Program Overview

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine offers a range of programs, including:

• Bachelor
• Integrated Master in Veterinary Medicine
• Masters
  • Food Safety
  • Equine Sciences
  • Animal Production
  • Microbiology
  • Erasmus Mundus Joint Master - MorphoPHEN
• PhD's
  • Veterinary Sciences
  • Planetary Health Studies
  • Sustainability Science
• Post Graduate Programmes
• Lifelong Learning

Master in Food Safety

The Master in Food Safety (MSA) is a 2-year program that aims to provide high-level training in the agri-food area, based on technical knowledge and sustained by scientific investigation, innovation, and development.

Objectives

The objectives of the Master's program in Food Safety are to:

1. Carry out functions in the area of food quality, especially in food safety
2. Join in multidisciplinary professional teams
3. Communicate with technicians and other staff of the food sector with different educational backgrounds and levels of knowledge
4. Understand and analyze the issues associated with the production and transformation of food which influence its safety and quality
5. Plan, implement, and validate food safety pro-active systems
6. Apply technological and management options and restrictions in order to attain determined levels of quality set by food producing organizations
7. Identify, analyze, and evaluate safety and quality problems in a food producing organization according to national and community legal requirements
8. Assess and improve quality control and safety processes taking into account environmental management issues

Requirements

The requirements for admission to the Master's program in Food Safety are:

1. Holders of a bachelor/master science degree, or legal equivalent, in the areas of Veterinary, Agricultural, Biological, or Engineering sciences
2. Holders of a foreign higher education degree on veterinary sciences, agriculture sciences, or biological sciences, conferred following a 1st cycle of studies organised following the principles of the Bologna process by countries adhering to this process
3. Holders of a foreign higher education degree, in the fields of veterinary, agricultural, biological, or related sciences, recognised as meeting the objectives of the Master degree by the scientific committee of the study cycle
4. Professionals of Food Production, Processing, Preservation, Distribution, and Trading sectors with an academic, scientific, or professional curriculum, which demonstrates the ability to undertake the study program

Application Process

The application process for the Master's program in Food Safety involves:

• Online application through the FMV-ULisboa FenixEdu account
• Submission of required documents, including identification, academic certificates, and curriculum vitae
• Payment of a non-refundable application fee of 100

Tuition Fee

The tuition fee for the Master's program in Food Safety is:

• 1,250 per year for national and EU students, payable in 10 instalments
• 2,500 per year for international students, payable in 10 instalments

Study Plan

The study plan for the Master's program in Food Safety includes:

• 1st semester: Biosafety, Hygiene and Health Certification, Applied Statistics, Microbiology, Toxinfections and Food Toxicology, Primary Food Production, Food Chemistry and Biochemistry, Sustainability and Environmental Management, Food Technology
• 2nd semester: Quality Control and Consumer Rights and Duties, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Applied to Food Safety, Food and Process Innovation and Development, Proactive Food Safety Methods and Normative References, Nutrition and New Food Concepts, Food Safety in Restaurant Services
• 3rd and 4th semesters: Communication in Science, Curricular Internship, and Dissertation

Coordinators

The coordinator of the Master's program in Food Safety is Professor Maria Joăo dos Ramos Fraqueza.

Scientific Committee

The scientific committee of the Master's program in Food Safety includes:

• Prof. Rui José Branquinho de Bessa
• Prof. Virgílio da Silva Almeida
• Prof. Magda Alexandra Nobre Martins Aguiar de Andrade Fontes
• Prof. Cristina Maria Riscado Pereira Mateus
• Prof. Joăo de Bettencourt Barcelos Cota