Program Overview

Food Production Management MSc

Overview

The Food Production Management MSc is an exciting and challenging course that combines the food sciences with management skills. It equips science and engineering graduates for a career in food production or technical management in the food industry. Students acquire the knowledge associated with food processing, quality assurance, and new product development. The course also develops essential management techniques, including supply chain planning and quality management.

Course Structure

• Duration: 12 months (full-time), 24 months (part-time)
• Start Date: September 2026
• UK Fees: To be confirmed
• International Fees: To be confirmed
• Entry Requirements: 2:2 undergraduate degree in a natural or applied science discipline or in an engineering discipline

Course Content

The course is divided into two parts:

• Taught Modules (120 credits): Autumn and spring semesters
• Research Project (60 credits): Summer semester

Core Modules

• Postgraduate Research Project (60 credits): Carried out on campus or as part of an industrial placement
• Factory Design and Operations for Food Production (20 credits): Year-long module covering manufacturing principles, business operations, and industry case studies
• Core Skills and Technologies of Food Manufacture (30 credits): Covers food composition, processing, analysis, and reporting skills
• Food Manufacturing Case Studies (10 credits): Problem-based learning module tackling real-life industry problems
• Quality Management and Quality Techniques for Industry (20 credits): Covers quality management, quality techniques, and statistical process control
• Supply Chain Planning and Management (20 credits): Covers supply chain concepts, forecasting, and collaboration

Optional Modules

• Food Flavour (10 credits): In-depth study of flavour generation, delivery, and analysis
• E-Business (10 credits): Strategic management issues and technology developments associated with e-business
• Managing Contemporary Operations: Fundamentals and Challenges (10 credits): Introduction to operations management, including competitive priorities and structural requirements
• Consumer Science (10 credits): Factors influencing consumer behaviour, including psychological, physiological, and extrinsic factors
• Project Management (10 credits): Fundamental concepts in project management, including definitions, classifications, and resource management

Learning and Assessment

• Learning Methods: Seminars, lectures, practical classes, tutorials, workshops, and eLearning
• Assessment Methods: Written exam, lab reports, presentation, essay, coursework, dissertation, viva voce, and poster presentation

Entry Requirements

• MSc: 2:2 undergraduate degree in a natural or applied science discipline or in an engineering discipline
• International and EU Equivalents: Accepted qualifications from around the world
• English Language Requirements: IELTS 6.5 (no less than 6.0 in any element)

Fees

• Qualification: MSc
• Home/UK: To be confirmed
• International: To be confirmed

Careers

• Careers Advice: Individual support for postgraduate students
• Job Prospects: Graduate destinations include materials technologist, specifications or systems technologist, new product development, food processing technologist, quality control or analysis technologist, sensory technologist, laboratory technologist, and retail technologist
• Placements: Opportunities for industry placements, including local food companies and international organizations

Related Courses

• Food Sciences PhD/MPhil/MRes: Research on the fundamental understanding of food structure, flavour delivery, and its perception
• Food Process Engineering MSc: Equips students with the skills, knowledge, and ability to become a professional food process engineer