official title Grado en Gastronomía
duration / ECTS 4 years / 240 ECTS
places / campus 60 / Castellón
teaching languages Spanish & English
learning outcomes Competencies
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Studying at the CEU UCH means choosing a University which is different both in the ‘what’ and the ‘how’. We offer a combination of experience and innovation. It is about being truly international and yet with strong local roots. In short, we can offer you everything you need to be whatever you want to be.

Grado en GASTRONOMÍA

A unique campus right on the Mediterranean coastline

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What makes us different?

1. Innovative approach

The objective of this Bachelor's Degree is to train professionals specialized in culinary techniques, but also qualified to direct and manage a restaurant anywhere in the world.

It is not just about training the most innovative and advanced chefs, but also about guaranteeing the best training in professional management for the gastronomic and catering sector. That is why this is the only official Bachelor's Degree that combines haute cuisine with management and mixes the key ingredients of food with the techniques to generate the most profitable gastronomic business. Because nowadays great chefs are also a brand, right?

2. To be the best you have to train with the best

At an academic level, the program is based on the following basic pillars of knowledge:

  • Pilar one: Gastronomy.
    It encompasses all skills on food product and culinary techniques. Learning everything about the nature of food and how to apply the best cooking techniques at all times, for each service, for each style, for each project. That implies (yes) stepping into the kitchen, but also entering the chemistry and nutrition laboratories. This means getting your hands dirty and trying again and again what you learn every week. If you think that gastronomy is learned only by studying, this degree is not for you. Our way of understanding gastronomy is by making it and doing it for real. This means that, for example, from what a student pays as academic fees, we invest about 2,000 euros on average every year for the purchase of raw materials that he/she will need to prepare the dishes, so that they can make a mistake cooking, for instance, with most expensive tuna in the world, or perhaps would you prefer to cook it for the first time when customers are already waiting at the table? By the way, do you think that in all universities you learn to cook like this? Take a look around, because you will discover that the answer is no. You might just discover that in some universities gastronomy is based primarily on classrooms and paper notes. We think that to be the best you can only learn by working with the best from the beginning. The best on origin and food traceability, the best on food safety, the best on gastronomic innovation, the best on nutrition and health.
  • Pillar two: Business Management.
    In this Bachelor's Degree you will learn management and strategic direction with a practical approach applied to catering companies. We say companies because we do not just talk about restaurants, right? Catering companies refer also to hotel chains, cruise ships, catering services... and the food industry that is always launching new prepared food products, a market trend that is growing exponentially. A growing sector that not only needs chefs and labor, it also needs business and brains.
  • Pillar three: Languages.
    Amidst the rise of international cuisine, you cannot be a professional in the sector without a good level of specialized English. That is why we offer complementary English sessions for level improvement, subjects on specific English within the program and even the possibility of studying most of the first year entirely in English. You choose, but do not forget that you cannot stop choosing to have the right professional English skills.
  • Pillar Four: Creativity.
    This Bachelor's Degree integrates subjects related to creativity, design and artistic trends. This knowledge will give the student the ability to generate complete gastronomic experiences through the design of spaces, the creation of events and the generation of emotions. Because in a way, gastronomy is also an art, and art must move us, right?
  • Pillar five: Specialize or be just like everyone else

The program includes the following specialization itineraries:

Executive Chef Innovation - Research in Gastronomy
This itinerary teaches the most innovative culinary techniques. You will learn about new gastronomic trends and be initiated in the field of research. The purpose is for the student to reach the highest culinary level, knowing how to adapt to culinary trends and applying creative and research processes in the kitchen. An itinerary that trains you to be one of the best gastronomy professionals.
Gastronomic Business Food & Beverage
With this itinerary, students acquire advanced skills in the field of management in order to work as Manager or Food and Beverages Director. A highly specialized profession to manage the F&B department of large catering and tourism companies. An itinerary that trains you to be one of the best food management professionals.

