Our department offers both M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs in Food Science and Technology.  Students may study:

  • Food chemistry
  • Food safety and microbiology
  • Sensory science
  • Functional foods for health
  • Food safety engineering
  • Advanced food processing technologies
  • Food packaging

Our facilities consist of well-equipped laboratories and three pilot plants for meat, dairy, and fruit and vegetable processing. Alumni of the graduate program have gone on to have careers in academia, industry and government.