Food Science and Technology

Overview

Why @KTU?

Providing people with quality, safe and healthy food daily is one of the most important global challenges that food scientists and technologists are facing today. By studying bachelor’s in Food Science and Technology at KTU, you will gain the interdisciplinary competencies and skills necessary for future food technologist in the fields of food chemistry, microbiology, nutrition, technology and engineering. Also, you will integrate speciality knowledge with the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and economics.

This is one of a few bachelor's study programmes in Lithuania in the field of food technology, and the only one which has been awarded the international EQAS-Food Label quality mark. KTU is the only university in the Baltic States that offers studies on international level accredited with this quality mark.

• Access to food technology labs, which are provided with pilot-scale technological lines used to model and perform various technological processes
• The students gain practical skills while working together with experienced food technologists, being involved in real-life problem solving
• The graduates of this programme are valued by the employers for their unique mix of skills and knowledge in food technologies, food engineering, food chemistry, and microbiology

What will you study?

• Nutrients: structure, properties, functions in food, functions in the human organism, analysis methods
• Micro-organisms: structure, properties, the prevalence in food, biochemical processes
• Technologies: design, organisation, production, ensuring safety and quality, food additives
• Engineering: facilities, processes, systems

Accreditation