Master's in Food Technology and Safety

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Master's in Food Technology and Safety

Explore the Sustainable Future of Food Technology and Safety.

Food production has, in many circumstances, become an industrialized act, being those responsible for it more concerned with the quantitative aspects of the process than with the quality of the products. The complexity of food chains is increasing, resulting in multiple interactions that are on the basis of risks to consumers, whose control becomes more difficult.

The multidisciplinary training of the Master in Food Technology and Safety allows graduates to work in pioneering areas, using new technologies, including nanotechnology, more sustainable, seeking to provide answers to current global challenges.

The Master in Food Technology and Safety is guided by an integrated and responsible approach, playing a decisive role today in supporting the agri-food sector, guaranteeing the safety and quality of food, innovating and developing technology that enables the sector to keep up with market trends.

Why this Master's?

  • Differentiating master's degree, closely linked to the industry, making it possible to combine dissertation work with professional experience;
  • Teaching privileges the acquisition of skills that allow the student, upon entering the job market, to easily apply the knowledge acquired, as the subjects taught have direct industrial application;
  • Attractive practical laboratory classes with industrial application;
  • Dissertations carried out in an industrial environment, technology transfer centers or in research laboratories according to the student's preferences and career development perspectives;
  • The owner of this Master’s degree will be prepared to develop a comprehensive understanding of industrial practices, government regulations and risk management techniques associated with food safety;
  • High employability rate (> 95% of recent masters employed in the area, in less than 3 months).

Applications 2026/27

1st Phase: February 4 to March 27, 2026

2nd Phase: June 1 to July 17, 2026

3rd Phase: August 19 to September 4, 2026

Single application phase for international students: February 4 to May 10, 2026

Vacancies: 30

Duration: 2 years (120 ECTS)

Format: In-person / Intensive and/or Evening Course

Language: Portuguese and/or English

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Course Coordinator: Ana Luísa Fernando, mtsa.coordenador@fct.unl.pt

Academic division: mestrados@fct.unl.pt

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Program

The Master in Food Technology and Safety presents a multidisciplinary program, with a strong practical component. Technical visits to companies, which allow contact with industrial installations and pilot installations; and classes with guests from Industry, who share industrial know-how, enabling students to better adapt to professional activity, are part of the curricular component.

Curriculum

For whom

  • Holders of a bachelor's degree (1st cycle of the Bologna Process) in any area of Engineering, Natural Sciences or Exact Sciences, related areas or legal equivalent, with a minimum number of 180 ECTS;
  • Holders of a bachelor's degree (pre-Bologna) in any area of Engineering, Natural Sciences or Exact Sciences, related areas or legal equivalent;
  • Holders of a foreign higher academic degree awarded following a 1st cycle of studies in one of the areas referred to in item 1, organized in accordance with the principles of the Bologna Process by a State adhering to this Process;
  • Holders of a foreign higher academic degree in one of the areas referred to in point 2, which is recognized as meeting the objectives of the degree by the Scientific Committee of the Master's Degree in Food Technology and Safety;
  • Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized as attesting the ability to carry out this cycle of studies by the Scientific Committee of the Master's Degree in Food Technology and Safety.

Career opportunities

  • Production, quality and food safety control in the agri-food industries, as well as development of new products and/or improvement of existing ones;
  • Research and development;
  • Consulting services in Food Technology and/or Food Safety.

Testimonials

Ana Neves

Ana Neves

Trainer, Auditor and Consultant in Food Safety Systems

"This master's degree allowed me to gain more confidence to create my own job, which nowadays allows me to work as a trainer, auditor and consultant in several companies in the food sector. This master's degree offers several skills that greatly value technicians in companies, namely: ability to intervene in production processes and certification processes of production systems.

This master's degree provides excellent preparation and valorization for professionals who intend to work in companies in the food sector."

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