Food Technology with Bioprocessing University of Reading

Overview

This Food Technology with Bioprocessing BSc degree from the University of Reading will provide you with in-depth knowledge of raw materials and methods for producing safe and healthy food products, with a focus on food engineering.

Become a food technologist at the University of Reading

• Top ten UK university for Food Science (joint 5th in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021).
• 95% of our research impact is rated outstanding (Research Excellence Framework 2021, combining 4*, 3* and 2*submissions – Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Sciences).
• Our food science graduates have the second-highest median salary of such graduates six months after graduation (The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019, based on analysis of 2017 graduate salaries).

You'll explore innovative food technology techniques, underpinned by the fundamental science of food and nutrition. Your studies will include:

• microbiology
• biochemistry
• food processing and engineering
• product development
• food quality and sensory science
• human physiology and nutrition.

At Reading, you’ll also develop key technical skills through laboratory-based practicals, sensory evaluation, and work in our pilot-scale food processing plant.

In your final year, you will undertake an exciting Product Development module. Given a brief by industry experts, you’ll work as a team to produce an original product, which you will showcase at an end-of-term trade show. This will provide you with valuable experience and key employability skills.

Career opportunities:

Food is Europe's largest and most buoyant industry. There is a constant demand for graduates with the scientific and technical skills to tackle the latest consumer issues.

Your degree will provide the essential subject-specific and transferable skills required in the food industry. Our graduates typically find employment in food technology, quality management, food product development, and nutritional science.

Recent graduates from the Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences have gone on to work for:

• PepsiCo
• Nestlé
• Mars
• Marks & Spencer
• Unilever.