Study Start before Winter Semester 2024/25
This curriculum applies to all students who started their studies before the winter semester 2024/25. The curriculum for students who start their studies in the winter semester 2024/25 or later can be found here.
The curriculum serves as an overview of the various modules that you have to take in the course of the study programme. The sequence of the modules is a recommendation and the semester offer may deviate from it.
The Master's programme "Food Quality and Safety" (M.Sc.) comprises modules with a total of 120 ECTS credits*. It offers a broad range of modules, which are structured into the following module areas and courses:
- A. Biology and Biochemistry of Food - 13 ECTSHide
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- Food Microbiology (6 ECTS)
- Crop Plant and Animal Biology (7 ECTS)
- Food Microbiology (6 ECTS)
- B. Human Biology - 6 ECTSHide
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- Nutrition Physiology and Immunology (6 ECTS)
- Nutrition Physiology and Immunology (6 ECTS)
- C. Food Chemistry - 12 ECTSHide
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- Chemical Food Analysis (6 ECTS)
- Food Metabolome and Toxicology (6 ECTS)
- Chemical Food Analysis (6 ECTS)
- D. Data Science/ Information Technology/ Statistics - 6 ECTSHide
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- Data Analysis and Statistics (6 ECTS)
- Data Analysis and Statistics (6 ECTS)
- E. Law - 18 ECTSHide
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- Introduction to Law and Food Law (5 ECTS)
- Food Quality and Food Authenticity Law (4 ECTS)
- Food Trade Law (4 ECTS)
- Food Safety and Risk Management Law (5 ECTS)
- Introduction to Law and Food Law (5 ECTS)
- F. Management - 10 ECTSHide
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- Food Quality Management (5 ECTS)
- Food Supply Chain Management (5 ECTS)
- Food Quality Management (5 ECTS)
- G. Multidisciplinary Trainings - 10 ECTSHide
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- Case Studies (7 ECTS)
- Science Communication (3 ECTS)
- Case Studies (7 ECTS)
- Mandatory 3-Month Internship - 15 ECTSHide
- Master Thesis - 30 ECTSHide
We attach great importance to practical training for our students. For this reason, all natural science modules include a comprehensive practical laboratory course. Under qualified supervision, our students learn modern laboratory techniques and analytical methods in laboratories specially equipped for teaching which they can then apply to their own exciting experiments.
* ECTS credits: The awarding of credit points according to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) facilitates the international comparability of coursewerk completed at European higher education institutions.