University of Hamburg Hamburg
The Food Chemistry Master of Science at Universität Hamburg trains future food chemists in subject knowledge, methods and law. Required modules cover food systems, food technology, food microbiology, food chemistry, food law, food analysis, toxicology and crop plant biology. In the elective modules you can specialise, for example in analysis, technology or biochemistry and bioinformatics, and the programme ends with your Master's thesis in the fourth semester. It lasts four semesters, teaching is in German and English, and it starts in winter. The degree in principle qualifies you for the practical training toward becoming a state-certified food chemist in Germany. Graduates can work in academic or other research, in the food industry, in commercial laboratories or in official food control.
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Please upload the following documents as PDF files along with your application form. If your degree certificate was not issued in German or English, please attach a German translation of your degree certificate by an officially sworn translator to your application documents.
Mandatory documents:
Certificate including a list of the module examinations you have completed (“Transcript of Records”)
English skills*
Optional documents:
Certificate for converting the final grade of degrees obtained abroad
Description of the modules/courses in the first degree (e.g. module handbook)
Further certificates, diplomas or attestations
*The following proof of sufficient knowledge of the English language is accepted:
a) Proof of English language skills at level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages through a course at a recognized institution
b) IELTS Test Academic with at least 5.0
c) TOEFL internet-based test with at least 72 points
d) Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE), Certificate of Prociency in English (CPE), Higher Business English Certificate (BEC), B2 First/Cambridge English First (FCE)
e) University degree in an English-taught program
f) Higher education entrance qualification for English-taught universities
g) Six-month stay in an English-speaking country
h) Seven years of English instruction at a German-taught school
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Admission requirements are a consecutive Bachelor's degree in Food Chemistry from the University of Hamburg or a comparable degree program as well as sufficient knowledge of the English language (see below).
Applicants with foreign qualifications must also demonstrate German language proficiency.
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