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Gastronomical Sciences

Education objectives

The course in Gastronomical Sciences aims to meet the needs resulting from a profound change in the relationship of consumers with food and in the process of food production on a small scale that occurred in the last decade. The evolution of cuisine in its many forms, as well as that of restoration, requires a change in work processes and level of expertise.

The aim of this course is to provide a thorough scientific and technical training in the field of food science. It should also give students an overview all issues related with gastronomy, which involve other technical and cultural aspects in order to allow a more comprehensive approach to the issues and / or create a bridge between the world of knowledge and the real world of various economic and cultural activities related with gastronomy.

Students should acquire skills to respond to the increasing demands for quality, creativity and innovation in food production on a small scale, but also enable them to act in the food industry and tourism. Students will have an interdisciplinary training that will prepare them for a variety of careers.

General characterization

DGES code

774

Cicle

Master (2nd Cycle)

Degree

Mestre

Access to other programs

Access to 3rd cycles

Coordinator

Ana Maria Ferreira da Costa Lourenço

Opening date

September

Vacancies

20

Fees

National students: 1750 Euros/year

International students: 3000 Euros/year

Schedule

Daytime

Teaching language

Available soon

Degree pre-requisites

Duration: 2 years

Credits: 120 ECTS

Mandatory scientifc areas 

Scientific Area Acronym ECTS
Mandatory Optional
Science and Food Technology CTA 44,5 -
Chemistry QUI 7,5 -
Food Engineering EAL 49,0 -
Biology and Biochemistry BB 4,0 - 
Biology BIO 6,0 -
Hospitality and Catering HR 4,0 -
Social Sciences and Humanities CHS 5,0 -
TOTAL 120,0 -

Conditions of admittance

Admission rules:
  • Holders of a degree, or equivalent, obtained in ISA or other higher education institutions, in areas defined for each master;
  • Holding an academic degree of higher education abroad conferred following a 1st cycle of studies in the areas of each master, organized according to the principles of the Bologna Process by a State adhering to this process;
  • Holders of a foreign academic degree that is recognized as meeting the objectives of a degree by the Scientific Council of the NOVA FCT / ISA-UTL;
  • Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum vitae that is recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the Scientific Council of the NOVA FCT / ISA-UTL.

Place and form of application:

Application can be made at NOVA FCT or at ISA-UTL. All applications will be considered together.

Documentation of the application process:

  1. Qualifications certificate detailing the classifications obtained;
  2. Curriculum vitae and professional curriculum;
  3. Identification document
  4. Letter of motivation

Ranking:

  1. Course classification;
  2. Academic and scientific curriculum
  3. Professional curriculum;
  4. Motivation letter
  5. Possible interview.

Evaluation rules

The following modes of evaluation are used with regard to academic qualifications:

  1. Evaluation based solely on an examination or completion of a final project.
  2. Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester excluding examination or final project. In these courses students can expect to carry out, for example, laboratory activities, mini-tests, tests, individual or group projects, seminar-related activities, any combination of which will be used to determine the final grade.
  3. Evaluation based obligatorily on an examination or a final project. In these courses there extists a form of evaluation similar to one of the aformentioned activities in paragraph 2 as well as a form of evaluation based on a final exam.
  4. Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester with the possibility of foregoing an examination or a final project.

The Dissertation seminar includes a public presentation, before a Jury, in accordance with legal statutes.

Regulamento de Avaliação de Conhecimentos (Licenciaturas, Mestrados Integrados e Mestrados.)