Master the intricacies of food safety and quality management.

Explore the essentials of ensuring safe and high-quality food for consumers through our specialised programme in applied food safety and quality management. Following the farm-to-fork approach, we address a wide array of issues in food safety and quality management.

Topics encompass good governance and national control systems, food inspection, and testing services. You'll explore managing food safety and quality throughout the supply chain and learn to design and implement management systems compliant with national and international regulations. Delivered by experts from NRI, the programme is enriched with research insights and industry expertise.

What Makes Us Unique

• Practitioner-based learning at a trusted and world-renowned institution: NRI has over 125 years of history in international development research and practice, with ongoing links in more than 30 countries worldwide, thus providing opportunities for practitioner-based learning.
• Student Research Projects: Our programme allows students to engage in cutting-edge research projects supervised by NRI’s expert researchers. Recent student projects have included understanding consumer perceptions on food additives, food adulteration, and food allergens. Moreover, projects that students have conducted research on understanding the presence of foodborne pathogens and antimicrobial resistant bacteria in the agroecosystem, these students attended and presented their work at international conferences.
• Our teaching is directly informed by cutting-edge research and industry trends: Our curriculum is both relevant and future-focused. The team that leads this programme is made up of food safety and quality specialists. Research includes areas such as antimicrobial resistance, understanding the role of foodborne pathogens within the agroecosystem, new product development, food safety, laboratory quality management and alternative proteins.
• Prepare for holistic learning from farm-to-fork: We don't just focus on isolated aspects of food safety; instead, we cover the entire supply chain, providing a deep understanding of how to ensure food safety and quality from production to consumption. This broad perspective is essential for those aspiring to make a significant impact in the industry.
  Integration of knowledge and practical skills: The programme is uniquely positioned to equip students with theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to excel in the rapidly evolving field of food safety and quality management.
• Cutting-edge research projects: Our programme allows students to engage with NRI’s expert researchers. Recent student projects have included understanding consumer perceptions on food additives, food adulteration, and food allergens. Moreover, recently project students attended and presented their research on the presence of foodborne pathogens and antimicrobial resistant bacteria in the agroecosystem at international conferences.
• International HACCP certification: Students have an opportunity to be awarded a Royal Society of Public Health HACCP certification at the end of their programme. This certification is a requirement in most food industries and gives our students a head start.
  Accredited by the Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST): As a member of IFST, the leading independent voice and membership body for those interested in food science and technology, members have access to the IFST database of members, the Student Career LaunchPad, reduced rates, the IFST student community, and supportive services.