Individual Specialisation

You can specialise within a discipline: technology, quality, microbiology or chemistry.

You can, for example, choose to focus on product development. The food industry is continuously working to develop new products which adapt to consumer tastes and wishes. Currently, there is great demand for flavourful dishes, the final preparation of which is easy to do at home and which are healthy at the same time.

You can also choose to focus on a specific raw material, e.g. fish, grain, fruit or vegetables. 

 

Structure

The structure of the programme:

Year 1	Block 1	International Food Legislation and Quality Management	Fermented Food and beverages
	Block 2
	Block 3	Analytical Chemistry
	Block 4	Advanced Food Chemistry

 

Year 2	Block 1
	Block 2
	Block 3	Thesis (30 credits)
	Block 4

 

A block is 9 weeks long and equals 15 ECTS.

 

	Compulsory courses and thesis
	Core courses
	Elective courses

 

The individual specialisation include the following elements:

 

• Compulsory courses: 30 credits
• Core courses (including thematic courses): 30 credits
• Elective courses 30 or 15 credits depending on thesis
• Thesis 30 or 45 credits

 

The following courses are included in the specialisation line:

 

Compulsory courses:

270064 International Food Legislation and Quality Management – 7.5 credits* 

270112 Fermented Food and Beverages – 7.5 credits  

230001 Analytical Chemistry - 7.5 credits

270111 Advanced Food Chemistry – 7.5 credits**

 

* Students who have followed the course 270064 International Legislation and Quality Management as a part of their bachelor degree are not required to follow the course. The students must follow elective courses instead.

** Students who have followed the course 270007 Fødevarekemi - 15 ECTS as part of their bachelor degree are not required to follow the course. The students must follow elective courses instead.

 

Core courses and thematic courses:

The student must choose 30 credits from the following courses:

270039 Thematic Course: Meat as a Raw Material - 15 credits

270060 Thematic Course: Dairy Process and Equipment - 15 credits

270049 Thematic Course: Microbiological and Chemical Food Safety - 15 credits

270058 Thematic Course: Process Analytical Technology - 15 credits

270090 Thematic Course: Integrated Sensory and Flavour Research – 15 credits

270003 Cheese Technology - 7.5 credits

270004 Chemical Food Safety – 7.5 credits

270006 Exploratory Data Analysis/Chemometrics - 7.5 credits

270012 Food Enzymes and Applications – 7.5 credits

270013 Food Texture and Functionality – 7.5 credits

270019 Food and Society – 7.5 credits

270021 Meat Production - 15 credits

270022 Milk Processing - 7.5 credits

270025 Physical and Chemical Changes of Food Quality – 7.5 credits

270103 Quantitative Bio-Spectroscopy - 7.5 credits

270030 Sensory and Consumer Science - 7.5 credits

270031 Starter and Non-starter Cultures for Dairy Products - 7.5 credits

270041 Yeasts in Fermented Foods - 7.5 credits

270051 Control of Foodborne Microorganism – 7.5 credits

270054 Hygiene and Sanitation – 7.5 credits

270059 Process Design of Experiments and Optimization - 7.5 credits

270075 Dairy Product Technology - 7.5 credits

270078 Advanced Chemometrics - 7.5 credits

270089 Food Choice and Acceptance – 7.5 credits

270091 Advanced Sensory Methods and Sensometrics – 7.5 credits

270050 Consumer Economics and Policy - 7.5 credits

250009 Cool Climate Viticulture and Enology - 7.5 credits

23271 Risk Analysis in Food Safety – 7.5 credits (DTU)

 

The courses which are approved at DTU as technological specialisations (the master’s degree programme in Food Science and Technology) are approved as elective courses at Faculty of Life Sciences.

 

You can learn more about the courses in LIFE's course database.

Thesis
You finish your MSc programme by writing a thesis, which is a large scientific project corresponding to 30 or 45 ECTS. Theses corresponding to 45 ECTS must include experimental work. The thesis must be written within the fields of food science or food technology.
 

When and how can I apply? 

Applicants with a BSc degree from Denmark must apply before 1 April to start the programme the following September.

Applicants from Scandinavia, the EU and Lichtenstein must apply before 1 April to start the programme the following September. 

Applicants from countries outside Scandinavia and the EU must apply by 1 January to start the programme the following September.

 

Contact

You are always welcome to contact the faculty’s student counselling service, LIFE Student Services, if you have any questions about the programme, student life etc.

You can contact Student Services on tel. +45 3533 3533 or by email to .

 

Each spring, the faculty’s MSc programmes host open house events. At these events, you have the chance to meet directors of studies and students, who can tell you more about the programme.