Aquatic Food Production 
- Safety & Quality

The Nordic Master in “Aquatic Food production – Safety and Quality”, AQFood, targets Nordic and International students with background in chemistry, biology natural sciences, environment, health and production, biotechnology who are interested in specialising in Aquatic Food at the Master level.

The programme is designed for students who wish to pursue a career in the aquatic food production, whether they will be professionals in aquaculture production, industrial food production or natural resource management. The focus in AQFood is to address the entire value chain and to consider important aspects of economy, production management as well as environmental challenges making it a unique Master education.

Facts

Programme scope: 2 years, 120 ECTS

Next start: Autumn 2013

Deadline for application: 15 January 2013

Homepage: www.aqfood.org

Admission Requirements

In order to apply for the Nordic Master programme in “Aquatic Food Production” AQFood, you must fulfill a number of requirements. The requirements apply to all applicants for the programme regardless of where you decide to submit your application.

All applications are individually assessed by the consortium.

You can find detailed information about the admission requirements on the programme homepage.

Structure and Content

For a complete overview of the programme, see the programme homepage.

The education is a 120 ECTS degree obtained in two years with a total of four semesters. The first two semesters are spent either at UMB, NTNU, or DTU with three possible study lines including specialization in Aquatic production, Natural resources, or Industrial Production respectively, with unique focus on the entire value chain. To adjust the students level of knowledge and give them the necessary understanding of the entire chain from production to processing, core courses are given in the first semester at the university of entry (UMB, NTNU or DTU).

The core courses are mandatory for all study tracks. The core consists of four e-learning courses (4x7.5 ECTS) proposed by three universities in the consortium and the content of these courses will be the same for all three universities. As part of the core courses a field trip and an industrial assignment (problem based assignment) will be mandatory. After the first year the student travels to another university in the consortium for further specialization within the chosen study track including a master thesis.

AQFood combines the unique expertise of the five partners in the consortium where SLU participates.

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