Supply Chain Safety
This specialisation focuses on the supply chain for foods and ingredients and the factors that play a role in the safety during transport. This specialisation includes courses as Global Food Security and Risk Management in Supply Chains.
Academic years
First year
This specialisation has more optional courses as the other specialisations. This is due to the variety of departments where you can do your thesis: Food Microbiology (FHM), Law (LAW), Business Economics (BEC) or Operational Research and Logistics (ORL). The optional courses are thus targeted to a thesis and clustered as thesis track courses (TT). In the beginning of your study depending on the topic of your interest in the second year, you will have to choose optional courses as a thesis track.
| Course | Type | Period and Time* |
|---|---|---|
| Compulsory courses (CS): | ||
| LAW-22806 Food Law | CS | 2M |
| FHM-61312 Food Safety Management | CS | 6WD |
| PPS-31306 Global Food Security | CS | 2A |
| BEC-31806 Risk Management in Food Supply Chains | CS | 4WD |
| Restricted optional 1 (RO1): | ||
| BEC-21306 Food Safety Economics | RO1 | 5A |
| ORL-31806 Food Logistics Management | RO1 | 5A |
| *M=Morning course, A=Afternoon course, WD=Whole day course, scheduled in the morning and in the afternoon. |
Second year
The second year consists of an individual thesis project (6 months; 36 ECTS) and an internship/traineeship (at least for 4 months; 24 ECTS). The topics of the thesis and internship will be related to the specialisation.
The thesis is carried out at Wageningen University. Thesis topics in this specialisation are offered by the following groups:
The internship is always done outside Wageningen University and can be performed in food industry, research institute or university. The internship can be done in the Netherlands or any other country. The internship is not related to the thesis, but it has to be a food safety related topic and in the field of specialisation.