Food Science and Technology – (M.Sc.)

Requirements

In order to attend a second-level degree course in Food Sciences and Technologies profitably it is necessary to have acquired knowledge in relation to the following:

* basic scientific disciplines in the fields of applied technology and economics regarding the production, processing and preservation of food products
* main operations and processes of food technology
* fundamental principles underlying the analytic techniques associated with the evaluation of food quality
* role and significance of the presence of microorganisms in food preservation and processing
* mechanisms of food alteration and deterioration and methods of controlling them
* fundamental principles of quality management systems
* main economic theories governing the production and marketing of food products
* main provisions of law concerning foodstuffs

Admission to a second-level degree course is subject to the following requirements:

* class L26 degree - Ministry of Education, University and Research Decree no. 270
* degree in Food sciences and technologies - class L 20 as per Ministry Decree 509/99
* degree other than the ones specified above with the acquisition of at least 80 ECTS academic credits in the following scientific/subject areas with a minimum of 2 ECTS credits per area or groups of areas : AGR/01, AGR/02-03, AGR/09, AGR/11-12, AGR/15, AGR/16, AGR/19-20, CHIM/01-11, BIO/09-13, MED/42-49, MAT/01-09, FIS/01-08-
* academic qualification earned abroad and recognised as suitable by the Consiglio di Corso di Studio (Course of Study Board).

In the case of students who do not meet the curricular requirements specified above, admission to the course is subject to a preliminary assessment by a Commission which will ascertain whether the student possesses the required knowledge and competencies by assessing the degree qualifications possessed and exams passed by the candidate through an interview to be held on the following dates:

Thursday 22 September 2011, 10.30 a.m. at the Campus di Scienze degli Alimenti, piazza Goidanich, 60-47521 Cesena FC

Tuesday 11 ottobre 2011, 10.30 a.m. at the Campus di Scienze degli Alimenti, piazza Goidanich, 60-47521 Cesena FC

Thursday 10 November 2011, 10.30 a.m. at the Campus di Scienze degli Alimenti, piazza Goidanich, 60-47521 Cesena FC

Tuesday 20 December 2011 10.30 a.m. at the Campus di Scienze degli Alimenti, piazza Goidanich, 60-47521 Cesena FC

If the Commission judges the graduate's level of knowledge and competencies to be satisfactory, the student will be admitted to a test to assess the adequacy of his or her personal academic preparation as per the following paragraphs.

A negative outcome of the test/interview will preclude admission to a second-level degree course.

Assessment of personal academic preparation

Admission to a second-level degree course is subject not only to the fulfilment of the pre-established curricular requirements but also to but also to passing a test proving the adequacy of personal academic preparation, which will take place by means of an individual interview.

Students who were awarded a degree with a minimum final mark of 92/110 will automatically be considered to have sufficient personal academic preparation.

The test consists in an interview with a commission designated by the Consiglio di Corso di Laurea (Degree Course Board).

Students must sign up for the test at the segreteria didattica (teaching secretariat) of the Campus di Scienze degli Alimenti (Piazza Goidànich 60, Cesena) by sending an e-mail to the address foodsci@unibo.it with the subject: "prova di verifica" and specifying name, surname, the course they wish to enrol in and the date of the interview in which they intend to participate. The e-mail must be sent at least two days before the date of the interview.

A negative outcome of the test/interview will preclude admission to a second-level degree course.