Program Overview

Program Overview

The M1 FIPDes (Food Innovation and Product Design) is a two-year interdisciplinary master's degree with compulsory international mobility. It is supported by four European universities: AgroParisTech (France), Technological University Dublin (Ireland), University of Naples Federico II (UNINA, Italy), and Lund University (LU, Sweden).

Program Structure

The first year provides a solid foundation in food science and technology, sustainability, and culinary innovation through courses taught in Paris and Dublin. The second year offers three study tracks in key areas of innovation:

• Food Design & Engineering (AgroParisTech, FR)
• Food Packaging Design & Logistics (LU, SE)
• Healthy Food Design (UNINA, IT)

Skills and Objectives

At the end of the first year, students will have developed personal, social, leadership, and intellectual skills in a multidisciplinary context of food innovation and product design. They will be able to:

• Understand the scientific, societal, and technical challenges of developing sustainable food products in a context of global innovation.
• Successfully integrate and apply knowledge from different disciplines (food science and technology, consumer science, culinary innovation) and different cultural systems.
• Apply technical skills (new product development) and cross-disciplinary skills (intercultural intelligence, creativity, leadership, project management, scientific communication).
• Think critically and scientifically.

Career Opportunities

Career prospects include:

• Researcher or teacher-researcher
• Engineer (research and development, control, production) in health, pharmacy, agri-food, biotechnology, instruments and reagents, cosmetics, depollution, and environment
• Quality control manager
• R&D engineer
• Nutrition consultant
• Quality assurance manager
• Product application manager
• Sensory analysis manager
• R&D project manager
• Sustainable development mission manager
• Project manager
• Industrial/research study engineer
• CSR manager
• Public affairs manager in related fields
• Mission manager in the associative sector, local community

Further Study Opportunities

• Doctorate
• Specialized master's degree

Fees and Scholarships

The amounts may vary depending on the program and personal circumstances.

Admission

• Admission route: Sciences and technologies
• Capacity: 25 available places
• Target audience and prerequisites:
  • Profile: Students with a license or equivalent diploma of at least 180 ECTS or equivalent in food science and technology, biotechnology, process engineering, biochemistry, nutrition, or related fields, with a certain number of prerequisites (e.g., chemistry, biotechnology, process/engineering, biochemistry, mathematics, statistics) representing at least three years of study in a foreign higher education institution.
  • Candidates must be interested in a truly international university experience and aim for an international career.
  • English proficiency (B2 level according to CECR, advanced) demonstrated in one of the following ways:
    • TOEFL with a minimum score of 575
    • TOEFL on the internet with a minimum score of 90
    • IELTS with a minimum score of 6.5
    • Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency (FCE with B2 level, CAE, or CPE)
    • Or: Students whose mother tongue is English (a copy of the passport is required to prove this)
    • Or: Students who have obtained (or are about to obtain) a higher education diploma with English as the language of instruction (a certificate from the university is required to prove this)
    • Or: Stay of more than one year in an English-speaking country (a certificate from the employer or other, if applicable, or a copy of the passport page indicating the entry and exit visa from the English-speaking country is required to prove this)
    • Exemptions may be granted exceptionally to outstanding students with a lower level of English.

Supporting Documents

• Compulsory supporting documents:
  • Motivation letter
  • All transcripts of the years/semesters validated since the high school diploma at the date of application
  • Curriculum Vitae
• Additional supporting documents:
  • Other diplomas
  • VAP file (obligatory for all persons requesting a valuation of assets to enter the diploma)
  • Supporting documents:
    • Residence permit stating the country of residence of the first country
    • Or receipt of request stating the country of first asylum
    • Or document from the UNHCR granting refugee status
    • Or receipt of refugee status request delivered in France
    • Or residence permit stating the refugee status delivered in France
    • Or document stating subsidiary protection in France or abroad
    • Or document stating temporary protection in France or abroad

Program Location and Partners

• Location: PALAISEAU
• Academic partners:
  • Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) - Ireland
  • Federico II University (UNINA) - Italy
  • Lund University - Sweden

Additional Information

The schedule will be posted shortly. Université Paris-Saclay coordinates the EUGLOH European University Alliance and is a member of European and international networks: CESAER, EUA, EUF, LERU, and U7+.