Sciences* Plant Sciences*
* Except Online Master specialisation Plant Breeding
Living Expenses 10,200* / year 10,200* / year classification as 2nd upper (UK system);
(visit www.wageningenuniversity.eu/
Other Expenses 500* / year 1500* / year
* Indication only, see the website www.wageningenuniversity.eu/tuitionfee for up-to-date information.
admission for specific requirements)
** A one-time fee to cover research expenses during internship and/or thesis in the second year. > Good working knowledge of mathematics
and/or statistics;
> Fluency in English, both written and
spoken (see schedule).
TOEFL 80 internet (with a minimum sub score of 20 for speaking) 92 internet (with a minimum sub score of 23 for speaking)