Biotechnologies for Food Science
| Award | Attendance | Study | Duration | Start | Domestic fees | International fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSc | On-Campus | Full-time | 2 | October | find out | €2739 per year |
Our tuition fees will not exceed 3000 euros per year. Scholarship and fee waivers are available for international students, for more information visit our website.
About Biotechnologies for Food Science, MSc - at University of Padua
The Master’s degree explores how to produce healthier and safer food following a cross-cutting, farm/field-to-fork approach. Theoretical lessons are mixed with practical training, offering hands-on experience in advanced DNA, RNA, and protein analysis together with lab sessions in bioinformatics. Focused on the application of innovative biotechnological methodologies in food production and safety, it is the ideal connection between the requests of consumers and producers in the agri- food sector and the research applied to production and food-safety.
Programme structure
1st Year:
Genetics and Molecular Biology of Agrifood Products; Agrifood Microbiology; Applied Food Biotechnology; Advanced Technologies for the Agrifood Sector (Nanotechnologies, Proteomics, Metabolomics); Genomics; Applied Bioinformatics; Laboratory of Advanced DNA, RNA, and Protein Analysis
2nd Year:
Traceability of Agrifood products; AgriFood Legislation and Regulation; Food Toxicology and Toxicogenomics;
- Study plan in Food Production & Nutrition: Biotechnologies in Plant Protection; Biotechnologies for Crop Production;
- Study plan in Food Safety & Hygiene: Epidemiology, Biotechnology and Risk Analysis of Food-borne Diseases; Interactions between nutrients, host and microbiota
An Italian-taught study track – Biotecnologie per l’alimentazione – is also available for application
Career opportunities
Graduates work in private and public research centres, in public institutions dealing with animal health and food safety as well as in the private agri-food sector, from animal and crop production, to food processing and large food retail chains.
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Entry requirements for this course
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