The Department of Food Business and Development is a leader in research and teaching in all aspects of the food supply chain, from farm to consumer. The Department employs 15 full-time academic staff, 6 research staff, and 85 full-time postgraduate research students.

The Department staff conducts research in Food Economics; Food Management; Food Marketing; Co-operative Business and Rural Development. All aspects of the Food Chain, from farm to consumer, are researched, including food safety issues.  

The Department of Food Business and Development can be contacted using the following information:

Departmental Address
Department of Food Business and Development,
O'Rahilly Building,
University College Cork, Western Road, Cork,
Ireland.
Email
foodeconomics@ucc.ie
Phone
021 4902570 or internationally 00 353 21 4902570

Members of the Food Business Research Group

From Left to Right: Dr. Alan Collins, Dr. Joe Bogue, Dr. Pat Enright, Professor Denis I. F. Lucey, Dr. Mary McCarthy, Dr. Michael Keane and Dr. Seamus O'Reilly.

Postgraduate opportunities are available for the Academic Year 2007/2008 on the following programmes:

MSc in Food Business (closing date July 1st 2007) and Postgraduate Diploma in Co-operative Organisation, Food Marketing and Rural Development

MSc in FOOD BUSINESS 2007/2008

The Department of Food Business and Development offers a two-year full-time MSc in Food Business that is ideally suited to graduates who wish to pursue a career in strategic marketing or management in the dynamic food sector. A food industry placement is a central part of this programme. Candidates must have achieved a First or Second Class Honours Degree. Relevant degrees include Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Business Studies, BA, BSc Food Science, BSc Food Technology, BSc Nutritional Sciences, BAgrSc., or equivalent degrees. The MSc in Food Business programme will begin in October 2007 and details are available from the postgraduate website http://www.ucc.ie/en/CKR23/ or

http://www.ucc.ie/academic/foodecon/FoodBusiness/Postgrad/mscfb_g.html

The closing date for completed applications is the 1^st July 2007 and applications can be submitted on-line via the Postgraduate Applications Centre at http://www.pac.ie

The MSc in Food Business programme will begin in October 2007 and details are available from the postgraduate website http://www.ucc.ie/en/CKR23/ or

http://www.ucc.ie/academic/foodecon/FoodBusiness/Postgrad/mscfb_g.html

Contact: Dr Joe Bogue (021 4902355) or  Dr Michael Ward for more information and an application form for any of the above programmes.

Mr Dan Flinter, CEO Enterprise Ireland awarding the trophy to the winning Food Business students with their lecturer Dr. Joe Bogue.

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Website last updated 7/02/2007 webmaster Dr. Joe Bogue