The Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition (FSHN) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is dedicated to implementing education, research, and outreach programs designed to promote a safe, nutritious, and affordable food supply that enhances human health. To this end, students and faculty work collectively toward learning, discovering, and disseminating new knowledge and in applying novel technologies to achieve the departmental mission. The basic human need for high quality food for optimal health and wellness drives the core of student training within the FSHN Department.

Undergraduate concentrations leading to the B.S. degree include Dietetics, Food Science, Hospitality Management, and Human Nutrition. Career opportunities for graduates of our program are excellent and include position titles including nutritionist, dietitian, food technologist, product developer, food scientist, senior scientist, entrepreneur, restauranteur, and food systems manager. Graduate students may pursue M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, focusing on original research in the general concentrations of Food Science or Human Nutrition. The FSHN Department also offers a non-thesis Professional Science Master’s degree that includes foundational courses within the department along with business and marketing courses.