Specialisation Food Innovation and Management
Full of ideas and aspiring to start your own company? For students with these aspirations, the Food Innovation and Management specialization is a good choice. In addition, this specialization is suitable for students who wish to work on product development in small or medium enterprises. The curriculum is a 50-50 mixture of food technology and management. In their second year all students work on their thesis at the Chair Group of Management Studies. Their internship has to be done in a company or research institute in the field of food technology.
First year
- Compulsory courses (CS) : compulsory for all students in this specialisation
- Restricted Optionals (RO1) : students have to choose at least one of the courses from the RO1 cluster
- Restricted Optionals (RO2) : students have to choose at least four courses from the RO2 cluster
| Course | Type | Period, time |
|---|---|---|
| MST-21306 Advanced Management and Marketing | CS | 3 Block |
| MST-31306 Advanced Business Strategy/Case Studies Management | CS | 5 AF |
| FQD-60312 Product and Process Design | CS | 6 Block |
| MST-24806 Supply Chain Management | RO1 | 2 MO or 4 Block |
| MST-23406 New Venture Creation: from Idea to Business Plan | RO1 | 5 MO |
| MST-30306 Technology, Innovation and Strategy | RO1 | 5 MO |
| FPE-30306 Food Structuring | RO2 | 1 AF |
| FCH-30306 Food Ingredient Functionality | RO2 | 1 MO |
| FHM-21806 Food Fermentation | RO2 | 1 MO |
| FPH-30306 Advanced Food Physics | RO2 | 2 AF |
| FQD-31806 Product Properties and Consumer Wishes | RO2 | 2 AF |
| FCH-30806 Advanced Food Chemistry | RO2 | 4 Block |
| FPE-30806 Sustainable Food and Bioprocessing | RO2 | 4 Block |
| FQD-31306 Predicting Food Quality | RO2 | 5 MO |
Second year
This year consists of a thesis in Management Studies (minimum 36 ECTS) and an internship at one of the five Food Science departments (min. 24 ECTS). The topics of the thesis and internship should be within the scope of the specialisation and is relevant to Food Technology. A thesis is normally carried out at Wageningen University. For thesis topics, see the website of Management Studies (MST).
The internship is always outside Wageningen University and can be in any country, at a university, an industry or an institute. The internship is not related to the thesis, but is under supervision of one of the following groups.