E-Just Professional Diplomas

Food Safety and Quality Management

How to Apply Guide
Starting date: Fall 2024
Duration: 1 year (2 semesters)
Location: Alexandria (Borg Al-Arab) and Cairo (Smart Village)
Registration deadline: June 11, 2024
Application fees: 500 EGP (nonrefundable)

Food Safety Diploma Overview:

The multibillion-dollar food and beverage industry in Egypt has been growing steadily since 2015 and will continue to develop in the coming years. Learning about the safe way of handling food is not an option anymore, but a must to guarantee success in this industry. In collaboration with the National Food Safety Authority, the Biotechnology department at E-JUST devised the Food Safety and Quality Management professional diploma. The significance of this diploma is in upgrading the knowledge and skills of students with the latest technologies in the food industry to ensure the production of high quality and safe food

In the first semester, students study three elective courses and three Core Courses that shed light on food chemistry, analysis, and quality control. You will also learn how to perform techniques such as ELISA, PCR, and real time PCR. In the second semester, students will learn three core courses that explore topics such as the importance of food composition and its effect on health. Students also study two more elective courses that are aligned with their experience or the area they are interested in. This professional diploma is accredited by the Supreme Council of Universities and will expose you to real case studies by industry experts as well as give you the opportunity to visit food factories.

Diploma outline

1.Core Courses:

Food Chemistry and Analysis (2 credit hours)

Learn the basics of food chemistry and how the processing of the different types of food (lipids, proteins, carbohydrates) aects its safety and quality.

Food Microbiology (2 credit hours)

Explore the world of microorganisms: their classification, sources in food, factors affecting their growth, toxicity, and detection.

Quality Control (2 credit hours)

Understand the principles of food quality assurance and total quality management (TQM). Also discover the ethics and social responsibility in the food industry.

Nutrition and Health (2 credit hours)

An introduction to the basic definitions of food, nutrients, and their functions. Find out the energy content of food, the basal metabolic rate (BMR, weight management, obesity, how to design healthy and balanced foods, and the effective management of food intake and nutrition.As well as the effect of food processing on the nutritional quality of the food.

Food Safety (2 credit hours)

Get to know good manufacturing and hygiene practices ideal for food handling, and applications of HACCP.

Food Spoilage (2 credit hours)

Learn the causes of food spoilage in the food and beverage industries, and how preservatives are used to prevent food from spoilage.

2.Elective courses:

In addition to the core courses, participants choose 5 elective courses (2 credit hours each) from the list below:

Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation
Heat Treatment
Food Packaging
Food Fermentation
Oils and Fats
Law and Legislation of Foods
Food Additives
Food Engineering(students will learn principles of fluid mechanics in food industry, food preservation using heat and low temperature, and machine mechanics. This course is taught by top engineering professors specialized in these fields.)

3.Project Based Learning Course (2 credit hours)

● Project Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and meaningful projects. Student will be guided by one of the professors to conduct a research based on subject of the interest to the student.

Admission Requirements

A bachelor’s degree from one of the following faculties: Engineering, Pharmacy, Science, Tourism, Agriculture, or Veterinary Medicine.
Passing a personal interview.

Admission Process:

Fill in the online application and upload all the required documents.
If the application meets the criteria, you will receive an email inviting you for an interview.
Final acceptance email and payment of the first tuition fee installment.

For more information or inquiries, call us on 16448 or email us on itu@ejust.edu.eg