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Master of Food Processing Engineering

  • In extinction
Modality
In-person
Branch of knowledge
Engineering and Architecture
School(s)
Faculty of Sciences
Avda. Alfonso X O Sabio, s/n, 27002
Lugo
982824095 (Conserxaría)
982824009 (Decanato)
ciencias.decanato [at] usc.gal
Campus
Lugo
Coordinator
Carlos Herrero Latorre
Contact
carlos.herrero [at] usc.es

The new Master of Food Processing Engineering (MEPA) offered by the USC, and framed within the lines of the Teaching Specialization Guidance Plan of the Campus-TERRA. This master has a dual professional and academic-research orientation.

Duration: 1 academic year
RUCT code: 4316983
ECTS Number: 90
Seats number: 25

Dean or center director:
ASTERIA MARIA LUZARDO ALVAREZ
asteriam.luzardo [at] usc.es

Title coordinator:
Carlos Herrero Latorre
carlos.herrero [at] usc.es

Use languages:
Spanish

Coordinator university:
University of Santiago de Compostela

Partaker universities:
University of Santiago de Compostela

Xunta de Galicia title implantation authorization date:
Orde do 5/08/2019 (DOG do 14/08/2019)

BOE publication date:
8/07/2020

Last accreditation date:
05/06/2019

Condiciones de terminación:

Obligatorias: 30
Optativas: 30
Prácticas externas 18
Trabajo fin de máster: 12
Total: 90

No se contemplan

Physicochemical properties of food

  • P4221201
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Energy management of alimentary procedures

  • P4221202
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 3 Credits

Food nanotechnology

  • P4221203
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 3 Credits

Food dehydration processes

  • P4221204
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 3 Credits

Surveillance and control in food processing

  • P4221205
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 3 Credits

Characterization of food

  • P4221206
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 3 Credits

Advanced food analysis techniques

  • P4221207
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 3 Credits

Microwave irradiation in the food industry

  • P4221208
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 3 Credits

Food packaging

  • P4221209
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 3 Credits

Innovative techniques in food processing and nutrition improvement

  • P4221210
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 3 Credits

Project management

  • P4221211
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 3 Credits

Food additives and auxiliary manufacturing in food industries

  • P4221212
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 3 Credits

Separation processes through membrane technology

  • P4221213
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 3 Credits

The master is aimed at graduates of engineering degrees with academic training corresponding to the following titles: Engineering of Industrial Chemical Processes, Chemical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural and Agrifood Engineering, Agricultural Engineering and Rural Environment, Forestry and Natural Environment Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Industrial Design Engineering, Industrial Technologies Engineering, Textile Engineering, Food Science and Technology, Physics, Pharmacy, Veterinary, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology.

If the number of applications exceeds the number of vacancies offered, the admission of students will be carried out exclusively on the basis of the average-academic record obtained in the degree of access.

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Condiciones de terminación:

Obligatorias: 30
Optativas: 30
Prácticas externas 18
Trabajo fin de máster: 12
Total: 90

Plan de Acción Tutorial

Access

Para acceder ás ensinanzas oficiais de Máster será necesario estar en posesión de:
A.1. Un título universitario oficial español.
A.2. Un título expedido por unha institución de educación superior pertencente a outro Estado integrante do Espazo Europeo de Educación Superior que faculte no mesmo para o acceso a ensinos de Máster.
A.3. Un título pertencente a un sistema educativo alleo ao Espazo Europeo de Educación, previa comprobación pola Universidade de que o citado título acredita un nivel de formación equivalente aos correspondentes títulos universitarios oficiais españois e faculta no país expedidor do título para o acceso a ensinos de posgrao.
A.4. Un título superior das Ensinanzas Artísticas Superiores do sistema educativo español.

