What's it all about? Are you interested in how the human body converts different types of food into energy and why different foods affect our wellbeing? Do you want to learn more about the physiological and biochemical mechanisms underlying health and disease? Or how to process and preserve foods? This degree answers those questions by exploring how we can optimise the quality and safety of foods through appropriate processing and packaging. What does it include? It draws on fundamental knowledge in sciences such as chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biotechnology. Students are encouraged to obtain as much professionally oriented or industrial experience as possible before the completion of the degree. The Food Science Field Trip that runs each February is a compulsory part of this degree that involves visits to approximately 10 food-manufacturing plants around Australia. Where will you work? What you do will depend on what you specialise in, but any industry or company related to food or beverages is an option. Some examples include working in quality assurance, monitoring food production, analysing food for nutritional contents or researching better ways to preserve or package food. Dual degrees: Dual degrees are a great way of graduating with a wider breadth of knowledge, better preparing you for your future career.

Food technologist, new product developer, food testing, laboratory scientist, food microbiologist, quality manager, nutritionist.