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Analyze and control the quality of food products during their transformation by respecting regulations and preventing risks for a healthy and sustainable food production.

The challenges of QHSE (quality, hygiene, safety, environment) in the food industry and in catering

  • To guarantee the quality of food products and their sanitary safety in compliance with regulations, customer and consumer expectations.
  • Know how to lead actions for continuous improvement of product and system quality, employee safety and the impact of the company on its environment.

This course will enable students to acquire skills in microbiology and industrial hygiene, product quality control, regulatory monitoring, quality system management, and auditing.

Targeted degree: MSc in Agro Food and Health

Campus : Beauvais

Language of instruction: French / English

Modality: with student status (4th and 5th year) or with apprentice status (5th year only)

Details of the courses

Major The Quality Engineer at the Heart of Food Production


Minors

Each semester includes 2 blocks dedicated to minors, corresponding to 54 hours of complementary courses that allow students to complete their training in a related field.

Some examples of minors

Block 1: Packaging / Connected health / What about scientific approach - Research / Waste management in industries and communities / Innovating, undertaking and fighting creaticide attitudes / Scientific approach - Research - Beginner

Block 2: The microbiota: at the heart of health / Nutritional specific Needs / Marketing studies and consumer trends / Focus on CSR / Scientific approach - Research - Beginner / Consolidate your level of English - Validate the required level

In semester 8, you can choose between the major of the course or an opening major:

Food safety in Production and Catering major or other major.


Minors

Each semester includes 2 blocks dedicated to minors, corresponding to 54 hours of complementary courses that allow students to complete their training in a related field.

The proposed minors

Block 1: Food R&D: from concept to valorization / Popularize Science - Research / Introduction to the Web: Developing a website / Sales techniques and commercial relations

Block 2: Impact of agricultural practices on the quality of processed products / Marketing decisions and actions / Mastering fermentation: Bioprocesses & Benefits / The actors of health education


Other proposed majors

  • Development of new healthy food   
  • Production tools - Factory 4.0

In semester 9, you can choose your path according to your desires, by choosing among :

  • one of the main majors in the Strategic management and QNHSE: drivers of Sustainable Development in Food Industry and Catering track, which goes into more detail in this area:       
    • Management of service providers in the food service industry (Beauvais campus)       
    • QHSE, CSR, Risk manager (Beauvais campus)   
  • one or more opening majors, designed to broaden your skills in another area:       
    • Production management and industrial performance (Beauvais campus)       
    • Purchasing and Supply Chain (Beauvais campus)       
    • Responsible Food Marketing (Beauvais campus)       
    • Bridging Agroressources to Health by innovation (Beauvais campus)       
    • Intrapreneurship, entrepreneurship and innovation (Beauvais campus)   
  • a semester, a double degree or a degree-granting stay in France or abroad (from 12 to 18 months for a double degree or a degree-granting stay)

The end-of-studies project is based on an internship in a company or a research internship for students, or on the long period in a company for students following an apprenticeship program.

It leads to the writing of a thesis and an oral presentation.

What careers are there after the Strategic management and QNHSE: drivers of Sustainable Development in Food Industry and Catering course?

The Strategic management and QNHSE: drivers of Sustainable Development in Food Industry and Catering course enables students to work in the food industry, catering, mass distribution, in quality/nutrition consulting firms, in auditing firms or in analysis and control laboratories.
and control laboratories.

Some professions

  • Quality, nutrition, hygiene, safety and environment manager   
  • Quality assurance manager   
  • Laboratory manager   
  • Quality auditor

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They welcome our engineers

DANONE, FERRERO, NESTLE, LACTALIS, LABEYRIE, BONDUELLE, UNILEVER, MOET-HENNESSY, CARGILL, CRISTAL-UNION, TEREOS, SODEXO, ELIOR, CARREFOUR...

Some Alumni

  • Clara ROUSSEAU (2021), Catering Project Manager in Cancerology, Elior - Institut Paul Bocuse   
  • Laura GHARIOS (2019), Deputy Director of Foodservices - Gustave Roussy, Elior   
  • Pauline GONTHIER (2018), Director of EHPAD, Korian