Your complete guide to studying Food Sciences

Everything you need to know about studying Food Sciences in 2023

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Food Sciences is a multidisciplinary field that applies theories from Chemistry, Microbiology and other Physical Sciences to the study of food. The discipline uses research to develop and evaluate new food products and to determine the processes involved in the production and presentation of these products. Food Sciences also study methods of preservation and storage of different food types, while ensuring food safety and quality.

Main subjects covered by Food Sciences touch upon topics like: food safety and quality, food processing, animal products for human consumption, food engineering, cereal science and technology, wine microbiology and processing, functional foods and health.

Apart from fundamental knowledge in food processing, students develop the skills to evaluate alternative food manufacturing methods as well as an in-depth knowledge of the processes involved in the food market. They are also able to establish if food-manufacturing methods are in accordance with consumer and industry standards. Most programmes in food sciences provide internships in companies belonging to the food industry to give students extensive practical experience.

Food Sciences graduates can follow career opportunities like: food research and development scientist, quality assurance advisor, food plant manager, food molecular biologist, flavour chemist.

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Universities Location Shanghai Jiao Tong University Ranking (2017)
Wageningen University and Research Wageningen, Netherlands 1
Jianghan University Wuhan, China 2
China Agricultural University Beijing, China 3
South China University of Technology Guangzhou, China 4
Ghent University Ledeberg, Belgium 5
UNICAMP - University of Campinas Campinas, Brazil 6
University of Sao Paulo São Paulo, Brazil 7
Zhejiang University Hangzhou, China 8
University of California, Davis Davis, United States 9
University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark 10
University of Porto Porto, Portugal 11
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst Center, United States 12
KU Leuven Brussels, Belgium 13
University of Guelph Guelph, Canada 14
Nanjing Agricultural University Xiaolingwei, China 15
Polytechnic University of Valencia Valencia, Spain 16
Aarhus University Aarhus, Denmark 17
China Medical University Taichung, Taiwan 18
University of Bologna Bologna, Italy 19
Rutgers University New Brunswick, United States 20
University of Valencia Valencia, Spain 21
Northwest A & F University Xi'an, China 22
National Taiwan University Taipei, Taiwan 23
Nanchang University Nanchang, China 24
University Putra Malaysia Kampong Baharu Balakong, Malaysia 25
Cornell University Ithaca, United States 26
University of Naples Federico II Naples, Italy 27
Technical University of Munich München, Germany 28
University College Cork Cork, Ireland 29
University of Granada Granada, Spain 30
University of Hohenheim Ostfildern, Germany 30
Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Copenhagen, Denmark 32
The University of Milan Sesto San Giovanni, Italy 33
University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland 34
University of Belgrade Belgrade, Serbia 35
University of Barcelona Eixample, Spain 36
University of Florida Gainesville, United States 37
University of Maryland College Park, United States 37
University of Queensland South Brisbane, Australia 39
Complutense University of Madrid Madrid, Spain 40
University of Lleida Lleida, Spain 40
University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada 42
University of Seville Sevilla, Spain 43
The Ohio State University Upper Arlington, United States 44
Massey University Palmerston North, New Zealand 45
Korea University Seoul, South Korea 46
Texas A&M University College Station, United States 47
University of Wisconsin Madison Madison, United States 47
University of Zaragoza Delicias, Spain 47
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança Bragança, Portugal 50
Asia University, Taiwan Zhongxing New Village, Taiwan 101
Autonomous University of Madrid Alcobendas, Spain 101
Catholic University of Portugal Lisbon, Portugal 101
Chonnam National University Gwangju, South Korea 101
Chung-Ang University Seoul, South Korea 101
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre, Brazil 101
Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) Araranguá, Brazil 101
Federal University of Viçosa Juatuba, Brazil 101
Jiangsu University Zhenjiang, China 101
Jinan University Guangzhou, China 101
Kansas State University Manhattan, United States 101
Kasetsart University Mueang Nonthaburi, Thailand 101
King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 101
Kyung Hee Cyber University Seoul, South Korea 101
Kyungpook National University Daegu, South Korea 101
Laval University Québec, Canada 101
Lund University Lund, Sweden 101
McGill University Montréal, Canada 101
Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's, Canada 101
Monash University Notting Hill, Australia 101
University of Galway Galway, Ireland 101
National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore 101
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Lisbon, Portugal 101
Ocean University of China Qingdao, China 101
Pennsylvania State University State College, United States 101
ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Switzerland 101
TU Berlin Berlin, Germany 101
University of Adelaide Adelaide, Australia 101
Melbourne Business School Melbourne, Australia 101
University of Avignon Avignon, France 101
University of Technology Compiegne Compiègne, France 101
Universidade de Aveiro Aveiro, Portugal 101
University of Bari Aldo Moro Bari, Italy 101
University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada 101
University of Foggia Foggia, Italy 101
University of Leeds Leeds, United Kingdom 101
University of Montpellier Montpellier, France 101
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna Vienna, Austria 101
University of Nottingham Nottingham, United Kingdom 101
University of Novi Sad Novi Sad, Serbia 101
University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom 101
University of Salerno Fisciano, Italy 101
University of Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela, Spain 101
University Sains Malaysia George Town, Malaysia 101
University of Tennessee Knoxville Knoxville, United States 101
University of Udine Udine, Italy 101
University of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia 101
Utrecht University Utrecht, Netherlands 101
Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France 151
Autonomous University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain 151
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano, Italy 151
Clemson University Clemson, United States 151
Erciyes University Talas, Turkey 151
Federal University of Santa Maria Santa Maria, Brazil 151
Gyeongsang National University Jinju, South Korea 151
Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey 151
Hokkaido University Sapporo, Japan 151
Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan, China 151
Kangwon National University Chuncheon, South Korea 151
Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan 151
Marche Polytechnic University Ancona, Italy 151
Nankai University Tianjin, China 151
Instituto Politécnico Nacional Mexico City, Mexico 151
Peking University Beijing, China 151
Queen's University Belfast Belfast, United Kingdom 151
Shaanxi Normal University Xi'an, China 151
South China Agricultural University Dasha, China 151
Taipei Medical University Taipei, Taiwan 151
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel 151
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, Hong Kong (SAR) 151
The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR) 151
The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 151
Federal University of Lavras Lavras da Mangabeira, Brazil 151
University of Arkansas Fayetteville, United States 151
University of Bonn Bonn, Germany 151
University of Calabria Rende, Italy 151
Universidad de Castilla la Mancha Toledo, Spain 151
University of Catania Catania, Italy 151
University of Chile Lo Prado, Chile 151
University of Florence Florence, Italy 151
University of Kentucky Lexington, United States 151
University of Liège Liège, Belgium 151
University of Lorraine Maxéville, France 151
University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 151
University of Navarra Pamplona, Spain 151
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, United States 151
University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand 151
University of Perugia Perugia, Italy 151
University of the Basque Country Lejona, Spain 151
University of Valladolid Valladolid, Spain 151
University of Vienna Vienna, Austria 151
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, United States 151
Warsaw University of Life Sciences Kabaty, Poland 151
Zhejiang Gongshang University Linping, China 151
Cairo University Cairo, Egypt 201
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Villa Presidente Frei, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile, Chile 201
UCLouvain Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium 201
Charles Sturt University Wagga, Australia 201
Chungbuk National University Wanju, South Korea 201
Chulalongkorn University Bangkok, Thailand 201
Cranfield University Cranfield, United Kingdom 201
Deakin University  Burwood, Australia 201
Technological University Dublin Dublin, Ireland 201
East China University of Science and Technology Shangyu, China 201
Ege University Izmir, Turkey 201
Ewha Womans University Seoul, South Korea 201
Federal University of Paraná Curitiba, Brazil 201
The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 201
Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin, China 201
Harvard University Cambridge, United States 201
Hubei University of Technology Wuhan, China 201
Istanbul Technical University Istanbul, Turkey 201
Kaohsiung Medical University Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 201
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Karlsruhe, Germany 201
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi Amphoe Phra Pradaeng, Thailand 201
Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan 201
Lanzhou University Lanzhou, China 201
Murdoch University Applecross, Australia 201
Nanjing University of Finance & Economics Nanjing, China 201
National Autonomous University of Mexico Coyoacán, Mexico 201
Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse Toulouse, France 201
National University of Córdoba Córdoba, Argentina 201
Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom 201
Northeast Forestry University Harbin, China 201
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Madrid, Spain 201
