Two-year Graduate Degree

A food studies
program with an edge

Keep up with the world of food by anticipating trends and generating innovative solutions.

Embark on our study trips to gain an understanding of how food companies and institutions strategize.

Start your career with an internship reimbursed for the first 5 months.

Application deadline
First Round: May 21, 2021
Second Round: July 23, 2021

Start date: September 20,  2021

Start your career before
graduating, in Italy or abroad

Apply your newly acquired skills before finishing the program while you make the first step to start your career with a mandatory internship in Italy or abroad compensated for the first 5 months.

Our main focus for students within three months of graduation:

• A comprehensive and interdisciplinary academic model.
• Field projects carried out in existing companies and institutions.
• Internship experience.
• Our solid international network of companies and institutions

Travelling and analysis
go hand in hand

Analyze the food system of a certain European territory and the role its gastronomic culture plays by visiting food companies of various sizes and international institutions.

Master a method to understand their present strategies and how these intend to deal with current market dynamics; taking into account different aspects like consumption trends, positioning or socio-economic situation.

And during this pandemic, continue to adapt alongside us as we try to create new solutions, like virtually travelling the world, engaging all our senses.

An analytical understanding
of the world of gastronomy

Learn with lectures and seminars, along with a wide range of practical learning, including, study trips, lab work and tastings.

This knowledge will help you become a gastronome: someone who can work to improve sustainability of food systems and understand all aspects of food, from production to consumption.

Here’s a list of some of the interdisciplinary subjects included in this program:

• Data and Consumer Behaviour Analysis
• Economics and Development Policy
• Ecology
• Food and Trade Law
• Entrepreneurship
• Food Culture and Gastronomic Sciences
• Innovation for Food Systems
• Management
• Systemic Food Design for Circular Economy
• Communication

Study in a
multicultural environment

Be part of a community coming from 90 different countries, expanding your academic journey beyond the realms of education.

Our internationality allows you to learn, in depth, different world cultures to continue building your network but with a global aspect.

Our “Pollenzo Bubble” -as named by our alumni and students- guarantees that your university experience surpasses graduation.