Food Chemistry and Biochemical Technologies

Students in Chemical Engineering acquire the same advanced chemistry knowledge as chemistry majors and in addition other engineering courses, especially bakery or vegetable oil industry technologies, beer and wine industry technologies, food biotechnology, automation and process technology optimization. The interest topics include food packaging and labeling, quality control of vegetable/animal food products, risk assessment in food industry, control and waste recovery in food industry. Graduates can either take positions in industry, either in research and development institutions, or they can pursue studies in Master degree programs. Graduates are trained to work in food and biotechnology companies, nutrition-oriented branches, environmental protection institutions, and health and pharmaceutical care businesses. They can also find jobs in the company's laboratories, supervisory and monitoring agencies, commerce and administration. Graduates can manage teams of high school educated staff in companies, laboratories and administration.
The Chemical Engineering field offers excellent training for almost any career as students learn to analyze complex problems and acquire a quantitative context that can be applied in many other areas.