Admission

Modalidad: Matrícula directa

Titulaciones de acceso:

Titulados en Ingeniería de Procesos Químicos Industriales, Ingeniería Química, Ingeniería Agrícola, Ingeniería Agrícola y Agroalimentaria, Ingeniería Agrícola y del Medio Rural, Ingeniería Forestal y del Medio Natural, Ingeniería Civil, Ingeniería Mecánica, Ingeniería Eléctrica, Ingeniería Electrónica, Ingeniería en Diseño Industrial, Ingeniería en Tecnologías Industriales, Ingeniería Textil, Ciencia; Titulados en Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Física, Farmacia, Veterinaria, Bioquímica, Química, Biología, Biotecnología, y Grado en Nutrición y Dietética.

Los alumnos procedentes de países de lengua diferente al gallego, portugués ou español deberán acreditar el nivel de lengua gallega: Celga II, o española: B1, de acuerdo con el Acuerdo del Consejo de Gobierno de la USC de 30 de julio de 2018.
De non poseer alguno de los títulos, la USC les realizará una prueba de nivel y, de no superarla, deberán asistir a un curso intensivo de gallego o español en el primer semestre hasta alcanzar el nivel requerido

Información actualizada en cada convocatoria de matrícula

1º Provide specialized training to graduates of various degrees (engineering related to the primary sector, and other degrees whose academic training corresponds to degrees related to this field: chemistry, veterinary, biology, etc.) in all professional aspects related to food processing engineering (Food Processing Engineering), from its initial condition as a raw material capable of transforming and/or conditioning to its final destination as a consumer product. Special attention will be paid to the development of new processing technologies and new products, also taking into account other relevant aspects such as sustainability in production, efficient management of natural resources, quality control and marketing strategies of the processed product.

2º- Enable the retention of talent in such a way that the human capital captured in the Master can also be incorporated into TERRA Campus research groups (with lines of work related to food production and processing) to begin in research tasks that will allow them to complete their academic and research training by obtaining the corresponding doctorate degree.

- Poseer y comprender conocimientos que aporten una base u oportunidad de ser originales en el desarrollo y/o aplicación de ideas, a menudo en un contexto de investigación
- Que los estudiantes sepan aplicar los conocimientos adquiridos y su capacidad de resolución de problemas en entornos nuevos o poco conocidos dentro de contextos más amplios (o multidisciplinares) relacionados con su área de estudio
- Que los estudiantes sean capaces de integrar conocimientos y enfrentarse a la complejidad de formular juicios a partir de una información que, siendo incompleta o limitada, incluya reflexiones sobre las responsabilidades sociales y éticas vinculadas a la aplicación de sus conocimientos y juicios
- Que los estudiantes sepan comunicar sus conclusiones y los conocimientos y razones últimas que las sustentan a públicos especializados y no especializados de un modo claro y sin ambigüedades
- Que los estudiantes posean las habilidades de aprendizaje que les permitan continuar estudiando de un modo que habrá de ser en gran medida autodirigido o autónomo.

- Knowledge in specific and technological subjects, which enables them to learn new methods and theories, and gives them versatility to adapt to new situations.
- Ability to solve problems with initiative, decision making, creativity, critical reasoning and to communicate and transmit knowledge, skills and abilities in the field of Engineering and in the Food Industry sector.
- Ability to handle specifications, regulations and mandatory standards.
- Ability to analyse and assess the social and environmental impact of technical solutions.
- Ability to apply quality control principles and methods.
- Ability to organize and plan within the company, and other institutions and organizations.
- Knowledge of processes, methods and technologies with specific applications in the food industry.
- Ability to intervene in the design and development of healthier foods.
- Acquire training to develop the research activity, being able to formulate hypotheses, collect and interpret information for the resolution of problems following the scientific method, and understanding the importance and limitations of scientific thought in aspects related to the food sector and its industry.

