Process & Food Technology

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We offer a four-year programme, as well as a fast track three-year intensive course, in Process and Food Technology.

Every year is divided into 2 semesters, and each semester into terms. You´ll be assessed at the end of each term in some way - by a test, report, project or presentation. You´ll be marked on how well you work as part of a group, too.

Study time

Every week, you´ll spend no more than 15 hours in class. But you´ll be expected to put in a full 40 hours of study every week - working on projects, preparing for classes and exams.

Credits

For each part of the programme you complete, you´re awarded a mark. If your mark is 6 (out of 10) or higher, you get credits. To graduate, you need 240 credits, in total.

Content

The programme involves a mix of classroom tuition, lectures, group activities, projects and lab work. You’ll look at seven different ‘themes’:

• Food products and processing
• Inorganic products
• Water treatment
• Organic products
• Responsible industrial operation
• (Food) polymer technology
• (Food/chemical) process technology

Your lessons will give you the knowledge and skills you need to complete the projects in each term. You’ll study general subjects, like math, physics and chemistry – as well as learning how to use actual equipment, like reactors, heat exchangers and distillation towers. And you’ll also be trained in presentation, reporting and communication.

Major-minor

You can choose a `minor´ subject to specialise in, to make your degree more targeted to the kinds of careers and opportunities you want. You can specialise in your own field, to deepen your knowledge. Or you can minor in something completely different, like management, to broaden your job opportunities.

In your final year, you can choose a `ribbon´ minor - either an in-depth corporate project, another specialisation, or a pre-Master´s course. The pre-Master´s course is run jointly with the Delft University of Technology - (TU Delft) the perfect preparation for a Master´s in Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or Life Science and Technology.

Accreditation

The Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO), is responsible for accrediting study programmes offered by Dutch universities. All international bachelor’s and master’s programmes offered by The Hague University of Applied Sciences are NVAO recognised.

Funding details

Scholarships are very popular nowadays and a subject considered by nearly every student who decides to study abroad. In the following sections we will try to give you the most recent and essential information about scholarship opportunities for international students in the Netherlands.

Scholarships in your home country

If you’re an international student it’s worth checking out if any scholarships are available in your home country. For example, American students can apply for a Fulbright scholarship and there is an EU-South Africa Scholarship programme for South African students. Your country may offer similar grants. For more information or application forms contact your local Dutch embassy - or ask your present college or university if you are coming here for a bachelor programme. www.grantfinder.nl also has some useful information on scholarships.

Nuffic

The Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (Nuffic) offers a variety of additional scholarships for students from all over the world. Erasmus Mundus is a new European Commission programme that aims to improve the quality of European higher education and encourage co-operation with countries outside the EU.

• • Worldwide
• • Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe
• • Asia
• • Europe
• • North America

ScholarshipPortal.eu

This website offers a centralized European platform for information about all scholarships offered for study in Europe. The database lists more than 700 different scholarships and grants amounting to an estimated yearly average of € 15.6 billion in funding.