29 Master's degrees in Food Science in Italy
Italy is a fantastic destination for international students interested in Food Science. The country offers a range of tuition fees, with the lower end starting at €157. The typical tuition fee you might expect for a Food Science programme in Italy is around €2,739, making it accessible for many students. On the higher end, fees can go up to €32,000. It's great to know that 36% of the programmes are considered affordable. Additionally, 3% of these programmes are available online, offering flexibility for students. Italy boasts a strong academic environment, with 13% of its universities providing Food Science programmes, ensuring a wide array of choices for prospective students.

Food Sciences for Innovation and Authenticity
This two-year Master in Food Sciences for Innovation and Authenticity at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano provides you with sound knowledge of current and future challenges in food sciences, combining innovation and authenticity, and offering you the opportunity to interact closely with the food industry.

Food, Nutrition and Health
An innovative joint Master’s degree by five universities (Padua, Lyon-1, Granada, Krakow, UBC) offering interdisciplinary training in food, nutrition, and human health. It explores links between food production, quality, diet, and health, combining rigorous coursework with an internship in industry or research labs.

Food Systems
This Master in Food Systems from EIT Food is developing top talent for the food sector, by training the leaders of the future.

Food Processing - Innovation and Tradition
The Food Processing - Innovation and Tradition course from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore is a two-year Master of Science taught entirely in English.

International Food and Beverage Management
The International Food and Beverage Management MSc programme from ESCP Business School is open to everyone passionate about the F&B industry and who wants to work in it from a management perspective. You don’t have to be a “specialist” in the F&B sector to be admitted.

Innovation in Food Science and Technology - Michele Ferrero
The inter-University Second-level Master’s Degree in Innovation in Food Science and Technology - Michele Ferrero will be activated, for the academic year, by the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences at the “Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore” and the Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences at the University of Turin.

Agricultural and Food Economics
The Agricultural and Food Economics programme at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore is a two-year Master of Science taught entirely in English.

Innovation Development in Agrifood Systems (CLM IDEAS)
The International Master of Science in Innovation Development in Agrifood Systems (CLM IDEAS) at University of Bari Aldo Moro provides students with an attractive and innovative program aiming at forming the new professional figure of AgriFood Innovation Broker.

Food Industry Engineering
The Master's Degree programme in Food Industry Engineering from the University of Padua aims to create professionals capable of conceptualizing, planning, designing, and managing processes, systems, and services in the food industry, with a strong emphasis on safety.

Agrifood Innovation Management (AIM)
The Master’s degree programme in Agrifood Innovation Management from University of Trento is designed to meet the demand of graduate students for professional and scientific skills in the field of agri-food innovation management, product enhancement and improvement of quality management systems. These will be crucial drivers of economic recovery in the post COVID-19 emergency.
Food and Beverage Management (Online)
Rome Business School's Food and Beverage Management (Online) is a 12-month program, delivered entirely online and taught in English.
Engineering for the Food Industry
At University of Parma, we offer our students a master programme degree in Engineering for the Food Industry.
Italian Food and Wine
The Italian Food and Wine degree from University of Padua explores understanding, management, promotion and protection of high-value food products.
Food, Health and Environment
You will increase your knowledge on the chemical composition of food, on the main transformation methods with the Food, Health and Environment programme at University of Eastern Piedmont.
Biotechnologies for Food Science
The Biotechnologies for Food Science degree from University of Padua explores how to produce healthier and safer food following a cross-cutting, farm/field-to-fork approach.
Food and Health
The Food and Health degree from University of Padua addresses the complexity underling the interactions among food, nutrition and human health in an international context, with a paradigm-based structure “from food harvest to global health”.
Mediterranean Food Science and Technology
The Mediterranean Food Science and Technology programme at the University of Palermo has the specific training objective of providing the advanced knowledge required to rationally choose the most suitable processes and transformation phases for modern production and for the management of the agri-food company.
Food Safety and Food Risk Management
The Master Degree (MSc) in Food Safety and Food Risk Management is an inter-university degree course coordinated by the University of Parma in agreement with: Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Piacenza, the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, the University of Ferrara.
Food Engineering
The Food Engineering program at Politecnico di Milano aims at developing a new food industry culture and at training master degree-level students who are able to solve problems and to innovate the value chain of the food and beverage industry.
Food Studies
The The American University of Rome Master of Arts in Food Studies at the American University of Rome examines the connections between the production, distribution, and consumption of food, focusing on sustainability criteria.