- Conocer la cultura de orientación al mercado en el sector alimentario, los conceptos básicos de la dirección comercial, el entorno, la segmentación, el posicionamiento y las variables de comercialización de los productos en los mercados alimentarios.
- Saber analizar, gestionar y desarrollar procedimientos de gestión ambiental y de procesos en la industria alimentaria.
- Conocimiento de los sistemas de gestión de la calidad aplicados a la industria alimentaria.
- Saber aplicar un sistema de gestión de calidad, así como las normas, tanto voluntarias como de obligado cumplimiento, en la industria alimentaria.
- Conocer el marco legal, operaciones de proceso, instalaciones auxiliares y diseño de las principales industrias agroalimentarias.
- Conocer los sistemas de automatización de instalaciones eléctricas mediante automatismos digitales en autómatas programables y sistemas de visualización básicos de procesos productivos en panel de operador o PC.
- Capacidad para aplicar las competencias adquiridas en las materias del título en entidades y empresas, en cualquiera de los ámbitos relacionados con el Procesado de Alimentos.
- Saber realizar, presentar y defender individualmente ante un tribunal universitario un ejercicio integrador o de síntesis que permita aplicar las competencias adquiridas en las materias de la titulación.

- Capacidad de análisis y síntesis.
- Capacidad para organizar y planificar.
- Capacidad para trabajar en equipo.
- Demostrar compromiso ético.
- Capacidad para usar tecnologías de la información y comunicación.
- Capacidad para buscar, analizar y gestionar la información proveniente de fuentes diversas.
- Capacidad para la resolución de problemas
- Capacidad para tomar decisiones.
- Capacidad para transmitir conocimientos.
- Capacidad para el razonamiento crítico y la argumentación, y capacidad autocrítica.
- Capacidad para el aprendizaje autónomo.
- Capacidad para utilizar información en lengua extranjera.
- Demostrar iniciativa y espíritu emprendedor.
- Capacidad de aplicar los conocimientos a la práctica.

Mobility

La movilidad de los/as estudiantes está regulada a través del “Reglamento de intercambios interuniversitarios”. A través de la Oficina de Relaciones Exteriores se gestionan programas de intercambio tanto nacionales (SICUE), como europeos (ERASMUS) y extracomunitarios (intercambios con países de América Latina o países de habla inglesa):

Portal Internacional

Las facultades, además de los responsables citados arriba, cuentan con la colaboración de varios profesores/as que actúan como coordinadores académicos, y cuya función es tutorizar y asistir en sus decisiones académicas a los estudiantes propios y de acogida.

La selección de los candidatos se lleva a cabo, para cada convocatoria o programa, por una Comisión de Selección, compuesta por el Responsable académico de Movilidad del Centro, el/la responsable de la UAGCD y los/as coordinadores académicos, de acuerdo con criterios de baremación, previamente establecidos, que tienen en cuenta el expediente académico, una memoria y, en su caso, las competencias en idiomas que exige la Universidad de destino.

Internships

Los estudiantes recibirán información completa a través de la convocatoria correspondiente de prácticas en empresas, que se ajustará al Reglamento de Prácticas Académicas Externas de la USC.

Durante la realización de las prácticas, los estudiantes tendrán un tutor académico de la Universidad, que deberá ser profesorado de la titulación y un tutor externo de la entidad colaboradora con experiencia profesional y conocimientos necesarios para una tutela efectiva.

La evaluación se realizará según lo dispuesto en el artículo 25 del citado Reglamento: al finalizar el período de prácticas, el tutor externo remitirá al tutor académico un informe final y el estudiante elaborará una memoria de prácticas. El tutor académico, a la vista del informe del tutor externo y de la memoria, evaluará las prácticas desarrolladas emitiendo un informe de valoración.

El TFM consiste en la realización de un ejercicio integrador o de síntesis que permite aplicar las competencias adquiridas en las materias de la titulación. Se podrá realizar en alguna de las líneas de investigación ofertadas por los profesores del Máster, relacionadas con los campos citados. El tema de trabajo específico será asignado por la comisión académica del máster a cada alumno, teniendo en cuenta las líneas de trabajo ofertadas, las preferencias manifestadas por los alumnos y las disponibilidades de profesorado.

Fundamentalmente se trata de un módulo de trabajo personal del alumno, en el que se contemplan además las horas de tutoría personalizada con el profesor-tutor del TFM.

Para la realización y exposición del TFM la metodología docente de apoyo al alumno que va a utilizarse será la de tutorías individuales, con el fin de atender las necesidades específicas de cada trabajo fin de máster que deberá ser un ejercicio original e individual.

