FoodTech

Place of Study: St. Petersburg, Russia
Outcome (diploma or credits): Master of Science in Biotechnologies
Duration: 2 years
Language: English
Application Deadline: 11 August 2023
Admission Requirements: Bachelor's degree in biology, chemistry, biotechnology, food science & technology (or related fields); upper-intermediate level of English
Tuition Fee: TBA

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Program

The purpose of the program is to train qualified specialists in the field of the modern food industry, with high-quality basic knowledge of production technologies, the fundamentals of nutrition science and technical regulation, as well as well-versed in topical issues of the industry. The program includes disciplines that are useful both for a future employee of a food company and for a researcher-developer of food technologies, ingredients, new products, and product categories.

Program сontent

General courses

  • Elective Soft Skills courses 

  • Foreign language courses

  • Quality and Safety of Food

  • Finance in FoodTech

  • Innovative Approaches in Product Development

  • Fundamentals of Technical Regulation

  • Product Design with Specified Properties

  • Research and Development (R&D) Project Management

  • Food Chemistry and Analytics

  • Functional and Specialized Food 

  • Alternative Sources of Raw Materials and Food

  • R&D of Food Products

  • Responsible Production

  • Innovative Approaches

  • Nutritiology

  • Project work

  • Pre-graduation practice

  • Diploma defense

Career prospects

Upon graduation, students will be able to work in various food tech industries, including food companies, retail, startups, marketing, and other food-related areas. Our graduates work at Danone Russia, Jacobs Douwe Egberts, Heineken, PepsiCo, and other companies, along with different research laboratories, design organizations, testing centers, food, pharmaceutical, biotechnological production, catering, restaurant business, institutions, functional and technological additives market and in the agro-industrial complex.

Partners 

  • Danone Russia
  • Jacobs Douwe Egberts
  • Heineken
  • Viola
  • PepsiCo

Opportunities for applicants

  • Professional hackathons, workshops, contests
  • Opportunity to work on research projects
  • Testing the career hypothesis - the opportunity to complete an internship at companies and ITMO University.

 

FAQ

What is the role of partner companies in the program?

The program manager is the Head of the Group of Scientific Research and Nutritionology, Research & Innovations, Danone Russia - Dr. Olesya Volokh. Together with the Dean of the faculty, the head participates in the selection of industrial partners who are potentially interested in interacting with the faculty. Partner companies are directly involved in the educational process - representatives, leading employees, and opinion leaders participate in the preparation of the curriculum, give lectures, conduct seminars, and direct scientific work of students, thereby bringing their intellectual contribution to learning, as well as having the opportunity to immediately select students who will suit them in theoretical knowledge, and those who will prove themselves well in internal practices at ITMO or on the basis of companies. 

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Want to know more? Read an article by ITMO.NEWS to learn more about the FoodTech program and its opportunities.

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