Food Processing, Safety and Quality

Food Processing, Safety and Quality (7 semesters study)
Faculty: Food Technology
Main field: Food Processing, Safety and Quality
Discipline: Food Technology
Program Director: dr. hab. Aleksandra Duda-Chodak, prof. URK
Fees: the candidates are requested to pay enrolment fee of 20 EUR
Tuition fee: 1 300 EUR/ semester
Accommodation in student house 120 EUR per month

English B2 level by means of Common European Framework of Reference for Languages – CEFR or equivalent

Recruitment

The recruitment process is start form June 2022.

General information
Graduates in Food Processing, Safety and Quality have great knowledge and skills in: various processes in food industry, quality safety, and economic science. They are educated to be specialists experienced in food processing, preservation, storage as well as in food quality control. The graduates can therefore occupy engineering positions in enterprises, companies, or institutions engaged in the processing, quality control, or distribution of food. Graduates are skilled to organize and control production, including machinery and equipment selection, and perform economic analyses. They know the principles of the food market and product marketing.

Candidate
Candidate should have a secondary/high school- exam certificate or equivalent, or the matriculation exam at the basic level in one subject selected from the list (mathematics, chemistry, physics with astronomy, biology, a foreign language).
Applicants should be fluent in English (B2 level by means of Common European Framework of Reference for Languages – CEFR or equivalent). In case of lack of language certificate an online interview is possible.

Description of the program Food Processing, Safety ad Quality undergraduate studies:

After finishing the study graduate is prepared to implement and supervise, improve processes in processing, as well as food safety and quality management systems in enterprises. He has skills in assessing the quality of food products with the use of sensory analysis methods and modern instrumental analysis methods. He can use computer technology in food quality and safety management. He is prepared to work in engineering positions in food industry enterprises, in plants dealing with the acquisition, storage and distribution of food, quality control and product certification laboratories, control and measurement units. The graduate knows a foreign language and uses a specialist language in the field of study. The graduate also has the habits of constantly improving his qualifications and is prepared to undertake master program.