Study location	Turin (Italy), Lund (Sweden) & Warsaw (Poland)
Type	Consumer practices and public engagement, full-time
Nominal duration	No duration set (120 ECTS)
Study language	English
Course code	UNITO-LU-UW (CP&PE)

Tuition fee

€18,000 per year Participation fees are due per semester (€9000 per semester). (participation fee includes travel & hotel expenses for the Entrepreneurship & Innovation in the Food System module – estimated at €2500)

Deposit

€4,500 one-time After being accepted by the programme, you will be offered to accept or decline the enrollment. When you accept the offer, you will be required to pay a deposit fee. The deposit fee will be deducted from the invoice for your first semester fee. If payment is not received within 7 days after accepting the offer, it is possible you will no longer be accepted within the programme. The deposit fee is non-refundable. In case you receive a scholarship, the deposit fee will be adjusted accordingly to 50% of your first semester fee, with 250€ as a minimum.

Entry qualification

Bachelor diploma (or higher) The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. Required documents

Language requirements	English see the page Admission requirements

Other requirements	Prerequisites Semester 1: Basic knowledge of the food microbiology Semester 2: Semester 3: Basic knowledge about the food system

Overview

This path focuses on Food safety, transparency, traceability

Food safety is a cornerstone of quality, healthy and excellence of the food. However, consumers have a reduced trust in the food sector. This is complicated by a highly fragmented food sector lack of transparency. State of the art analytical and biological methods, as well as systems to early detect harms in food, are essential for food safety. Digitalisation, analytics and biological data coupled with a data management processes will be instrumental to guaranty the safety of citizen and to gain trust in the Food System.

Semester 1 – Food safety of the whole value chain – University of Turin
Semester 2 – Consumer driven sustainable food processing – Lund University
Semester 3 – Food System Management – University of Warsaw
Semester 4 – Thesis – University of Turin

Programme structure

Semester 1 – University of Turin – Food safety of the whole value chain

The main subjects covered in the track will be the food safety of the whole chain from production to consumption, with insights of foodborne pathogens physiology and virulence, food toxicology, food safety management systems. Problem solving exercise will be carried out in the field of food safety.

Overarching module: SPOC Introduction to the Food System

Semester 2 – Lund University – Consumer driven sustainable food processing

The track aims to provide an understanding of the interdisciplinary connections and tools of sustainable food processing to enable smart-systems, including their need in society and their environmental, economic and social impact. The track will introduce concepts of food production through efficient use of biomass and energy, through the whole production chain taking into account societal and consumer perspectives. Students will get an increased understanding of food processing with significant waste reduction along the food value chain, including packaging and logistics, as well as healthy and high quality food production. The students will be able to understand and react according to future trends in sustainable food processing.

Overarching module: Summer School Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Food System

Semester 3 – University of Warsaw – Food System Management

The track Food System Management is offered for those who want to invent and develop innovative solutions for the food sector, and simultaneously to have an impact on the commercialization process. The goal of the track is to educate people with entrepreneurial and responsible mindset who are able to identify market needs and opportunities, and manage projects generating values for customers.

The track is prepared so that students, regardless of whether they had previously dealt with the theory and practice of management, are able to explore knowledge and develop skills in this discipline. The three designed modules cover the most crucial areas related to organisation management and the value chain.

The knowledge and skills obtained during this tack provide foundations to apply for job vacancies as: production management and logistics, processes optimisation for production and logistics. Other exemplary job positions would be those of: new products developers, analysts of the broadly understood agri-food sector, consultants and advisers, specialists in food quality assurance and in food security management. The studies/track will promote entrepreneurship and self-employment by enhancing start-ups development.

Overarching module: Emerging Technologies Business Case Study

Semester 4 – University of Turin – Thesis