Food Science

Our accredited food science course gives you the scientific knowledge and technical skills to:

• Design and engineer innovative food

• Enhancing taste, texture and nutrition

• Develop sustainable ingredients

• Make food safe and affordable

You'll learn how to apply science to create sustainable, nutritious, safe food. Using our specialist food facilities you'll investigate the properties of foods:

• Food processing facility - learn about different technologies and engineering

• Quality control lab - use equipment to assess product and process quality

• Teaching lab - learn about the role of microbiology in food safety and production

• Flavour lab - use our world class lab to understand flavour chemistry

• Sensory science centre - test consumer preferences and understand how we perceive flavour

We have strong links with industry, which means that you'll get plenty of exposure to food companies. In the third year, you'll develop a new food product and present this to industry guests. There is also the opportunity to enter Ecotrophelia, a European food innovation student competition.

You have the opportunity to apply to additional year options after you start your degree:

• Industry placement - you can add a year in industry between years two and three

• Computer Science year - use algorithms to analyse complex data and apply this to your course