Structure

    This course commences in November 2017.  It is a 24 month full-time. MSc run by Maynooth University. Successful applicants will have their fees paid and will receive an annual bursary of €20,000 to cover their living and some travel expenses.  The initial two months will involve extensive induction with Bord Bia first, then with Maynooth.  You will be spending some time with Deloitte Digital learning about Customer Journeys and Customer Experience mapping.  You will meet key executives in Bord Bia and in Maynooth and you will study modules on category Management and Brexit.

    From January, you will join the formal MSc modules and will attend classes in Maynooth two days per month.  Your assignments will be project based and, on occasion, you will be based with a host company and will be working on building their innovation capability and their pipeline.

    In summer 2018, you will be visiting some international exemplars of global best practice in Switzerland.  Two more semesters of course work follow with a capstone project as the finishing element of the programme.  You will be graduating in February 2020 with a superb qualification as well as valuable experience in food innovation and a super industry contact list and very possibly, even,  a job.  But that last bit is not guaranteed.

    Fees

    The programme receives financial support from Bord Bia and leading food and drinks companies in Ireland. Participants on the programme will have their fees paid and will, in addition, receive a bursary of €20,000 per annum for the two years of the programme.

    Placements and Projects

    Placements and industry projects are an integral part of the programme and they provide participants an opportunity to bridge or translate the theory of innovation and strategy into practice.  They also equip students with a fantastic opportunity to learn from host companies; their channel customers and their consumers and to foster new and enduring relationships with key stakehlders in the industry

    Application Procedure

    Successful entry onto the programme involves the completion of an application form, psychometric tests and an interview at an assessment centre. The application form is the first part of the process and selecte candidates will then be asked to complete the subsequent steps in the selection process.