Master of Food and Packaging Innovation

The Master of Food and Packaging Innovation is an advanced interdisciplinary degree that combines food science, entrepreneurship and innovation in product and packaging design.

You'll have the opportunity to gain industry experience through an internship with a dynamic business in the food sector to build your network and accelerate your career.

Study the world’s only masters degree in food and packaging innovation at Australia’s number 1 university¹, and set yourself up for a career in leadership in a vital and growing sector.

Learn Industry-relevant skills

This unique course was developed in collaboration with the food and packaging industries to fill a need for food and food packaging product developers in Australia.

Scientists at the University of Melbourne are working to develop new food products and design innovative packaging to improve food quality and sustainability. Throughout your degree, you’ll be exposed to the latest research in food and packaging while hearing from industry experts via guest lectures.

Develop advanced knowledge

The core suite of subjects in the Master of Food and Packaging Innovation is designed to help you build the knowledge and skills required to develop and market new food products and innovative and sustainable packaging designs.

You’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of food science, critical thinking, innovation, leadership and packaging, and discover advanced research and its practical application in commercial settings.

Choose from a wide range of elective subjects and focus on key aspects of food science, such as meat products and dairy, or key aspects of food industry, such as science commercialisation and value chain analysis.

Get hands-on experience

You can choose to undertake an internship as part of the Master of Food and Packaging Innovation. This unique placement opportunity provides access to some of Australia’s most well-known brands and state-of-the-art facilities, as well as providing opportunities for mentoring and network-building. You could intern at a leading food and packaging company such as Mondelēz International, Food Innovation Australia or Simplot.

Enter an exciting and creative field

The Master of Food and Packaging Innovation prepares you for a range of interesting and creative careers. You could:

• Develop new food products
• Design innovative food packaging to improve food quality and sustainability
• Formulate strategies to market new products based on your scientific knowledge and business acumen.

You will analyse innovative food product and packaging designs from concept to delivery. This will allow you to develop the skills needed to create innovative food products that address key issues such as:

• Transportability
• Durability
• Tamper proofing and perishability issues
• Environmental, economic, social and ethical issues.

¹Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022

English language requirements

All applicants to the University of Melbourne must satisfy the English language requirements. This may be achieved in a number of ways, including recognised previous study taught and assessed entirely in English or an approved English language test. If you are from a non-English speaking background, the required standard of English for this degree is one of the following English proficiency test scores:

• English language test score requirements

• If you need to undertake an English language test, you must meet one of the scores* below:

  IELTS

  6.5

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  with no band less than 6.0

  TOEFL

  79+

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  with writing 21; speaking 18; reading 13; listening 13

  PEARSON

  64+

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  with no communicative skill below 60

  CAMBRIDGE

  176+

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  with no skill less than 169

  *Accepted tests: IELTS (Academic English Only); TOEFL Internet-based test; Pearson Test of English Academic; Cambridge English: Advanced/Certificate of Advanced English (CAE). If a test displays N/A, it means it is not accepted for this course.

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