Nutritional Phytotechnology for Human Health

Cycle

Segundo ciclo

Degree

Mestre

Coordinator

Fernando Henrique da Silva Reboredo

Opening date

September

Fees

1063,47 Euros/year or 7000,00 Euros/year (for foreign students).

Schedule

Daytime or after work-hours schedule.

Education objectives

The Master Degree in Nutritional Fitotechnology for Human Health has as main objective the development of a critical posture on several issues of the Nutritional Phytotechnology applied to human health. It follows a strategic and operational planning that articulates the needs of specialized professionals and constitutes a coherent intervention in the resolution of structural deficits in the industrial sector related to the production and transformation of plant products with nutritional value and interest for human health. To this end, it has the following specific objectives:

a) To distinguish nutrient from medicine and incorporate nutraceuticals of plant origin in the prevention and treatment of disease and identify procedures for the evaluation of quality, safety and efficacy;

b) To identify the main medicinal plants of the Portuguese flora with therapeutic interest and its active principles;

c) To develop innovative capacities for the application of new methodologies and last generation technologies, for the optimization of processes associated to the production and transformation of plants with alimentary / nutritional interest for human health, taking into consideration the evaluation of the social, economic and environmental impacts;

d) To develop skills on food production lines, with a high automatism degree, ensuring that the measures associated with food control and safety in accordance with Portuguese and European legislation (under the RASFF - the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) are implemented on the processes.

Access conditions

1- Candidates can apply for the cycle of studies leading to the Master''''s degree in Nutritional Fitotechnology for Human Health if they meet the following criteria:

a) Holders of a bachelor degree or legal equivalent in Natural, Exact or Technological Sciences or related areas;

b) Holders of a foreign higher academic degree conferred following a 1st cycle of studies organized in accordance with the principles of the Bologna Process by a State adhering to this Process in the scientific areas referred to in point a);

c) Holders of a foreign higher academic degree in the scientific areas referred to in point a), which is recognized as meeting the objectives of the bachelor degree by the Scientific Councils of FCT-UNL or FCM-UNL;

d) Holders of a school, scientific or professional curriculum in the scientific areas referred to in point a), which is recognized as attesting capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the Scientific Council of the Coordinating Institution, proposed by the Scientific Committee of the Master in Nutrition Phytotechnology for Human Health.

2 - Candidates for the cycle of studies leading to the degree of Master in Nutritional Phytotechnology for Human Health that meet the conditions expressed in paragraph 1, are selected and serialized by the Scientific Committee of the Master. The selection and ranking criteria must be previously publicized and include, among others, the following:

a) Classification of the degree;

b) Academic and scientific curriculum;

c) Professional curriculum;

d) Eventual interview.

Degree pre-requisites

Duration: 2 years

Credits: 120 ECTS

Scientific Area	Acronym	ECTS
		Mandatory	Optional
Ecology and Biological Sciences	ECB	11	-
Cellular and Molecular Medicine	MCM	11	-
Populations Health	SP	12	-
Food and Nutritional Technology	TAN	77	-
Engineering Sciences	CE	3	-
Engineering Sciences or Chemical Engineering or Functional Sciences and Therapeutic Targets or Genetics, Oncology and Human Toxicology	CE / EQ /  CFAT / GOTH	-	6
TOTAL		114	6

Access to other courses

Access to a 3rd cycle

Evaluation rules

The following modes of evaluation are used with regard to academic qualifications:

1. Evaluation based solely on an examination or completion of a final project.
2. Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester excluding examination or final project. In these courses students can expect to carry out, for example, laboratory activities, mini-tests, tests, individual or group projects, seminar-related activities, any combination of which will be used to determine the final grade.
3. Evaluation based obligatorily on an examination or a final project. In these courses there extists a form of evaluation similar to one of the aformentioned activities in paragraph 2 as well as a form of evaluation based on a final exam.
4. Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester with the possibility of foregoing an examination or a final project.

The final Dissertation (or Project) involves a public discussion with a Jury.

Structure

1.º Semester
Code	Name	ECTS
11750	Food Additives I	5.0
11374	New Products Developments in the Agroindustry	6.0
11745	Medicine and Society	4.0
11747	Unitary Operations for Agro-Industry	6.0
11746	Agro-Industrial Production	6.0
11749	Data Processing Technologies in Food Industry	3.0

2.º Semester
Code	Name	ECTS
11751	Forests and Human Health	7.0
11752	Nutrition and Metabolism	11.0
11753	Processing Technologies in Agro-Industry	6.0

2.º Semester - Opção 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
11755	Remote Sensing and Image Analysis	6.0
11758	Ethics and Biomedicine	3.0
11757	General Pharmacology	4.0
11754	Management and Water Quality	6.0
11756	Conversion Technologies of Agro-Industrial Residues	6.0
O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção.

2.º Year
Code	Name	ECTS
11764	Dissertation in Nutritional Phytotechnology for Human Health	42.0

3.º Semester
Code	Name	ECTS
11763	Food Additives II	3.0
11761	Functional Foods	3.0
11762	Medicinal Plants	4.0
11760	Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics	8.0