Master Sciences et technologies de l'agriculture, de l'alimentation et de l'environnement, Parcours : Qualité et sécurité en alimentaire (QSA)

• The candidate in master 1 must have a Bac+3 degree in the field of science and technology (chemistry, biochemistry, biology).
• The candidate in master 2 must have a Bac+4 degree in the field of agri-food.

Have experience in the agri-food sector (IUT IAA, BTS IAA, L3 food science), in particular by completing one or more internships.

• SCIENCES, Marseille St-Jérôme

- QSA involves around 20 AMU teachers, half from the Institute of Molecular Sciences in Marseille (UMR CNRS 73 13) and the other half from other universities and EPST (INRAE, INSERM and CNRS). The specifications are to provide the state of the art of research in the disciplinary fields of the master's degree (nutrition-metabolism, food science and technology, toxicology, etc.).

- Four specific projects of the course (out of 8) are devoted to research issues, targeting emerging risks in particular.

- The M1 and M2 internships can be carried out in a research laboratory.

The QSA graduate will be able to implement a global quality and food safety approach in line with the issues related to the company, the market, regulations and the environment, thanks to the following learning outcomes:

• Know the evolution of food constituents from the field to the cell

• Understand the fundamental technologies in the agri-food industries

• Know the specific risks related to the safety of food products

• Develop food analytical and control strategies

• Know the quality management tools in the agri-food sector

• Know the regulatory and socio-economic aspects of the agri-food sector

• Implement an integrated quality-safety-health at work-environment management system

• Deploy a methodology for developing an innovative food product

• Conduct a research project in nutrition or food science

• Knowing the evolution of food constituents from the field to the cell
• Apprehend the fundamental technologies in the food industry
• Know the specific risks related to the safety of food products
• Developing analytical and control strategies for the food industry
• Knowledge quality management tools in agri-food
• Know the regulatory and socio-economic aspects of the agri-food sector
• Implement an integrated quality-workplace health-environment management system
• Develop a methodology for the development of an innovative food product
• Conduct a research project in nutrition or food science

- Two mandatory internships, in M1 (2 to 4 months) and in M2 (6-month internship or work-study program) are carried out in a company or research laboratory.

- Eight supervised projects are carried out by the group student (in groups of 2 or 3) under the supervision of two teachers each.

- A group project (5 to 7 students) to create an innovative food product over two years, involves 14 teachers and is the subject of 7 milestones and 3 defenses. Each year, 6 innovative food products are created in the QSA course, as well as their companies and their industrial and managerial strategies.

The pedagogy is centered on the student, particularly through inversed teaching, student specific projects (8 in total) and the project of creating new and novel food products. In addition, the student is called upon to participate in the evaluation of certain specific projects.

• H1206 Management et ingénierie études, recherche et développement industriel (fr)
• H1302 Management et ingénierie Hygiène Sécurité Environnement -HSE- industriels (fr)
• H1502 Management et ingénierie qualité industrielle (fr)
• K1505 Protection des consommateurs et contrôle des échanges commerciaux (fr)
• K2402 Recherche en sciences de l'univers, de la matière et du vivant (fr)

• 112F Biochimie des produits alimentaires ; Biochimie appliquée aux procédés industriels (fr)
• 118F Biologie de l'agronomie et de l'agriculture ; Biologie des produits et des contrôles alimentaires ; Biopharmacologie (fr)
• 221R Contrôle de qualité alimentaire (fr)

• Health, Safety, Quality and Environment Manager.

• Biotechnology, bioremediation engineer, Genomics and plant improvement engineer.

• Polyvalent engineer in the food industry.

• Quality manager.

• Research officer, Project manager.

• R&D manager.

• Fraud inspector

The in job rate at 6 months of the QSA course is 83%, including an average of 4 DGCCRF inspectors per year between 2018 and 2024.