Master in Food Safety and Quality Management
Goals
The MSc in Food Safety and Quality Management aims to provide students skills to respond effectively to issues related with quality management and food security. It seeks to prepare students for careers in the national and international food chain: working in national and local government; academia and research; food production, processing, retail sectors and related areas. This training gives students scientific expertise and solid and comprehensive techniques in order to assess and solve practical problems related to feeding activity, particularly in quality control and safety and integration of innovative concepts of quality management, as well as to perform R&D activities, or even continue 3rd cycle studies.
Curricular plan
| Code | Curricular Unit | Period | ECTS | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2041401 | Quality and Food Safety | 1st Semester | 6 | 35 h |
| 2041402 | Controlo da Qualidade e Segurança Microbiológica de Alimentos | 1st Semester | 5 | 1st Year |
| 2041403 | Controlo da Qualidade e Segurança Química de Alimentos | 1st Semester | 5 | 1st Year |
| 2041404 | Controlo Estatístico de Processo | 1st Semester | 5 | 1st Year |
| 2041405 | Sistemas de Gestão da Qualidade | 1st Semester | 5 | 1st Year |
| 2041406 | Recursos Alimentares Marinhos | 1st Semester | 4 | 1st Year |
| 2041407 | Risk Analysis | 2nd Semester | 5 | 30 h |
| 2041408 | Experimental Design | 2nd Semester | 4 | 30 h |
| 2041409 | Food Consumption Sciences | 2nd Semester | 5 | 30 h |
| 2041410 | Sistemas de Gestão da Segurança Alimentar | 2nd Semester | 5 | 1st Year |
| 2041411 | Integrated Management Systems | 2nd Semester | 5 | 30 h |
| 2041412 | Desenvolvimento de Novos Produtos | 2nd Semester | 6 | 1st Year |
| Code | Curricular Unit | Period | ECTS | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2041319 | Thesis or Traineeship / Project | Year | 60 |
Conditions of admission
May apply for access to the cycle of studies leading to Master’s degree in Quality Management and Food Safety:
- Holders of a degree or legal equivalent in the areas of Food Engineering and related areas;
- Holders of an academic, scientific or professional, who is recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the national scientific-technical statutory authority;
- Holders of a foreign academic degree conferred following a 1st. Cycle of studies organized according to the principles of the Bologna Process, for a State acceding to this process in the areas of Food Engineering and related areas;
- Holders of a foreign academic degree that is recognized as meeting the objectives of a degree, by the national scientific-technical statutorily competent in the areas of Food Engineering and related areas.
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Contactos
E-mail: estudante.internacional@.ipleiria.pt