Program Overview

Admission Requirements - MSc Food Safety

The MSc Food Safety programme at Wageningen University & Research has specific admission requirements to ensure that students can successfully complete the programme within two years. The admission requirements are defined to guarantee that students have sufficient academic knowledge and skills in the area of food sciences related to food safety or law and regulatory affairs.

Purpose and Reason for the Admission Requirements

The admission requirements for Food Safety are designed to ensure that students have a solid basis for the more advanced studies in the master's programme. The programme builds further upon the knowledge and skills acquired during the previous education, and the admission requirements are set to guarantee that students can comply with the multidisciplinary nature of the programme.

Criterion Used for Admission

The criterion used for admission is a WUR BSc degree in Food Technology, Nutrition and Health, or equivalent. The norm for this equivalence is an assessment of the student's expertise in three or more of the following topics:

• Food Sciences (food engineering, food chemistry, food microbiology, food quality and safety, gastronomy, and/or dairy science)
• Nutrition (dietetics)
• Pharmacy
• Veterinary sciences
• Biology (microbiology, toxicology) Or in the following topic:
• Law

Not all topics mentioned need to be mastered at the same level; they will be weighed by the Admission Board per individual application.

Method of Assessment

The method of assessment whether this norm is met includes:

• Transcript of records displaying the content of previous course subjects and project work
• Curriculum vitae displaying relevant work, internship and/or project experience on an academic level in a relevant field if applicable

Scores Attributed by the Admission Board

The Admission Board attributes the following scores:

• Admitted
• Not admitted
• Admitted under condition obtaining the BSc or MSc degree
• Not admitted with offer of pre-master

Compensation of Knowledge Gaps

The Admission Board may allow and/or suggest compensation of knowledge gaps by:

• A GPA≥7.0* for the previous education for small discrepancies as new knowledge is sufficiently easily acquired
• A GPA≥7.0* and an individual pre-master's programme for larger discrepancies that can be compensated in ≤30 ECTS and one year of study

Additional Context for Admission

Admissible Study Programmes

Graduates from study programmes that may meet the knowledge requirements for Food Safety are for example:

• Dairy Science & Technology
• Dietetics
• European Studies
• Food Engineering
• Food Quality & Safety
• Food Science (& Technology)
• Gastronomical Sciences
• Law
• Microbiology
• Nutrition
• Pharmacy
• Toxicology
• Veterinary Sciences

Study Programmes with Knowledge Gaps

Study programmes whose students often have to follow additional courses during the previous study programme or a pre-master to fulfil the knowledge requirements are for example:

• Animal Sciences
• Biotechnology
• Chemical Engineering
• Culinary Sciences
• Environmental Health
• Food Design
• Laboratory Sciences
• Logistics Managements
• Post-Harvest Technology
• Public Health

Students from the BSc 'Voedingsmiddelentechnologie' of the HAS University of Applied Sciences may be directly admissible. The terms of their admissibility are presented during the annual on-site information session.