Food Innovation and Product Design

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The programme was approved by the EU Commission in 2010 and started in 2011.

Career prospectsGraduates will be able to take on the huge challenges and opportunities in the sector of food innovation, along with product design and packaging. The will typically either start their own manufacturing or consulting business, or find positions in and outside Europe, either in their country or in a national branch of a major international food brand.

* Year 1: Food Science and Technology, Innovation/Management/Marketing.
* Year 2 specialisations: Food Design and Engineering, Food Design and Health, Food Packaging Design, Masters degree Project.

BSc degree or equivalent degree of at least 180 higher education credits in food science and technology, biotechnology, process engineering, biochemistry or related fields with a number of prerequisites (e.g. chemistry, biotechnology, process technology/engineering, biochemistry, mathematics, statistics) representing at least three years of study from a foreign institute of higher education. Grade point average needs to be at minimum 70% of the maximum score. English B (advanced) language proficiency level demonstrated in one of the following ways: TOEFL at level 575 (90 for internet-based TOEFL), IELTS 6.5, Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency. Exemption can be made for students with English as their mother tongue or who have completed a higher education course in English that satisfies eligibility requirements. The Consortium Committee can admit excellent third country students with somewhat lower TOEFL scores. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 575 TOEFL iBT® test: 90

EU students can apply to a Category B Erasmus Mundus scholarship. Non-EU students can apply to a Category A or B Erasmus Mundus scholarship. For precision on the Categories A & B scholarships, check our EU students and Non EU students pages.

For Category A sutdents, the scholarships are up to 48,000 for the two years.
For Category B students, the scholarships are up to 23,000 for the two years.

The Erasmus Mundus Scholarship covers:

* university fees
* living expenses (1,000/month for Category A scholarships, 500/month for Category B scholarships) for 24 months
* travel and installation grant for Category A scholarships (8,000 for the two years)
* in the case of mobility in a partner university outside Europe for the M2 thesis, an additional grant of 3,000 for the mobility and installation costs for Category B scholarships

Applications to the Scholarship

Students wishing an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship must apply for it through our FIPDes online application tool. The deadline is January, 15th.

The number of scholarships is limited and varies each year.