Program Objectives:
  Students will acquire basics in food science, food engineering & technology, chemistry, physics, biology, computer application, and management; excellent knowledge structure and strong initiative; abilities of developing food products, management of food engineering, quality control, plant engineering design or marketing for the private or public sector.
Features:
  The program established with joint efforts in Food Science and Engineering from Jiangsu University and the University of Leeds, U.K., is aimed at cultivating expert food science and engineering talents with an international vision. Food Science and Engineering Program of Jiangsu University is ranked among the provincial level feature programs and a to-be brand program in Jiangsu province, China. The program gets its support from the professors and research fellows of the First-level Discipline Doctoral Degree Program in Food Science and Engineering of the School, the Subsidiary of China’s Agricultural Products Processing Equipment R & D Center, Jiangsu Research Center of Bio-processing and Separation of Agricultural Products, Jiangsu Province Agricultural Products Physical Processing Key Laboratory. The program is well equipped with a computer-aided NDT system, large-size agricultural products analysis and testing instruments, and pilot-scale product lines for natural produce extraction available for teaching and students’ field work.
Courses:
  Organic Chemistry; Biochemistry; Microbiology; Food Chemistry; Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, Key Technologies in Food and Nutrition Science; Food Processing Unit Operation; Food Chemistry and Analysis; Food Processing and Nutritional Quality.
Postgraduate opportunities:
  This program gets its support from the professors and research fellows of the First-level Discipline Doctoral Degree Program in Food Science and Engineering of the School. It has five Doctoral programs and Master programs of Food Science, Food Oils and Vegetable Protein Engineering, Agricultural Products Processing & Storage, Aquatic Products Processing & Storage, and Food Nutrition & Safety. We also offer Post-doctoral positions of Food Science. Now our program has a faculty team of 13 Ph.D. supervisors and 24 Master supervisors, and more than 200 graduate students including Ph.D. and Master Candidates.
Career Opportunities:
  Graduates are mainly employed by food companies, research institutions, public sector, colleges or universities for positions of management, research & development, designing, marketing or teaching.