Our present-day food system is under pressure. To guarantee the availability of sufficient, sustainable and healthy food in a healthy living environment in the long term, the transition to a new, climate-neutral and circular food system is required. For this transition, we need bridge-builders: leaders who can think and act systemically and work across various fields of expertise, to promote creative solutions. How can we contribute to healthy and sustainable food production and consumption? How do we design future-proof solutions? What are sustainable business models and how do you implement them? How do we involve different stakeholders in the solution for a societal challenge? If these questions spark your creativity and drive to make a difference, Food Systems Innovation is the master’s programme for you!
Food Systems Innovation
- Duration
- 1 year
- Education type
- Master programme
- Field of interest
- Food
- Field of interest
- Sustainability
This is how you get admitted
Completed bachelor
Level of English
And also...
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Not completed the right Bachelor's programme?
If you have not completed one of the bachelor's programmes mentioned above or a similar programme, you may be admitted under certain circumstances. Whether you will be admitted depends on your motivation and your knowledge of food systems, health and ecology or the circular economy. Do you want to know more? Please contact programme leader Marjan de Boer.
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Level of English
For international students:
- A minimum score of 575 in the TOEFL English test or
- A formally recognized equivalent such as the IELTS (level 6.5), Cambridge CAE C or IBT (90) (as set out in the rules in the Code for Master students)
For students with a Dutch nationality:
- A minimum score of 575 in the TOEFL English test or a formally recognized equivalent such as the IELTS (level 6.5), Cambridge CAE C or IBT (90), or
- A grade 7 (Dutch VWO diploma) or grade 8 (Dutch HAVO diploma), or
- An achieved bachelor programme with at least one semester of education taught in English, or
- Being a native English speaker, or
- Being a candidate with an International School (IB) diploma
Does this study fit you?
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You have a passion for food
Food is fuel. But to you it is so much more. It is a way of living, taking care of yourself and your body, connecting with others, food is life. You want to contribute to making the food industry more sustainable and healthy.
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Health is important to you
Health is important to you in a way that you are always searching for healthy alternatives and the newest health trends. You want to inspire others and help building a healthier world.
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You are a connector
During this study, visit different cities during the master and work together with real-life organizations to put the knowledge gained in practice. You learn how to connect different sectors and domains to spur innovation and implement cross-over solutions.
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Sustainable
How can we contribute to healthy and sustainable food production and consumption? How do we design future-proof solutions? With this study, you learn how to define, organize and evaluate the required changes which contribute to a healthier and more sustainable food system – together with important stakeholders.
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You are innovative
Our present-day food system is under pressure. To guarantee the availability of sufficient, sustainable and healthy food in a healthy living environment in the long term, the transition to a new, climate-neutral and circular food system is required. And you can't wait to contribute in this!
How about...
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Application
- Start date for this programme: 1 September
- Application open as of: 1 October
- Application deadline for non-EU applicants: 1 April
- Application deadline for applicants from the EU: 1 May
You can apply through Studielink. Studielink is an online application tool in the Netherlands that allows your enrolment details to be automatically forwarded to Aeres University of Applied Sciences.
On this page, you will find more information about your application.
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Fees and funding
- Tuition fee for students from the EU 2024-2025: €2.530,-
- Tuition fee for students from outside the EU 2024-2025: €9.434,-
- Are you a resident of another country and are you thinking of taking this programme? There are numerous scholarships for students from abroad. Please check our Scholarships page for more information.
When you're going to study abroad, it's good to know what to expect finanicially. Here you can find information about tuition fees and other (study) costs.
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Additional costs
Accompanying costs for the master, i.a. working visits, boot camp week and city study trip, are estimated at €900,-.
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Scholarships
If you want to take advantage of a scholarship, you can apply to:
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Other practical matters
Here you can find more information about:
This is what you’ll learn
During this master you gain the knowledge and skills needed to become a T-shaped professional: both generalist and specialist, deploying your specialist knowledge in an integral and interdisciplinary manner and developing and implementing innovative routes to solutions.
You learn to point out challenges, recognise and valorise opportunities for innovation and facilitate transdisciplinary cooperation. You do this by working on existing food issues from practice with various actors and interests. This way, the Food Systems Innovation master trains you to become a professional that connects large-scale systemic thinking with concrete professional fields within the food system.
The master Food Systems Innovation trains you to develop ground-breaking solutions for complex issues through a system and transition approach. You become a change agent, who, with other actors, designs clever, trans-domain innovations which contribute to a healthier and more sustainable food system.
Phases
What you can do after graduation
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Qualification
When you graduate in a year’s time, you will be awarded a state recognized Master of Science.
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Professional careers
- Advisor: offers strategic advice to different clients and ensures that innovative processes are initiated and implemented;
- Innovations project manager: coordinates innovation projects from the initial idea right up to the implementation;
- Entrepreneur: combines innovative strength and corporate social responsibility, and introduces sustainable innovations to the market;
- Intrapreneur: an entrepreneur in a large company, who is able to freely develop future-oriented products and services;
- Researcher: researching large scale developments and innovative solutions, in academic or business environments.
