Food Technology

Modern food production uses advanced technologies such as biotechnology, microbiology, enzyme technology, nutrigenomics and bioinformatics.

The programme is interdisciplinary and combines biology, biochemistry and engineering.

You will learn to combine existing and new knowledge of food technology and to meet consumer demands for food that is healthy, safe, sustainable and attractive.

You can focus on one of these study lines:

• Food Production
• Food safety, risk assessment and risk management

Teaching varies between lectures, classroom instruction, exercises and project work together with other students. Students are encouraged to participate in class discussions.

The final 6-12 months will be spent writing your MSc thesis. The thesis is a scientific research project, often carried out in collaboration with one of university's industrial partners.

Read more about Danish teaching methods on www.studyindenmark.dk.

If you choose to complete the master's degree programme, you will graduate with the academic title of Master of Science in Engineering or Master of Science and Technology.

To be admitted to an MSc programme, you must have a bachelor degree in a relevant subject.

In addition, documentation may be required verifying your proficiency in English is at a specified level.

Contact the educational institution you wish to apply to for detailed information on entry requirements and required English proficiency levels.

To find out whether the level of your foreign certificate satifies the general entry requirements, see the Danish Agency for International Education.

The application deadline for MSc programmes varies according to the educational institution. Contact the individual institution for further information regarding its application deadline and forms.

Exchange students should contact their home institution for information on application procedures and deadlines.

Tuition

There is a tuition fee for all full-degree students, unless you are a student from an EU/EEA country, or from Switzerland.

Students within an exchange programme are not required to pay tuition.

Contact the individual institution for more specific information.

Semester Start

An academic year is made up of two semesters, which begin around September 1 and February 1.

You can study Food Technology in Lyngby (Copenhagen).

Technical University of Denmark

At the Technical University of Denmark Food Technology can be studied as a 2-year masters degree programme (120 ECTS).

You also have the possibility to take single courses or subjects within the programme.

Read more about the Programme at www.dtu.dk.

The programme is graded at level 7 in the Danish Qualification Framework for Lifelong Learning. The Qualification Framework contains levels 1-8 and defines the expected learning outcome of an education programme. Read more about Qualification Framework for Higher Education.

You can find information on practical issues related to your study visit in Denmark with Danish Agency for International Education, using either of the following links:

www.studyindenmark.dk

www.iu.dk