FIPDes

The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree FIPDes is a 2-years Programme in Food Innovation & Product Design. It is the 1st course created to tackle the global challenges of food innovation along with product design and packaging. FIPDes is: - 65 high quality teachers and researchers - 25 international guest speakers - 10 research centers - 7 incubators and technologic halls - 3 experimental kitchens - 10 different scientific fields - 40% practical, experimental and project work A consortium of 5 top-ranking European Universities: - Université Paris Saclay and AgroParisTech - France - Technological University Dublin, former Dublin Institute of Technology - Ireland - University of Naples Federico II - Italy - Lund University - Sweden These universities, amongst the oldest and most prestigious institutes in Europe, offer this truly integrated and unique programme, adopting a holistic and cross-disciplinary approach: from initial conception through prototypes to consumption, from raw materials to packaged goods. FIPDes students study, live and get professional experience in four different EU countries. They benefit from the most competitive and innovative learning environments, based on participative learning, team work, R&D projects and hands-on trainings in collaboration with pioneering research, culinary & industrial laboratories. FIPDes is training a new generation of food professionals capable of working across borders, with an inclusive vision of innovation to create sound, sustainable and healthy food solutions for the future generations on this planet. After only 5 years, FIPDes is fast becoming the worldwide reference in its field with a visibility spread over more than 100 countries, students & alumni of more than 50 different nationalities and a global network of socio-economic and research partners from the 5 continents.