ISA Lille offers a Master of Science and Engineering degree in Food Science, taught in English or in French, specializing in the Sustainable Management of Food Production, or Quality Management Systems in the Agrofood industry. The objective of this program is to train future food industry managers to understand and lessen the environmental impact of this sector in a globalization context.
Our Food Science program combines theory and practice through site visits, study trips, food technology experiments, serious games, research and industrial projects and professional immersions.
Students will spend 40% of their time immersed in companies or research laboratories working on industrial projects or doing internships, in France or abroad.
Course Objectives
The general objectives of the Food Science program is to give students:
- an international view of food safety regulations and standards, highlighting local and international specificities
- tools to assist food companies in setting up systems (HACCP, BRC, IFS, SQF, ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001) and performing audits (preparation for internal auditor certification exam)
- an overview of theories, concepts and methodologies of company resource planning systems
- a practical view of food industry management, through lectures and seminars by professionals of the sector
- experience managing projects in an international context, with a multicultural team
English-Taught Program
Master 1
Fall Semester
| Teaching Unit | Credits (ECTS) |
| Welcome Session |
6 |
| Food Tech Project – Intro |
6 |
| Quality Assurance and Food Safety |
3 |
| Unit Operations |
6 |
| Applied Statistics |
3 |
| Bioprocess |
3 |
| French as a Foreign Language |
3 |
Spring Semester
| Teaching Unit | Credits (ECTS) |
| Industrial Internship |
3 |
| Production Management |
3 |
| Food Tech Project or Product Formulation |
6 |
| Ingredients |
3 |
| Nutrition |
3 |
| Sensory Evaluation |
3 |
| Physical, Chemical, and Microbiological Characterization of Food Products |
6 |
| French as a Foreign Language |
3 |
| Summer Internship |
6 |
Master 2
Fall Semester
| Teaching Unit | Credits(ECTS) |
| Two options:
– Sustainable Product Development: Ecodesign of Food Products |
30 |
Spring Semester
| Final Internship | Credits (ECTS) |
| Six months of professional experience
Written report and oral defense |
30 |
French-Taught Program
For more details, please see our courses in French.
Master 1
Fall Semester
| Teaching Unit | Credits (ECTS) |
| Formulation et conception produit ou Projet technologie alimentaire |
6 |
| Ingrédients |
3 |
| Caractérisation physique, chimique et microbiologique des aliments |
6 |
| Evaluation sensorielle |
3 |
| Plans d’expériences |
3 |
Spring Semester
| Teaching Unit | Credits (ECTS) |
| Nutrition |
3 |
| Bioprocédés |
3 |
| Projet – HACCP étude terrain |
3 |
| Gestion de production |
3 |
| Performance industrielle |
3 |
| Emballage et éco-conception |
3 |
| Procédés de transformation agroalimentaires |
6 |
| HACCP étude de cas |
3 |
Master 2
Fall Semester
| Teaching Unit | Credits (ECTS) |
| Health and Nutrition |
30 |
Spring Semester
| Final Internship | Credits (ECTS) |
| Six months professional experience
Written report and oral defense |
30 |
Contacts
Head of Department
Pierre Vandendriessche
Academic Advisor
Caroline Kaczmarek
Internships
The active learning method is based on practical work in labs, case studies, industrial projects and internships in companies. As with all ISA programs, all students will spend 40% of their studies immersed in professional experience.
Project management and intercultural activities allow students to develop their abilities to work in team and to reinforce transverse skills.
Industrial projects: these group projects must be carried out during the two years of the program. The students deal with specific industrial or research-oriented issues
Food Science Internships: these individual professional experiences are required in the first year (2 to 3 months) and in the second year (6 months), either in a company or a lab, in France or abroad. Food Science Internships are a step-by-step process which aims at giving the students responsibility.
Examples of Internships
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BONDUELLE, Bangalore, India : Quality management and gherkin business development in India
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DELIFRANCE, Marquette-lez-Lille, France : Improvement of industrial risks management
- CARGILL, Mouscron, Belgium : Minimizing the cross contamination of nuts in the final product delivered to the customers
- HAAGEN-DAZS, Tilloy les Mofflaines, France : Updating the HACCP plan according to new Group requirements
- PURATOS GROUP (BELDEM) , Andenne, Belgium : Valorisation of yeast fermentation juices
- LACTALIS, Laval, France : Development of fermented milks and desserts for retailer’s brands
- CAPRICORN FOOD PRODUCTS, Chennai, India : Updating food safety management system according to ISO22000
- BRUNSTAD CHRISTIAN CHURCH (BCC) , Melsomvik, Norway : Quality, Safety, Hygiene and Environment enhancement at a dining unit
- HENNART FRERES SAS , Lille, France : Quality in purchase – How to improve the purchase of cheese, review of suppliers’ documents
- DEBAILLEUL PRODUCTS, Koekelberg, Belgium : Improvement of the quality management system in order to get the BRC certification
- FLANDRES OIGNONS, Quaedypre, France : HACCP setting up
- ADEPALE, Paris, France : Finding alternatives to the use of disinfectants for agro-food industries
- WETSUS, Lewarden, The Netherlands : Characterization of bacterial strains and analyses of their biofilm forming abilities
- INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION, Kiel, Germany : Quantification of tocopherols from vegetable oil and animal tissue according to the standards of the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Careers
ISA Lille gives you the opportunity to be in touch with over 200 companies and create your network for internships and future jobs.
Each year, ISA Lille organizes a Company and Career Day. This event gives our students a chance to develop their own network by meeting industry representatives and a partner companies.
Thanks to ISA’s project-based pedagogy and integrated professional experience, 85% of ISA Food Science graduates are employed within 6 months of graduating and get diverse jobs in Production, Supply Chain, R&D, Sales and Marketing, Management, Quality and Safety, and others.
Examples of Our Alumni's Positions
- Product Engineer & Production Leader – Sports Nutrition at Decathlon Sports, India
- Manufacturing and Technology Director – Carlsberg, China
- Programme Officer – Better Cotton Initiative, India
- Junior Product Developer R&D – Coca Cola Company, Belgium
- Production Chain Supervisor – Château Blanc, France
- New Product Development – Little Freddie Organic Baby Food, United Kingdom
- Project Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility – Laudun Chusclan Vignerons, France
- Regional Marketing Manager – Roquette, India
- Product Development Technologist – Danone Nutricia Research, Netherlands
- Category Manager GMS – Bacardi Martini, France
- Head of Product Innovation and Developement – Indulge Beverages, India
- Trade Advisor/Business Developer in Food and Beverage – Business France, Brazil