3. Avant-garde facilities.

Without avant-garde facilities you cannot study avant-garde cuisine. That is why all the practical part of this degree takes place at GASMA Gastronomy & Culinary Management Campus. GASMA is located at only 5 minutes from our University in Castellón. Its facilities are considered by many to be the best for gastronomy training in all southern Europe. In fact, specialization programs for professionals around the world take place at GASMA and it is not uncommon to meet a chef with two or three Michelin stars teaching a Masterclass during any other week of the course. From the first year, students of this Bachelor's Degree develop hours and hours of practical sessions in these unique facilities. Because (as we have already said) for us and for GASMA the only way to learn gastronomy is by doing gastronomy. You can get to know GASMA Gastronomy & Culinary Management Campus better at this link.

4. Profession in the classroom.

To be a good professional of gastronomy (one of the best) you must be in contact with the best professionals in the sector, it seems logical does it not? That is why the best kitchen professionals collaborate in the teaching methodology of this degree. Michelin star chefs and other international award winners teach intensification seminars, develop practical workshops, and have been involved in the development of the contents and techniques of all subjects. Since cooking is a contact profession, it is good to be in contact with the best from day one.

5. International vocation.

In your day to day at CEU Cardenal Herrera University you will be surrounded by students who come from more than 100 countries and this will be a unique experience for you. This Bachelor's Degree is studied by young people of more than 35 different nationalities. In fact, more than 75% of students in this degree are international, young people who come from countries in Europe, America, Africa and Asia to study with us. That is why if you study Gastronomy at CEU and with GASMA Gastronomy & Culinary Management Campus you already know that a good part of your classmates will be from here and there and from that country that you did not even know. Of course they will all have something in common: the passion to be the best internationally, do you feel that passion?

By the way, you better have a good suitcase because some of the regulated or voluntary practical classes we offer are in restaurants around the world.

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The TFG involves students completing their own original research projects that include and expand upon on topics studied on the course and require students to use the skills and abilities they have acquired throughout their degree. The aim of the dissertation is to teach students how to look for, structure, organise and evaluate relevant information in order to help them develop their own opinions, including how to approach topics with a social, scientific, technological or ethical nature, and how to develop their own thoughts, criticisms and logical and creative judgments.

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If you’d like to enhance your education by spending a period of study at another international university, you can. If you’d like to learn from lecturers visiting from universities across the world, you can. We have academic agreements with institutions in Europe and across the globe, so with us, you can.

Formación
Learn

Seminars and workshops given by lecturers visiting from universities in Europe and the Americas.

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Experience

Student exchange programmes for you to have a study period abroad – if you want to do it, we can make it happen.

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Key partnerships

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Practical information about mobility programmes

All the information you need to arrange your mobility programme is right here. With the Erasmus+ programme, you can undertake a study period at other European universities. The SICUE programme gives you the opportunity to study at other universities in Spain and there are other mobility programmes for the Americas. If you have any queries or you want personalized help to arrange your mobility programme, get in touch with the University’s International Relations service.

Erasmus+

First steps:

  • November 2021-February 2022: publication of the 2022/2023 call and Pre-selection of destinations.
  • February 2022: Language test

You will be informed about further steps later.

Important:

Wait for further indications on how to access the application for your Erasmus+ grant for studies and assist to our online informative talks that will take place at the beginning of the process.

CEU UCH Mobility Office contact e-mail: [email protected]

What is it?

It is a grant given to students to undertake a period of study at another higher education institution in Europe or in a partner country participating in Erasmus+.

Objectives

  • Overall, to encourage student mobility.
  • To enable students to benefit educationally, linguistically and culturally from learning experiences in other European countries.
  • To encourage cooperation between institutions and to enrich the educational environment of the host institutions.
  • To contribute to the creation of a community of well-rounded and open-minded young professionals who have a global outlook.
  • To facilitate credit transfers and the recognition of periods of study abroad via the ECTS or similar credit systems.

