Regl. 2024: Majors

In the Master's degree programme in Food Science and Nutrition, a specialization (major) is selected.

Students who have completed or are completing the Bachelor's programme in Food Science or Food Science and Nutrition at ETH Zurich choose one of the listed majors at the beginning of the Master's programme. All other students must choose a specialization when applying for admission to the programme.

Students may change the specialization in the course of the master's programme. Only students with a Bachelor's degree in Food Science or Food Science and Nutrition from ETH Zurich are free to choose a specialization. For all other students, a change of specialization requires the written consent of the Director of Studies. He/she may refuse a change if there are important reasons.

The following two majors are available for selection:

Food Science and Technology

This major emphasizes the components of engineering and usually leads to entry into the fields of process or equipment technology in the Food Science sector.

Nutrition and Health

This major conforms to the profile requested by industry for product development and human nutrition.

Course categories

Each Major comprises the following course categories:

Core subjects, which make up the main part of the major (min. 12 CP)
Profile subjects, which teach tools and methods to refine the training profile of the chosen specialization (min. 22 CP)

List of courses

The course lists can be seen in the current Study Guide (see Documents).