La utilización de la plataforma de la USC virtual permitirá agilizar el flujo de información bidireccionalmente entre alumno y profesor, imprimiendo agilidad a la docencia de la asignatura, y facilitando el acceso a la documentación por parte del alumno.

The MEPA master is taught by teaching and research staff belonging to the departments of the University of Santiago de Compostela. The teaching team is composed of 40 teachers, all of them PhD., from the areas of knowledge associated with the new title (Agroforestry Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Engineering-Projects, Food Technology, Analytical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology, Applied Physics, Organic Chemistry, Plant Production, Physical Chemistry, and Business Organization and Marketing), mainly belonging to the Faculty of Sciences and the School of Engineering. The teaching staff is made up of experts in their different areas with working experience and collaboration with companies and organizations in the sector.

Indicator

2019-2020

2020-2021

2021-2022

2022-2023

Offer

IN01
Offered places

Number of places offered for each academic year.

Scale info: Whole number

25,0

25,0

25,0

0,0

Enrolment

IN02
Enrollment

Number of students enrolled in an academic year without counting students from incoming mobility programs.

Scale info: Whole number

5,0

10,0

9,0

7,0

IN03
Access enrollment

Number of students enrolling in a study plan for the first time. This includes students who transfer their transcripts, access by partial validation of foreign studies or who adapt from plans in extinction.

Scale info: Whole number

5,0

5,0

4,0

0,0

IN04
New enrollment by pre-registration

Number of students who enroll in the first year of a study plan for the first time, that is, not counting students who access through partial validation of foreign studies, transfers or adaptations from plans in extinction.

Scale info: Whole number

5,0

5,0

4,0

0,0

IN05
Variation in new enrollment by pre-registration

Relative variation rate of new admission enrollment by pre-registration.

Scale info: Percentage with two decimal places.

-

0,0

-20,0

-

Admittance profile

IN06
Average access grade by pre-registration

Average entrance grade for pre-registration of students starting studies. Determines the entry profile.

Scale info: Rational number with two decimal places. The range goes from 0 to the maximum value that can be obtained in each academic year for pre-registration (some historical values ​​have been 10.00 points, 12.00 points or 14.00 points).

6,5346

7,1431

6,4163

-

IN08
Percentage of foreign students over total enrolled

Percentage of foreign students over enrolled students, excluding students enrolled in incoming mobility programs.

Scale info: Percentage with two decimal places

40,0

20,0

11,11

14,29

IN09
Percentage of national students from outside Galicia over total enrolled

Percentage of national students from outside Galicia on enrolled students, without counting students enrolled in incoming mobility programs.

Scale info: Percentage with two decimal places

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

IN13
Percentage of enrolled students who are USC graduates

Number of students enrolled in the master's program who graduated from USC.

Scale info: Percentage with two decimal places

-

60,0

44,44

42,86

Adaptation to demand

IN12
Occupancy rate

Number of new students entering through pre-registration divided by the places offered.

Scale info: Percentage with two decimal places

40,0

20,0

16,0

-

Indicator

2019-2020

2020-2021

2021-2022

2022-2023

External mobility

IN18
Percentage of students received by USC from mobility programs over total enrolled

Number of students received at USC in that degree from other universities (mobility programs) divided by the number of students enrolled in the degree.

Scale info: Percentage with two decimal places

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

Indicator

2020-2021

2021-2022

2022-2023

IN22
Percentage of graduates in an academic year who completed internships in companies or institutions during their studies

Percentage relationship between graduates of a degree in an academic year who have carried out internships in companies and institutions throughout their studies, out of the total number of students graduating in that degree and in that same academic year.

Scale info: Percentage with two decimal places

100,0

50,0

100,0

Indicator

2019-2020

2020-2021

2021-2022

2022-2023

Drop-out

IN41
Dropout rate under RD 1393/2007

Percentage relationship between students in a new admission cohort who should have obtained their degree in the previous academic year and who did not enroll in either that academic year or the previous one.

Scale info: Percentage with two decimal places

-

0,0

20,0

25,0

Assessment

IN36
Evaluation rate

Percentage relationship between the total number of ordinary credits for which the students applied and the total number of ordinary credits enrolled.

