Started in the academic year 2006/2007.
Objectives
Master course in Technology and Food Safety aims to prepare professionals to act in the fields of:
- Quality of the food value of raw and processed products;
- Production processes on food industries;
- Control of food quality and safety in agro-food industries;
- Development of new products and/or improvement of current ones;
- Management systems for food quality and safety/ standardization;
- Certification of products and systems for production and processing of products and raw food;
- Sustainability of agro and food industries/food chain development;
- Research, development and consulting services in food technology, quality and safety.
Curriculum
Career opportunities
Masters in Technology and Food Safety will be able to work at the level of production, quality control and food safety in agricultural and food industries as well as to develop new products and/or improve existing ones. They can also perform research and development tasks as well as providing consulting services in technology and/or Food Safety.
Tuition Fees (awaiting approval)
Portuguese students: 1500 €/year
Foreign students: 7000 €/year
Schedule
Compressed - one and a half per week (Thursday half-day, Friday full day and Saturday morning) and/or after work hours depending on the number of students enrolled.
Applications
1st phase: 15th february to 15th march
2nd phase: 1st June to 12th july
3rd phase: 25th july to 28th august
Acceptance rate in masters
Accepted applicants will have to pay (within a maximum of 7 consecutive days from the date of placement) a non-refundable rate of 100 euros, which will be deducted, after registration, from the total tuition fee. Any payment made after the deadline will not be refunded, leaving the candidate excluded.
Applications
Entrance requirements for the 2022/2023 academic year
Vacancies for 2022/2023:
30
Admission rules:
- Holders of a Bachelor's degree (1 cycle of the Bologna Process) in any area of Engineering, Natural Sciences and Exact Sciences, or equivalent, with a minimum of 180 ECTS;
- Holder of a Bachelor's degree (pre-Bologna) or equivalent, in any field of Engineering, Natural Sciences and Exact Sciences or related areas;
- Holders of a foreign academic degree in required areas conferred following the 1st cycle of studies according to the Bologna Process;
- Holders of a foreign academic degree in required areas recognized as meeting the objectives of the Bachelor´s degree, in the same areas, by the Scientific Council of the Master in Technology and Food Safety;
- Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized as attesting the capacity to accomplish referred cycle of studies by the Scientific Council of the Master in Technology and Food Safety.
Ranking:
- Classification of previous degrees;
- Academic and scientific curriculum;
- Professional curriculum;
- Possible interview.
Course coordinator:
Professor Ana Luísa Fernando
mtsa.coordenador@fct.unl.pt
Registration and Accreditation
DGES
Registration number R/A-Ef 3115/2011 on 18/03/2011
A3ES
Publication date of the accreditation decision: 22/07/2015
for 6 years
About the Department of Sciences and Technology of Biomass
The Department of Science and Technology of Biomass (DCTB) is the youngest department of NOVA School of Science and Technology, created in February-2011 by the FCT Direction Decision number 06/2011.
DCTB resulted from the evolution of the former GDEH in the researching and teaching areas of Sciences and Technology of Biomass for two specific aims:
- Bioenergy (production of energy from biomass)
- Food Technology and Safety
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