The food science and engineering major of Hefei University of Technology is a national first-class undergraduate major, a national characteristic major, and a major that has passed the international engineering education certification.The discipline is in the advanced ranks of similar disciplines in China,whichis a national key discipline and a key construction discipline of the "211" project, with a first-level discipline doctoral program and a postdoctoral research station.

Objectives

Cultivate students who actively practice the core values of socialism and have a sense of social responsibility, developing moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetics and labor education in an all-round way. Foster students who can adapt to the needs of the modernization and development of China's food industry and master the basic theories and engineering technologies in the field of food science and engineering systematically. At the same time, the students can be familiar with the development trends of food and its related industries, with broad knowledge, good communication and cooperation skill, lifelong learning and dedicated vocational and innovation spirit, strong social adaptability. Train students to become senior professionals who can engage in scientific research, product development, engineering design, quality control, production management, inspection and quarantine in food and related fields.

Main courses

It has three professional directions: food engineering and equipment, food quality and safety, and food biotechnology, and offers major professional courses such as food chemistry, food technology, food engineering principle, food nutrition and safety, food analysis and testing, food machinery and equipment, food factory design and environmental protection.

Employment

The students of this major have the distinctive characteristics of excellent academic support conditions, thick professional knowledge foundation, strong engineering practice ability and broad employment scope. Graduates can be engaged in technical or management work in Chinese and foreign-funded enterprises in the food, light industry, domestic and foreign trade industries, industrial and commercial health inspection, customs, government agencies and other departments.

The duration of study is four years, and a Bachelor of Engineering degree is awarded upon graduation.