Health Food Innovation Management Maastricht University

Overview

This Health Food Innovation Management programme from Maastricht University  is specifically tailored to the professional demands of employers in the food industry. You’ll take courses on topics such as biomedical sciences and nutrition, food regulation, consumer behaviour, entrepreneurship, business and marketing. By combining elements from business and management with food innovation and health science, we’re able to provide you with an education that will give you the best possible preparation for your future career.

Today, poor diet choices, often in combination with an inactive lifestyle, are known to be associated with a variety of chronic diseases, such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Nutritional health care has become an important driver for innovation in the food and beverage industry. In Health Food Innovation Management, you'll study the process of innovation in this sector, with a specific focus on developing healthy foods. You'll learn how to use nutritional health science to develop new products and marketing concepts.

Career opportunities:

Health Food Innovation Management graduates will be able to independently develop and implement innovation and entrepreneurial activity at all levels of the food and beverage industry. You'll be able to find positions in the management interface between product development, research and technology. Typical career paths include:

Food industry

Many graduates of Health Food Innovation Management end up working for companies in the food industry, where they, for example, work on product development, give nutritional advice for marketing purposes or check for compliance with food regulations.