Food, Nutrition and Health University of Padua

Overview

The Joint Master in Food, Nutrition and Health (FOOD-H) is a fully integrated and globally competitive syllabus, focused on how nutrition, food science and technology interact with human health. The overall objective is to offer an innovative training syllabus that comprehensively addresses the interaction between foods and their implications for human health in a globalized market.The course aims to train graduates able to face contemporary challenges such as nutritional problems in eating habits, the evolution of food trends and the effective connection between production environments, international differences, regulatory constraints and sustainability. Interdisciplinary education will benefit from the joint will of partner universities to combine complementary experiences in a new educational model. The joint master's syllabus is designed to enable students to carry out physical mobility and offer them the best learning experience. Consequently, in the first year the University of Padova will offer a joint course unit to build an interdisciplinary knowledge base and a practical critical understanding: this will help students to successfully attend the second year, while creating a solid theoretical and practical background, essential for a clear understanding of social issues.