Poznan University of Life Sciences Poznan, Poland 201
Pusan National University Yangsan, South Korea 201
RMIT University Melbourne, Australia 201
Sapienza University of Rome Roma, Italy 201
Sejong University Kuri, South Korea 201
Shandong University Jinan, China 201
Sichuan University Chengdu, China 201
Southwest University China Chongqing, China 201
Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou, China 201
Sungkyunkwan University Seoul, South Korea 201
Tarbiat Modares University Tehran, Iran 201
Braunschweig University of Technology Braunschweig, Germany 201
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel 201
University of Glasgow Glasgow, United Kingdom 201
University of New South Wales Kingsford, Australia 201
Tianjin University Tianjin, China 201
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology Tokyo, Japan 201
TU Dresden Dresden, Germany 201
Tufts University Medford, United States 201
Università degli Studi della Tuscia Viterbo, Italy 201
University of Burgos Burgos, Spain 201
Universidad de Leon León, Spain 201
Polytechnic University of Cartagena Cartagena, Spain 201
Universidade Estadual de Londrina Londrina, Brazil 201
Universidade Federal de Pelotas UFPEL Pelotas, Brazil 201
University of Bern Bern, Switzerland 201
University of Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom 201
The University of Cagliari Cagliari, Italy 201
University of Coimbra Coimbra, Portugal 201
University of Connecticut Storrs, United States 201
University of Eastern Finland Kuopio, Finland 201
University of Genoa Genoa, Italy 201
University of Göttingen Göttingen, Germany 201
University of Hamburg Hamburg, Germany 201
University of Ioannina Anatolí, Greece 201
University of Kiel Kiel, Germany 201
University of Limerick Limerick, Ireland 201
University of Messina Messina, Italy 201
University of Missouri - Columbia Columbia, United States 201
University of Molise Campobasso, Italy 201
University of Münster Münster, Germany 201
University of New England Armidale, Australia 201
The University of Oviedo Oviedo, Spain 201
University of Palermo Palermo, Italy 201
University of Pisa Pisa, Italy 201
University of Sydney Sydney, Australia 201
Universidade de Tras os Montes e Alto Douro Vila Real, Portugal 201
University of Turku Turku, Finland 201
University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna Vienna, Austria 201
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Brussels, Belgium 201
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences Wroclaw, Poland 201
Wuhan University Wuhan, China 201
Xiamen University Xiamen, China 201
Yeungnam University Gyeongsan, South Korea 201
Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou, China 201
AgroParisTech - Institut des Sciences et Industries du Vivant et de l'Environnement Paris, France 51
Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China 51
Islamic Azad University Of Dezful Shushtar, Iran 51
King Abdulaziz University Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 51
Konkuk University Kuri, South Korea 51
Michigan State University East Lansing, United States 51
National Chung Hsing University Taichung, Taiwan 51
North Carolina State University Raleigh, United States 51
Purdue University West Lafayette, United States 51
Seoul National University Anyang, South Korea 51
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China 51
University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand 51
University of Reading Reading, United Kingdom 51
University of Cordoba Cordova, Spain 51
University of East Anglia Norwich, United Kingdom 51
University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland 51
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Urbana, United States 51
University of Lisbon Lisbon, Portugal 51
University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Canada 51
University of Salamanca Salamanca, Spain 51
University of Turin Turin, Italy 51
University of Vigo Vigo, Spain 51
Rovira i Virgili University Tarragona, Spain 51
Washington State University Pullman, United States 51
Agricultural University of Athens Athens, Greece 76
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloníki, Greece 76
Chungnam National University Seoul, South Korea 76
Iowa State University Ames, United States 76
Jilin University Changchun, China 76
Miguel Hernández University of Elche Elche, Spain 76
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) Ås, Norway 76
Oregon State University Corvallis, United States 76
Prince of Songkla University Hat Yai, Thailand 76
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa 76
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala, Sweden 76
University of Georgia Athens, United States 76
The Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Bauru, Brazil 76
University of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina 76
University of Burgundy Saint-Apollinaire, France 76
University of Extremadura Badajoz, Spain 76
University of Ljubljana Ljubljana, Slovenia 76
University of Minho Braga, Portugal 76
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis, United States 76
University of Padua Padua, Italy 76
University of Parma Parma, Italy 76
University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Canada 76
University of Tehran, Kish International Campus Kish, Iran 76
Universidad de la Republica (Uruguay) Montevideo, Uruguay 76
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