• You study important issues relating to food: how we feed ourselves and the world in the future.
• The Netherlands is at the centre of cutting-edge food developments. It’s known for its innovative approach to food production, sustainability, and agrifood technology. Major companies like Unilever and FrieslandCampina have their research centres here, working on the future of food.
• Your studies are fun and delicious. You see and taste immediate results!
• A diverse range of subjects: from chemistry, (micro)biology and physics to dietetics and the marketing involved in making food.
• You will expand your knowledge and skills through theory classes, work in a laboratory or pilot plant. You will add to your professional knowledge and network through internships, guest speakers and real life projects.
• Lots of practice through guest lectures, company visits and internships at smaller local companies to large multinationals.
• Friendly; the study programme fosters a close-knit community. Many students also meet up outside their studies, at study associations, for example.

You will learn all about food production. You will learn which molecules give food flavour, how spoilage works, what you can put on a label and how to set the selling price. You will also learn a lot about how to make food. Besides theory, you will take practical classes in laboratories, attend guest lectures, go on company visits and do internships.

Based on practice, you will learn all about nutrition, including the knowledge needed in the following challenges:

• Invent a new protein sports bar based on local produce
• Analyse and improve the sustainability of the soft drink production process
• Make the production of baby food even safer
• Make plant-based ice cream as creamy as ice cream containing milk fat
• Turn production waste into a profitable dog biscuit
• Launch a start-up with your new food innovation

After your graduation, the business world is eager to welcome you. During their studies, food technology students are already being offered jobs. The role of technologist is important and in demand.

After graduation, many students go straight into an interesting job. As a cheese maker or beer brewer, for example. Do you prefer inventing your own product as a developer, will you make it as a technologist, or do you have more appetite for a job as a quality engineer? The options are endless. Some of our students choose to continue studying.

Diploma requirements

To be admissible, you need to have a secondary school diploma comparable to the Dutch havo diploma, which is at least NLQF 4/EQF 4 level. You can check the website of Nuffic for an indication of the value of your diploma. Our admissions department will assess your diploma when you submit your application.

We recommend having chemistry and mathematics covered until the end of secondary school, but this is not a mandatory admission requirement. This means that you are still admissible without these subjects on your diploma. There are some chemistry and mathematic related courses in the first year of the study programme that all students need to complete.  

Language requirements

We also require proof of English proficiency. You are required to submit one of the following valid test results. Please note: language tests must be taken at an official examination centre (tests taken online are not accepted) and must not be older than two years.

• IELTS Academic: minimum overall score of 6.0 and no subscores below 5.0
• TOEFL iBT: minimum score of 80 or 4,5 (updated score scale)
• Cambridge English scale: B2 First, C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency with a minimum score of 169–175
• Pearson PTE Academic: minimum score of 61
• TOEIC: minimum score of 865 for listening and reading, and 335 for speaking and writing
• LanguageCert Academic: minimum score of 65

Important: the following students are exempted from proving their English language skills: 

• Students with a sufficient Dutch diploma
• Students from a large range of selected European countries who have obtained one of the following diplomas, including a final examination in the subject of English
• Students with an International Baccalaureate with a final examination in English A Language and Literature
• Students who have completed at least three years of English-taught education, including a final examination in the subject of English in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand, South Africa, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States of America or Zimbabwe

Questions?

If you have any questions about the admission requirements, please send an e-mail to info@vhluas.com.

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