What you need to know

  • During this period, the student will be exempt from paying tuition fees at the host institution.
  • Students must receive a learning agreement in writing regarding the studies to be undertaken in the host country.
  • At the end of the period abroad, the host institution must provide a certificate to the Erasmus+ student and the home institution, detailing that the student has completed the programme and providing a statement of results.
  • Erasmus+ grants are compatible with any other type of grant, study aid, or loan obtained in Spain that the student may have.
  • All the information regarding the language test is provided by the Languages Service
  • List of certificates recognized by ACLES

Contact

For more information, contact our Mobility Office at [email protected]

And if you already know what you want to do, get in touch with:

Partner universities

Please note: this section is due to be updated

Required documents

PLEASE NOTE: In order to be eligible for the award of an Erasmus+ for students grant, you must submit all the required documentation and forms, which the Mobility Office can provide to you, and your application must be accepted by the host university.

You must submit the following items, including all the appropriate information, to [email protected] (or at the International Students Services office if the original documents are required).

  • A photocopy of your NIE/NIF document
  • A photocopy of your European Health Insurance Card (which must be valid for the complete period abroad) PLEASE NOTE: the grant will not be paid until we receive a copy of your European Health Insurance Card. Before leaving for their period abroad, students must ensure they are carrying the card.
  • The grant agreement (contrato de subvención) between the University and the student. You must fill in the information marked in yellow and sign the document. You must hand in the ORIGINAL at the International Student Services office.
  • The Learning Agreement fully filled in, stamped and signed by the three interested parties (the CEU UCH academic coordinator, the host university and the student).
  • Photocopy of the bank account to which the grant will be paid, for which the student must be the account holder.
  • Signed and filled in form for the CEU UCH travel grant (“Bolsa CEU”) in order to be considered for this.
  • Signed liability waiver (exención de responsabilidades).

During the period at the host university (in order to receive the first grant instalment):

  • Confirmation of arrival certificate (certificado de estancia) signed and stamped by the host university. Its date must be the same as that of your arrival or afterwards – it cannot be dated prior to your arrival.
  • If any changes are made to your Learning Agreement, you must re-submit the new version, fully filled in, stamped and signed by the three interested parties (the CEU UCH academic coordinator, the host university and the student).
  • If you decide to extend your period abroad (without exceeding the maximum period allowed under the Erasmus+ scheme), fill in and submit period extension form (solicitud de ampliación de estancia). In this case, the initial Learning Agreement will need to be modified, signed by the three parties, and resubmitted.
  • Mobile telephone number and address of your accommodation in the host country.

On your return (to receive the final 30% of your grant):

  • The ORIGINAL attendance certificate (certificado de estancia), signed and stamped by the host university, with the details of the completion of your stay. It must be signed on the date of your final day at the host university or afterwards (it must not be dated before the end of your stay).
  • If any changes are made to your Learning Agreement, you must re-submit the new version, fully filled in, stamped and signed by the three interested parties (the CEU UCH academic coordinator, the host university and the student).
  • When the host university sends a transcript of your results, you must then submit this to the CEU UCH academic coordinator.
  • If you wish to withdraw from Erasmus+ scheme at any time, you must fill in the withdrawal form (formulario de renuncia) and send it to [email protected].

Student must also contact their Erasmus Coordinator and provide him or her with a report on their stay and a copy of the transcript of results.

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SICUE

The SICUE Program is an exchange scheme between Spanish universities and not a grant. It is overseen by Spain’s Ministry of Education and run by the Spain university rectors’ association, the Conferencia de Rectores de las Universidades Españolas (CRUE)

This exchange scheme enables students to undertake part of their studies at another Spanish university, with guarantees that the time spent studying there and the results achieved will be recognized by the home university. No funding is available for the SICUE programme.

This programme makes it possible for students to experience different teaching systems, including those concerning practical training, as well as the different social and cultural contexts of other regions and cities in Spain.

Application

February 2022: publication of the 2022/2023 call.

Requirements

Students can request an exchange with universities with which CEU UCH has a bilateral agreement, if they fulfil the following requirement:

Undergraduates: to have been awarded at least 45 credits and to be enrolled on at least 30 more.

The credit requirement must have been met on 30th September of this academic year, with the academic year prior to the SICUE mobility programme taking place being taken into account for compliance with requirements.

