MSc Food Chemistry (Lebensmittelchemie) at Justus Liebig University Giessen

Programme overview

JLU is the only university in Hesse offering a food-chemistry degree, ensuring the training of food chemists needed for consumer protection in Hesse. Highly interdisciplinary programme giving in-depth knowledge across food chemistry, water chemistry and analysis, food toxicology, food technology, quality management, food safety and food law.

Faculty: Fachbereich 08 - Biology and Chemistry | Department: Institute of Food Chemistry and Food Biotechnology | Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 CP | Study mode: full-time; German-taught | Intake: Winter semester | Location: Gießen, Hessen, Germany

What you will study

Further elements include environmental analysis, consumer goods and cosmetics, and animal feed, with courses on immunological and molecular-biological methods of food analysis and molecular sensory science, and a Master's thesis on a complex food-chemistry problem.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Entry requires a Bachelor's degree in Food Chemistry with a grade of 'good' (gut) or better; other degrees may be recognised after individual review if the previous study shows a broad natural-science education with a recognisable focus in chemistry or related subjects, physics or biology. English at CEFR B1 must be proven at enrolment.

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 CP

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-giessen.de/de/studium/bewerbung

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