Do you want to become a Food Entrepreneur? Are you dreaming of having your own successful food start-up or do you envision yourself as an entrepreneurial farmer? Read on, because Aeres University of Applied Sciences Dronten and Food Hub now offer an English-language degree program in food entrepreneurship.
“The hardest part of starting up is starting out.” Then why wait until you graduate? If you want to become an entrepreneur you have to start now. This one year BSC program offers you the real deal: during this year you are going to set up your own (food) business and market your product and service. We will go out of the school building and meet with people who are now defining food entrepreneurship in the Netherlands so that you will be surrounded by smart, passionate people and will be provided with the best tools and approaches at your disposal. On top of all this, personal coaching will be offered to support you in building a company in line with your dreams, qualities and values. You’ll take giant leaps toward creating a business, becoming a founder, and connecting with the right people and resources.
A food revolution is taking place at this very moment: goodbye to fast food – welcome good, clean and fair food. In the urbanizing world there is a need to reconnect people to their food. As a graduate of the bachelor Food Entrepreneurship, you will have the right knowledge and skills to build business with this future challenge in mind, social entrepreneurship is much needed and almost considered as a basis for every successful business. Graduates are entrepreneurial and innovative persons who are used to work in multidisciplinary teams, able to use the abilities to contribute to a food system that can feed the world in a sustainable way.
A set of two minors will be offered to the students, the first is ‘Food systems in transition’; the second unit is ‘Company and product’.
Minor Food systems in transition
You will start with a 1-week bootcamp. In this week, current developments in the food system in The Netherlands will be shown, together with a teambuilding component.
During the specialization classes you will learn about:
Minor Company and product
You will start with a 1-week study tour to introduce you to this minor. In this minor, you will learn more about ways to set up a company and how to market a product. The following topics will be dealt with:
Minor The market
In this minor, you will learn all you need to bring your product or service on the market. The following topics will be dealt with:
Synthesis and Proof of Proficiency
In the last part of your studies you will research a topic you choose, either connected to a traineeship or based on your own company or product. During this part of the programme, you are challenged to further develop the necessary competencies for one of the positions related to their major.
You have to write and defend an Ingenieur thesis relevant to the sector and related to your field of expertise, as a proof of your scientific and academic skills.
Apply now for this program (via Aeres University of Applied Sciences)