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    MSc Full-time: 12 months

Masters Degree Description

Grow your future here with us

​This is the place that gives you the skills to work for global companies, an exciting growing industry, and a vital cog in the steps towards stemming the climate crisis.

​If you're looking to apply chemical engineering to one of the world’s most vital industries, the MSc in Food Process Engineering at the University of Nottingham is a great place to start. This one-year course gives you the advanced knowledge and hands-on experience needed to work at the cutting edge of food and process engineering - where efficiency, innovation and sustainability meet.

Who is this course for?

The possibilities and potential going forward for food engineering is incredible. Major food companies are all global companies, this is a course that opens doors to a growing and impactful industry. For engineers with an interest in the food and drink industry, global employment opportunities, and a background in process engineering.

Entry Requirements

2:1 (or international equivalent) in a relevant subject. Applicants with a high 2.2 (or international equivalent) may be considered.

Applicants who do not meet the entry criteria, but have significant work industry experience may be accepted on to the programme.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Our graduates have gone on to work for the following companies:

  • Nestle
  • Protolan
  • May Park
  • Cargill
  • Mars
  • Quorn
  • Coca-Cola
  • Pepsi
  • Pfizer
  • Greggs
  • Briggs
  • Integrated food projects limited
  • Pentadel Project Management
  • Mondelez International
  • 2 sisters food group

Food Process Engineering at Nottingham has a long history of collaboration with industry. Our graduates consistently gain top jobs with major companies. This course equips students with a solid understanding of food process engineering. Providing transferable skills for the development of food processes and products.

Module Details

All students must take the following core modules:

  • Accelerated Design Training (autumn and spring)30 credits
  • Advanced Rheology and Materials
  • Food Processing (autumn)10 credits
  • Research Planning (spring)10 credits
  • Multiphase Systems (spring)10 credits
  • ​​MSc Project (summer) 60 credits

Additional core modules: These vary based on the applicant background conditions outlined below

Students who have not studied their first degree at University of Nottingham must also take:

  • Water Treatment (autumn)10 credits
  • Biochemical Engineering (autumn)10 credits
  • Advanced Computational Methods (spring)10 credits
  • Water Treatment Engineering (spring)10 credits
  • Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship (spring)10 credits

Students who have studied BEng Chemical Engineering at University of Nottingham will instead take:

  • Water Treatment (autumn)10 credits
  • Air Pollution 1 (autumn)10 credits
  • Advanced Computational Methods (spring)10 credits
  • Water Treatment Engineering (spring)10 credits
  • Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship (spring)10 credits

Students who have studied BEng Chemical with Environmental Engineering or Environmental Engineering at University of Nottingham will instead take:

  • Biochemical Engineering (autumn)10 credits
  • Industrial Process Analysis (autumn)10 credits
  • Advanced Computational Methods (spring)10 credits
  • Water Treatment Engineering (spring)10 credits
  • Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship (spring)10 credits

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