Master's Degree in Food Safety and Quality

Master's Degree in Food Safety and Quality

This qualification integrates teachers whose teaching and research activity is related to different fields of food safety and quality. It also has the collaboration of professionals from the health administration of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, as well as representatives of the business sector with responsibilities in the inspection and control of food quality. Collaboration agreements with different public institutions and companies in the food sector will allow students to learn in situ the procedures, standards and techniques that are studied in the training program and that will complement their training.

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Purpose of the Master's Degree

  • The student will learn about food safety and quality management systems, foodborne infection and poisoning and their health and economic importance, the main foods involved in food poisoning and intoxication, the main alert and surveillance systems, regional, national and transnational, procedures for approval and updating of food legislation, the structure and management of a food analysis laboratory, functional foods and nutraceutical products and methods for monitoring the traceability of different food products.
  • To train university graduates in health sciences and sciences in the control and certification of food quality and safety in accordance with current national and supranational legislation, allowing them to design, develop, apply and certify techniques and procedures for the bromatological, nutritional, toxicological and biological control of food, as a final product, and the assurance of its quality and hygiene.

Who is it for?

  • Admission preference will be given to students with degrees in Science and Health Sciences
  • Graduates in health sciences and sciences, such as pharmacists, veterinarians, graduates in food science and technology (CTA), doctors, chemists, biologists, etc.

Which teachers teach it?

You can consult the teaching staff who teach in the degree and their brief teaching, research and professional curriculum vitae through the following link:

In addition, linked to the teaching guides for each subject, you can also access the brief curriculum vitae of the responsible teaching staff:

What career opportunities are available?

  • Food Safety and Quality Expert

Are there any mobility options?

The planning and mobility management resources provided by the University of La Laguna itself will be used.

You can find more information about mobility grants for students in university master's degrees at this calls page.

In addition, you can consult here information on scholarships from the Ministry of Education.

The University of La Laguna has mobility calls for postgraduate students, through its Vice-Rectorate for Internationalization:

General information

Purpose of the Master's Degree

  • The student will learn about food safety and quality management systems, foodborne infection and poisoning and their health and economic importance, the main foods involved in food poisoning and intoxication, the main alert and surveillance systems, regional, national and transnational, procedures for approval and updating of food legislation, the structure and management of a food analysis laboratory, functional foods and nutraceutical products and methods for monitoring the traceability of different food products.
  • To train university graduates in health sciences and sciences in the control and certification of food quality and safety in accordance with current national and supranational legislation, allowing them to design, develop, apply and certify techniques and procedures for the bromatological, nutritional, toxicological and biological control of food, as a final product, and the assurance of its quality and hygiene.

Who is it for?

  • Admission preference will be given to students with degrees in Science and Health Sciences
  • Graduates in health sciences and sciences, such as pharmacists, veterinarians, graduates in food science and technology (CTA), doctors, chemists, biologists, etc.

Which teachers teach it?

You can consult the teaching staff who teach in the degree and their brief teaching, research and professional curriculum vitae through the following link:

In addition, linked to the teaching guides for each subject, you can also access the brief curriculum vitae of the responsible teaching staff:

What career opportunities are available?

  • Food Safety and Quality Expert

Are there any mobility options?

The planning and mobility management resources provided by the University of La Laguna itself will be used.

You can find more information about mobility grants for students in university master's degrees at this calls page.

In addition, you can consult here information on scholarships from the Ministry of Education.

The University of La Laguna has mobility calls for postgraduate students, through its Vice-Rectorate for Internationalization:

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