FOODI Erasmus+ Project

MSc Course in Food processing and Innovation-FOODI

FOODI has been funded with support from the European Commission (project ref. no.: 598987-EPP-1-2018-1-MY-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP)

About us
Associate Prof. Dr. Margaret Chan Kit Yok, Prof. Dr. Ling Siew Eng, Prof. Dato Dr. Jamil Hamali, Associate Prof. Dr. Mohamad Isa Mohammadin and Associate Prof Sharifah Anom Omar are the five researchers from the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sarawak Branch taking part in the FOODI project.

Project scopes on improvement of the sustainability of the industry in Malaysia and strengthening of collaboration and development between European and Asian universities.

FOODI project aims to create a totally new MSc programme incorporating for the first time innovation management and food processing curricula with a view to turning the local food processing sector into a driver of social and economic growth. The FOODI consortium is a strong and mature partnership of Asian and EU academic institutions, most of whom are listed in the prestigious World University Rankings, by Times Higher Education. The 10 Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) from partner countries comes from Malaysia, Cambodia, and Thailand in which food-industry plays a key role in economic and social development thus covering a large part of the region of Asia. All EU HEIs are specialized in Food science and technology.

FOODI will impact academic professionals and administrative staff working in the PC HEIs and other HEIs by establishing FOODI centers. It is anticipated to act as foci for research and innovation in the area thus ensuring that Food Processing & Innovation will remain high in the regional priorities agenda academically but also in terms of policy, for a long time after the project has been completed. Academic professionals and administrative staff from partners’ HEIs will continue to benefit from them, but research gains will spill over to the inter-regional and global academic community thus benefiting other stakeholders as well such as researchers, experts, associations or networks of HEIs, research institutes and industry actors.

FOODI will have a significant long-term impact on students at a national, regional, international levels after the project since the programme will continue being delivered and increase its students’ intakes in the years after the project through internationalization in accordance to the recommendations of the “Bologna process implementation” report.

Finally, the FOODI will impact the industry through the continuation, expansion and growth of the internship programme and the VET courses being delivered. FOODI initial success will mean that more companies will join the programme after the project by offering internship placements or training their personnel.