Food Innovation - Focus area

Food Innovation

There is a growing demand for expertise in the area of food innovation in order to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns (Sustainable Development Goal 12). Within this specialization, you will obtain general competences in food technology and more specific competences in development and production of innovative, sustainable foods and ingredients.

All mandatory courses under the polytechnic foundation and programme specific courses categories must be completed, in addition, the following must be fulfilled:

Programme specific courses, mandatory for this specialisation:

23216 Producing new sustainable food ingredients - processes and utilizations 10 point Spring F5A (Wed 8-12) and Spring F5B (Wed 13-17)
23564 Integrated product innovation in the food industry 10 point Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17)

Choose 20 ECTS among the following programme specific courses:

23206 Positive microbiology and biotechnology - application of microbes in food production 5 point Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17)
23212 Practical exercises in food fermentation 5 point August
23302 Food chemistry 5 point Spring F3A (Tues 8-12)
23360 Practical green extraction and processing technologies 5 point January
23511 Food production engineering basics 10 point Autumn E4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12)
23520 Food process design 10 point Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) and Spring F4B (Fri 8-12)
23521 Hygienic design in the food industry 5 point Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12)

Suggested study plan - Start in autumn

Polytechnical foundation
Programme specific courses
Thesis
Electives
1.Semester
23101
Introduction to food production chains
10 point
23521
Hygienic design in the food industry
5 point
23511
Food production engineering basics
10 point
42500
Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical... Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation)
5 point
2.Semester
23102
Food safety in production chains
10 point
23216
Producing new sustainable food ingredients - processes and utilizations
10 point
23302
Food chemistry
5 point
23531
Entrepreneurship in food and bio... Entrepreneurship in food and bio engineering
5 point
3.Semester
12106
Quantitative Sustainability... Quantitative Sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation)
5 point
23564
Integrated product innovation in the food industry
10 point
23360
Practical green extraction and... Practical green extraction and processing technologies
5 point
Electives
Electives
10 point
4.Semester
Thesis
Master's thesis
30 point

Note

Specializations are merely recommended ways of choosing the courses in the curriculum. Applicants are not admitted to a specialization but to the programme and it is possible to choose among all the courses in the curriculum following the directions given. However, if a specialization has been fulfilled the title of the specialization may be added to the diploma.