More information about the individual modules can be found in the module catalog.

The first year
of the study program is about expanding the basic knowledge of natural science and food chemistry acquired during the Bachelor’s degree. During this year the compulsory modules are primarily meant to strengthen and build upon the knowledge and skills learned in the Bachelor’s program. Foci are:

• Food Chemistry and Analysis
• Food and Ecotoxicology
• Food Microbiology and Hygiene
• Foodstuff Legislation
• Food Process Engineering

The theoretical knowledge will be put into practice in exercise courses in the laboratories.

The semi-elective modules in the first and second subject-related semesters can also be used to catch up on subjects such as foodstuff legislation and instrumental analytics if they were not included in the Bachelor’s program.

The second year
of the program is about choosing your individual specialization and acquiring subject-specific competences (these can also be acquired at a non-university institution in Germany or abroad). The Master’s program Food Chemistry is offered in cooperation with the University of Stuttgart. This gives you the opportunity to complete compulsory as well as elective modules at the University of Stuttgart.

The Master's thesis
at the end of your program is a first opportunity to independently work in a scientific topic in a research-oriented context. The topic of the Master's thesis is therefore closely related to current research issues of the concerned institutes of the Faculties of Natural Sciences and Agricultural Sciences (University of Hohenheim), or the Faculty of Chemistry or the Faculty of Energy-, Process- and Bio-Engineering (University of Stuttgart).