The program sequence is defined in the Program and Examination Regulations. The standard program length including the master’s degree examination is four semesters. The program starts in the winter semester (October 1). The structure of the master's degree program in terms of semesters and modules is as follows:
1st semester (360 teaching hours, 30 credits)
- Landwirtschaftliche Erzeugung und Qualität
- International Economics
- Lebensmittelqualität und Hygiene
- Food Technology and Quality
- Management
- Qualitäts- und Umweltmanagement
2nd semester (360 teaching hours, 30 credits)
- Economics in Food Industry
- Spezielles Lebensmittelmarketing
- Economics in Agriculture
- Produktentwicklung
- Elective module 1
- Elective module 2
3rd semester (315 teaching hours, 30 credits)
- Methodenkompetenz (project)
- Elective module 3
- Elective module 4
- Elective module 5
- Elective module 6
- Elective module 7
4th semester (30 credits)
- Master’s thesis
- Master’s colloquium