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| Application Deadline: | For students who need a visa: 1st of May – For students who do not need a visa: before September 1 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 564 | ||
| Location: | Ghent / Belgium / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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The general objective of IUPFOOD is to provide a multidisciplinary and specialised professional training in areas of food technology, with emphasis on postharvest and food preservation engineering on the one hand and food science and technology on the other hand, to equip future personnel with the necessary technological and managerial knowledge, skills, and attitudes, which are required to successfully contribute to solving problems related to food security. The IUPFOOD programme particularly focuses on developing countries where food security (delivering enough nutritious, high-quality safe food) is a current and future major concern and key challenge.
Today it is recognised that post-production considerations or activities such as postharvest handling, storage, processing, preservation, marketing, distribution and utilizations need to form part of agricultural development programmes because there are many opportunities for food to be lost between harvest and consumption. These postharvest food losses represent a loss of valuable nutrients and money, especially in developing countries. Food should not only be produced, it should also be delivered to the ultimate consumer in an acceptable form if it is to fulfil its nutritional destiny. To bring foods to the consumer in an acceptable form, on the one hand processing technologies are used to convert edible raw materials into foods with decreased inherent stability; on the other hand preservation technologies are required to increase the stability and shelf life of foods.
Based on these considerations, two technological dimensions of prime and crucial importance in food processing and preservation are the key objectives and programme options in IUPFOOD:
– The transformation (processing) of raw materials into products suited for human consumption
– The role of postharvest and food preservation unit operations in delivering safe and nutritious foods to the end consumer
These two concerns are directly translated in the focus points of the IUPFOOD training programme.
Career Perspectives
It is the objective of IUPFOOD to offer a programme that takes into account the specific needs and approaches in developing countries. The IUPFOOD programme prepares students for different tasks, particularly in a professional teaching and research environment. IUPFOOD alumni are mainly active in the following sectors: academic institutes (as teaching and/or research staff), research institutes (as research staff), non governmental organisations (in different capacities), governmental institutes (e.g. in research programmes, quality surveillance programmes or national nutritional programmes) and private industry (in particular quality control related jobs).
A number of IUPFOOD alumni complete further PhD studies in an early phase of their career.
Contents
The programme builds on the integrated expertise in research and education of K.U.Leuven and UGent in the field of food technology. IUPFOOD offers two years of academic education, leading to a MSc degree 'Master of Science of Food Technology'. In the first year of the MSc programme, in-depth knowledge in food science, engineering and food engineering is obtained, in order to achieve a common base level between students of different backgrounds.
The first year is common to all participants. The first semester is organised at UGent while the second semester is organised at K.U.Leuven. The second year of the MSc programme provides a broad knowledge in food technology and in-depth understanding in either 'Postharvest or Food Preservation Engineering' (PFPE) or 'Food Science and Technology' (FST), depending on the major chosen.
The second year of the programme therefore consists of specific courses on each major (PFPE and FST), optional courses and dissertation research. The major, the optional courses and the dissertation topic are chosen after completing the first year.
Master Dissertation
The master dissertation integrates the acquired knowledge with the personal education/development of the student and is programmed in the third and fourth semester. It represents an important study load (30 ECTS) because it is considered to be an outstanding example of guided self-tuition in the Master
programme, an integration of all aims and objectives of the Master programme and an instrument for evaluation of the end terms of the Master programme.
The master dissertation represents a considerable volume of experimental work, analytical processing, interpretation and communication and is performed within a research group in K.U.Leuven or UGent.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More informationRequirements
Each application will be evaluated by a board of admission of the specific programme and has to be approved by the Faculty Council and by the Rector’s office.
Entry conditions
Applicants must have a Bachelor's degree of minimum 3 years with good overall scores (at least a second class or equivalent, preferably higher) from a university or recognized equivalent.
Specific academic requirements
Applicants are expected to have basic science training (Bachelor of Science degree, demonstrable in the transcripts) in at least 3 out of 4 of the following fields: (1) mathematics, statistics and physics, (2) chemistry and biochemistry, (3) biology and microbiology and (4) engineering and food engineering, with an end result of minimum second class upper or equivalent.
Language
The applicant must be proficient in the language of the course or training programme, i.e. English. Command of the English language is a very important criterion for admission. With the exception of those who have a diploma (Secondary Education, Academic Bachelor Degree, Master Degree) issued by an institution officially recognized by the Flemish Government, applicants must be able to prove their proficiency in English. There are four possibilities to supply this proof:
– TOEFL certificate (the UGent TOEFL code is 2643) with:
* a minimum total score of 550 on the paper based test, or
* a minimum total score of 79 on an internet based test (the test validity is max. 2 years);
– IELTS with a minimum overall band score of 6 (the test validity is max. 2 years);
– Proof of at least 1 year of comprehensive English-based instruction at a university or recognized equivalent;
– Proof of a successful “Intermediate Academic English” test at the Ghent University Language Center.
Remark: TOEFL/IELTS predictive tests are not acceptable.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 79 |
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