Program Overview
The GradDip Sustainable Food Processing is a part-time graduate program designed to provide individuals in the food industry with advanced knowledge and skills in sustainable food processing practices. The program emphasizes scientific excellence, critical thinking, and ethical values, preparing students to apply sustainable principles in their work. Graduates gain expertise in key areas of sustainable food processing, enhancing their employability and enabling them to contribute to the improvement of food systems.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The GradDip Sustainable Food Processing is a part-time graduate program designed for individuals working in the food industry who are seeking to enhance their knowledge and skills in sustainable food processing practices.
Vision and Values Statement:
The program emphasizes academic excellence in the scientific discipline of sustainable food processing, fostering critical thinking, communication, and teamwork skills. It promotes professional integrity and ethical values, providing learning opportunities in various environments, including e-classroom, practical sessions, e-learning, and self-directed projects. Assessment methodologies are diverse, encompassing essays, multiple-choice tests, oral tests, assignments, presentations, practical books, and laboratory research.
Programme Outcomes:
Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:
- Integrate and apply knowledge of key principles underlying Sustainable Food Processing.
- Demonstrate competence in acquiring, organizing, analyzing, integrating, and critically reviewing information from various sources related to Sustainable Food Processing.
- Construct and defend reasoned conclusions based on their analysis.
- Demonstrate a critical awareness of principles relating to scientific integrity and ethical issues in Sustainable Food Processing.
- Propose and develop solutions to sustainability-related problems in food processing and communicate these effectively to stakeholders.
- Utilize information technology and a range of approaches in their communication.
- Possess a working knowledge of structures and theoretical tools that enable efficient teamwork.
- Demonstrate effective time management and organization skills.
- Think independently, show initiative, evaluate and reflect, set tasks, and select appropriate and reasoned approaches to solve problems.
Careers:
The program is designed to enhance the employability of graduates in the food industry, particularly those seeking to improve the sustainability of food systems. It is suitable for individuals working full-time in the food industry and recent graduates with a BSc. in related fields.
- EU/NONEU fee per credit - € 125.1 Fees are subject to change
- Fees are in Euros (€)
