Overview

The MSc in Food Business and Innovation is a one-year full-time programme, incorporating taught modules to the value of 60 credits and a 5-month Applied Food Industry-Centred Research Project to the value of 30 credits.

Exit Award

Postgraduate Diploma in Food Business and Innovation

Students passing taught modules to the value of at least 60 credits and achieving an aggregate pass across taught modules to the value of 60 credits may exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Food Business and Innovation (NFQ Level 9, Major Award).

Programme Requirements

For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements. 

Programme Requirements

Examinations

Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.

Programme Learning Outcomes

Programme Learning Outcomes for MSc (Food Business and Innovation) (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Communicate and work effectively to a high professional standard;
• Demonstrate advanced analytical and problem-solving skills associated with effective practice;
• Engage in the application of advanced frameworks and techniques in organisational settings;
• Demonstrate advanced analytical skills associated with the key challenges and decisions facing those along international food supply chains;
• Demonstrate research and professional proficiency and an engagement with the ethics application process through the completion of an independent industry-centred research project;
• Demonstrate entrepreneurial thinking and a capacity for responsible leadership, innovation and creativity in a sustainable business context.