Scale info: Percentage with two decimal places

100,0

88,57

84,75

86,21

Average duration of studies

IN38
Average duration of studies

Average duration (in years) in which students take to complete the credits corresponding to the curriculum.

Scale info: Rational number with two decimal places

-

2,0

2,0

2,4

Efficiency of graduates

IN53
Efficiency rate (graduates' performance)

Percentage ratio between the total number of credits that a student passed during the degree in which he graduated and the total number of credits in which he enrolled.

Scale info: Percentage with two decimal places

-

100,0

100,0

94,94

Students per group

IN55
Average number of students enrolled in mandatory and basic training courses per theoretical group (lectures)

Relationship between the number of students enrolled in compulsory basic education subjects and the number of theory groups in those subjects.

Scale info: Rational number with two decimal places

5,0

4,6

4,6

-

IN56
Average number of students enrolled in elective courses per theoretical group (lectures)

Relationship between the number of students enrolled in optional subjects and the number of theory groups in those subjects.

Scale info: Rational number with two decimal places

4,4615

4,5833

5,4545

-

Success

IN35
Success rate

Percentage ratio between the total number of ordinary credits that students have passed and the total number of ordinary credits for which they have applied.

Scale info: Percentage with two decimal places

100,0

98,39

100,0

100,0

IN50
Success rate of graduates

Percentage relationship between the total number of credits that a student passed throughout the degree from which he/she graduated and the total number of credits that he/she applied for.

Scale info: Percentage with two decimal places

-

100,0

100,0

98,68

Graduation

IN37
Graduation rate

Percentage ratio between students who completed their studies within the time provided for in the study plan or in an additional academic year and their entry cohort. It shows information on the degree of effectiveness of the students and the institution in relation to their academic activity.

Scale info: Percentage with two decimal places

-

60,0

40,0

50,0

Performance

IN34
Performance rate

Percentage relationship between the total number of ordinary credits that students passed and the total number of ordinary credits in which they enrolled.

Scale info: Percentage with two decimal places

100,0

87,14

84,75

86,21

Satisfaction

IN19
Students' satisfaction with external internships

Average rating of the student satisfaction survey with external internships.

Scale info: Minimum 0.00, maximum 5.00

-

-

-

4,7222

IN20
Professional tutors' satisfaction with external internships

Average rating of the professional tutors' satisfaction survey with external internships.

Scale info: Minimum 0.00, maximum 5.00

-

5,0

4,67

4,78

IN42
General satisfaction of graduates with the degree program

Average rating of questions regarding satisfaction with the degree in the graduate survey.

Scale info: Minimum 0.00, maximum 5.00

-

3,26

3,55

-

IN46
Students' satisfaction with the teaching received

Average rating of the student satisfaction survey with the teaching received.

Scale info: Minimum 0.00, maximum 5.00

4,39

4,72

4,48

-

IN47
Teachers' satisfaction with the teaching provided

Average rating of the teacher satisfaction survey with the teaching provided.

Scale info: Minimum 0.00, maximum 5.00

4,2947

4,3688

4,4749

-

IN48
Response rate to the satisfaction survey

Percentage of response to the satisfaction survey by students.

Scale info: Percentage with two decimal places

100,0

80,0

40,0

-

Indicator

2019-2020

2020-2021

2021-2022

2022-2023

IN24
Percentage of Teaching and Research Staff (PDI) with six-year research periods

Percentage relationship between the PDI with six years and the total PDI with teaching in the degree and which can have six years

Scale info: Percentage with two decimal places

95,24

94,44

87,5

100,0

IN25
Percentage of PDI with a PhD over total PDI

Percentage ratio between the doctoral PDI and the total PDI with teaching in the title.

Scale info: Percentage with two decimal places

95,45

100,0

94,44

100,0

IN26
Percentage of civil servant PDI over total PDI

Percentage relationship between the official PDI and the total PDI with teaching in the degree.

Scale info: Percentage with two decimal places

54,55

61,11

61,11

55,56

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