Specialisation Gastronomy
This specialisation focuses on the combination of Food Technology with Cultural aspects of Foods as well as Molecular Gastronomy. This specialisation is mainly aimed for students who would like to work in the food services, in restaurants, retail and catering industries.
The tables below show the study programme and courses. The course content can be found in the on-line Study Handbook .
The courses are coded as follows : AAA-xyyzz, with AAA the teaching group ('department') responsible for the course (for example FCH=Food Chemistry, FHM=Food Microbiology), x indicates the level of the course (1=basic, 2=intermediate, 3=advanced), yy is an arbitrary number, zz indicates the number of credits in ECTS. One academic year has 60 ECTS (ECTS=European Credits).
Year 1 :
Compulsory courses (C) : compulsory for all students in this specialisation
Restricted Optionals (RO1) : students have to choose at least two of the courses from the RO1 cluster
Restricted Optionals (RO2) : students have to choose at least 1 course from the RO2 cluster
| Course code |
Course name |
Type |
Period |
Time |
| FPH-30806 |
Molecular Gastronomy |
CS |
1 |
AF |
| RSO-21806 |
Origin Food - a Market for Identity |
CS |
4 |
MO |
| PDQ-60312 |
Product and Process Design |
CS |
5 |
MO+AF |
| PDQ-31806 |
Product Properties and Consumer Wishes |
RO1 |
2 |
AF |
| RSO-22306 |
Food Culture and Customs |
RO1 |
3 |
AF |
| FPH-31306 |
Advanced Molecular Gastronomy |
RO1 |
3 |
MO |
| MCB-30806 |
Sensory Perception and Consumer Preference |
RO1 |
4 |
AF |
| FCH-30306 |
Food Ingredient Functionality |
RO2 |
1 |
MO |
| FCH-21806 |
Food Related Allergies and Intolerances |
RO2 |
2 |
AF |
| HNE-30506 |
Sensory Science I: Principles of Sensory Science |
RO2 |
2 |
MO |
Year 2:
This year consists of a thesis (minimum 36 ECTS) and an internship (min. 24 ECTS). The topics of the thesis and internship whould be within the scope of the specialisation. A thesis is normally carried out at Wageningen University.
The internship is always outside Wageningen University and can be in any country, at a university, an industry or an institute. The internship is not related to the thesis.
The thesis and internship can be carried out under supervision of one of the following groups
- FCH : Food Chemistry
- FPH : Food Physics
- RSO : Rural Sociology
For thesis topics, see the website of the different groups (click on the link above).