Integrated Food Studies

专业介绍

About the programme

The MSc programme in Integrated Food Studies enables you to tackle problems related to the production and consumption of food. The programme offers a unique interdisciplinary and holistic perspective on food and food systems. With perspectives from natural, health and social sciences, you will study production, processing, distribution, and consumption of food products, as well as food-related aspects of societal issues such as green transformation, sustainability, obesity, and health.

Who studies this programme?

This programme is for students with different disciplinary backgrounds. Are you curious about the connections between production and consumption in global food systems and in social and cultural dimensions of food? Do you want to influence the transformation of future food production and future food practices? Do you want to work with value chains, sustainability, food policy or innovation? Then, this programme may be for you.

Why is this programme relevant?

Food systems face global challenges related to health, environment, climate and culture. This degree prepares you to analyse and transform those systems from a holistic perspective. Graduates with a degree in Integrated Food Studies have attained a broad set of competencies to work within the area of food and food system transformation.