Master's Degree in Food Safety and Quality Management

Professional training in risk management and prevention in agricultural food security applied to the agriculture and food sector

  • UAB-specific Master's Degree
  • Code: 2433/14
  • 14th edition
  • Modality: Onsite
  • Credits: 70 ECTS
  • Start date: 04/11/2022
  • Finish date: 31/05/2024
  • Places: 35
  • Orientation: Professional
  • Price: 5180 €
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  • Teaching language: Catalan (50%), Spanish (50%)
  • Location: Escola de Prevenció i Seguretat Integral. Edifi blanc, Campus UAB. 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona)

The Master’s degree in the Management of Food Security and Quality trains professionals to respond to the guarantees of security and reliability demanded by companies and the public in the processes of producing, making, transforming and commercialising food products and services.

The course is of a practical and professionalising nature. Students carry out the following activities with the support of a tutor: 

  • Online and on-site sessions.
  • Field visits and company visits.
  • Optional extracurricular activities in the area of food security and quality.

The Master’s degree is made up of two postgraduate courses, which may be taken individually:

  • Postgraduate course in Food Security: focused on risks and prevention. 
  • Postgraduate course in the Right to Food Quality and Security: this focuses on the legislation in this area applied to the agricultural food sector. 

To obtain the Master’s degree students must pass both postgraduate courses and do a final Master’s degree project.

Career opportunities

- Technical manager of agrofood companies.
- Managers of the Council Regulation of products with Designation of Origin and other seals of quality.
- Auditors of food safety systems.
- Certifiers for food safety systems.
- Consultants in food quality and safety systems.
- Head of food distribution chains.
- Consultant to implementations of food safety policies in the industry.
- Directors and technicians of laboratory specialising in standards ISO/IEC 1702.

Testimony

Internships

Students can benefit from the possibility of optional internships in agreement with companies in any sector, as long as the offer comes from the company, the work offered to them is related to the studies they are studying and serves to acquire internships. as a complement to the classes.

Scholarships and financial aid

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Coordinating centres

Escuela de Prevención y Seguridad Integral

Contact

Formació Continuada FUAB

Phone: 935817177

Additional information

http://www.uab.cat/prevention-safety-security/

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