Postgraduate Certificate in Food Microbiology

Overview

Status: Active
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 9
NFQ Award Class: Minor Award
Total Credits: 55
Connected Curriculum:
  • Employability
  • Global Reach
  • Research Based Teaching
  • Sustainability

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
  • Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Graduate Attributes:
  • Creator, evaluator and communicator of knowledge
  • Effective global citizen
  • Independent and creative thinker
  • Socially Responsible

Exit Award only

Students on the MSc (Food Microbiology) programme  who attain a pass (40%) in each of the taught modules, but do not reach the 50% threshold across 6 of the 7 taught modules: MB4110, MB4111, MB4113, MB6114, MB6027, MB6003 and MB6010 required to progress to the research dissertation will be conferred with a Postgraduate Certificate in Food Microbiology. Similarly, students who pass the taught modules and do not wish to complete the research dissertation may opt to be conferred with a Postgraduate Certificate in Food Microbiology.

Programme Requirements

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