Summer Program Food Product Development at Sup’Biotech: 2021 SupBiotech Paris

Introduction

Sup'Biotech is a private engineering school located in the Paris metropolitan area, that is specialized in various emerging biotechnology-related fields. Sup'Biotech is part of the IONIS Institute of Technology cluster.

It is one of the top biotech schools in France and is part of IONIS, France’s leading higher private education group. Its students go on into top positions in an array of industries including the health, bioinformatics, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industries, green industries, and agribusiness.

Presentation

Sup’Biotech’s unique curriculum combines science and engineering coursework with management skills and industry-specific technical knowledge, preparing students for dynamic careers in research, management, and communication roles. Our graduates possess not only the expertise needed in STEM-based careers but the interpersonal and management skills to effectively deliver their message.

The summer program Food Product Development takes place on our campus and online from July 5 to July 23. Students come from around the world to study in English, go on our cultural trips and befriend other students from different cultures in an experience often described by participants as “unforgettable”. Our students also learn about the domestic and international biotechnology markets. Sup’Biotech’s professors come from diverse training and educational backgrounds, such as universities, research centers, and industry.

Sup’Biotech’s students are prepared for a wide range of responsibilities in various biotechnology and international corporations, working in the fields of health, cosmetics, the environment, pharmaceuticals, and agribusiness.

Food Product Development

New food products are developed and tested every day, then brought to market by companies that have spent millions on R&D. This program has been designed to help our students intimately understand this process. Students will perform food science-related lab work and develop food products, culminating in a project that combines product design with business and marketing concepts. Lab work is coupled with market research and business implementation to give students a realistic look at the food science industries.

Cultural trips and site visits

The Summer Program is as much about having fun as it is about learning! During the program, students make the most of their time in France by going on a boat tour down the Seine River, visiting a huge indoor waterpark, going to an action adventure park called Koézio, visiting the Palace of Versailles, and spending a day at Disneyland Paris, among other trips. They also visit biotech conferences, a brewery, and other trips designed to show the “application” side of biotechnology.

Language courses

Included in the program fees are language courses. “Survival French” will be given to students who need to brush up their French skills. Students who already speak French fluently will be given “Advanced French” classes that give a new level of refinement to their spoken and technical French. (2 ECTS credits for language.)

Housing

Students live in shared rooms in Paris with host families or in Student apartments (with full access to a kitchen). Sup’Biotech has worked with host families extensively; they ensure students have an insight into French culture and are well-provided for.

Students will receive a certificate granting them the equivalent of 6 ECTS

Languages: 2 ECTS Seminars, courses: 2 ECTS Projects: 2 ECTS