28 Full-time Master's in Food Science in Italy

An innovative joint Master’s degree offered by 5 Universities (Padua, Lyon-1, Granada, Krakow, and University of British Columbia). It enables students to acquire interdisciplinary skills in the fields of food, nutrition and human health by teaching them how to address the multiple and complex relationships underlying food production and quality, their connection with human nutrition and health.

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.

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.

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.  

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

The Food Processing - Innovation and Tradition course from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore is a two-year Master of Science taught entirely in English. You’ll learn scientific and engineering principles to design new food products, optimise existing processes, and ensure safety and quality from conception to market.

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.

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

The Innovation in Food Science and Technology - Michele Ferrero course at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore is a 1-year, 2nd-level Specialising Master taught in English. 

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. 

At University of Parma, we offer our students a master programme degree in Engineering for the Food Industry.

The Italian Food and Wine degree from University of Padua explores understanding, management, promotion and protection of high-value food products.

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.

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.

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”.

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

The Food Animal Metabolism and Management in the Circular Economy degree at University of Bologna aims to obtain a professional figure specialized in the management of animal production systems within circular economic approach.