  • Master’s and doctoral programmes are not eligible for the SICUE programme.
  • The stay at the host university may be for half an academic year (3, 4, 5 or 6 months depending on the organization of the host university’s academic year) or a complete academic year.
  • A complete academic year entails enrolling on at least 45 credits and half an academic year entails a minimum of 24 credits.
  • Failed courses: on the condition that this does not contravene the home university’s internal regulations, and subject to the approval of the academic coordinator, the student may include in the learning agreement one, and only one, course that he or she has previously failed.
  • Once the student has arrived and made contact with the host university, the student must send back the arrival certificate.

For financial purposes, the student continues to be a CEU Cardenal Herrera student, meaning that he or she must enrol at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University when the enrolment period opens, and must continue to pay the tuition fees to the University. The student is exempt from paying fees at the host institution. No funding is available for the SICUE programme.

The student must enrol at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University when the enrolment period opens, even though they are to undertake a stay at another university.

Students must put their choices in order of preference, choosing a maximum of five options.

The documents must be sent to [email protected]

LIST OF UNIVERSITIES WITH WHICH A BILATERAL AGREEMENT EXISTS

Coordinators

Each study programme has an academic coordinator who is responsible for advising students on how to fill in the learning agreement.

Useful documents

Contact information

International Relations Office - Mobility Section

C/ Luis Vives, 1. Edif. Beato Luis Campos Górriz 46115 Alfara del Patriarca (Valencia)
Email: [email protected]
Tel.: 96 136 90 00

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Consult the academic calendar for the 2023/2024 for the Valencia, Elche and Castellón campuses.

The academic calendar for the academic year 2024/2025 in Castellón is also available

Then you can also check the calendars and exam sessions, as well as the class schedules where the Gastronomy (Grado en Gastronomía) is taught.

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Memory and reports

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Survey results

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Monitoring

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  • An internal monitoring report (ISI) is drawn up every year, on the basis of the indicators and evidence from the Internal Quality Assurance System (SAIC, its Spanish abbreviation). The report provides an analysis of the degree’s operations, makes proposals for improvement, and monitors results and progress.

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Guidelines

  • All members of the university community and stakeholders can submit suggestions, complaints or messages of thanks.
  • Suggestions, complaints or messages of thanks can be expressed individually or on behalf of a team.
  • To submit a suggestion, complaint or message of thanks, you must provide the personal data requested in the form, or the submission will not be processed.
  • The suggestions mailbox can be accessed directly from the website. It functions via email, meaning that replies will be sent to the user via the specified email address.
  • The Strategic Development and Quality Unit will forward the suggestions, complaints or messages of thanks to the corresponding unit or department heads, who will then reply to the user who submitted them.
  • The Strategic Development and Quality Unit will only play the role of intermediary and has no decision-making capacity in this respect.
  • The mailbox is open to public submissions, but submissions themselves will not be made public: only the Strategic Development and Quality Unit will have access to them.

Suggestions Box Reports

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Regulations

The University and its various internal bodies establish the regulations for the organization and operation of the different degree programmes. These regulations are approved by the University’s Governing Council, which also ensures that they are appropriately applied and updated.

  • Regulations for the Continuation of Studies and Enrolment Conditions for Bachelor’s Degrees
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  • Normativa
    Specific regulations for students of Gastronomy
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  • Regulations Concerning Continuous Assessment at the CEU UCH
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  • General Regulations Concerning End-of-Degree Projects (TFGs) and End-of-Master’s Degree Projects (TFMs).
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  • Regulations on the Recognition and Transfer of Credits
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  • Normativa sobre Enseñanzas Propias y Formación Permanente de la Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera
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  • Reglamento para el reconocimiento académico en créditos ECTS por la participación en actividades culturales, deportivas, de representación estudiantil, solidarias y de cooperación en los títulos de Grado
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  • Normativa de compensación de calificaciones de la Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera
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  • ADMINISTRATION OF THE ERASMUS+, SICUE AND IBEROAMÉRICA PROGRAMMES – BACHELOR’S DEGREES
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  • Seventh and last examination opportunity – Proceedings
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