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Why Study Food Science and Health at UL?

This B.Sc. programme in Food Science and Health prepares graduates for careers in Ireland’s largest industry. About 40,000 people are employed in the food industry which generates an annual gross output of approximately €15.6 billion. The Government has targeted the food sector as being of great strategic importance, capable of generating considerably more wealth and employment. Since there is a direct link between diet and health, consumers are becoming more health conscious and are demanding higher quality foods that maintain health and prevent disease.

This Food Science and Health degree programme has been developed to meet these needs among consumers, the food industry, academic and research organisations, and government agencies.

You will find the study of Food Science and Health challenging and rewarding. This degree programme will combine the study of nutrition, human physiology and diet-health relationships with classical food science and technology.

This broad-based degree programme covers such topics as:

• food science and technology
• food quality
• food ingredients
• food chemistry
• food microbiology
• diet and health
• food processing
• food safety
• project management
• human nutrition
• public health nutrition
• advanced nutrient metabolism
• human physiology
• food biotechnology

Course Structure

The programme is four years in e course starts with basic science, developing key areas such as chemistry, biochemistry and microbiology, human nutrition and physiology, together with introductory food science and health.

In the third and fourth years there is a series of modules dealing with:

• Health and Food
• Food Chemistry
• Food Processing and Process Engineering
• Food Quality and Food Microbiology
• Food Ingredients
• Food Biotechnology
• Project Management

There are also elective modules in:

• Business Consulting
• Waste Management
• Exercise and Health
• Accounting

A project which is undertaken throughout the final year allows the in-depth analysis of a relevant topic that gives you the opportunity to carry out independent research.

During the Spring Semester of year three and the subsequent Summer, a period of Cooperative Education provides industrial work experience in a food enterprise.

Career Prospects

Careers open to you with a degree in Food Science and Health include;

• Food Scientist/Technologist
• Dairy Industry Scientist
• Quality Assurance manager
• Brewer
• Environmental Health Officer

UL Food Science and Health graduates find employment in a diverse range of key roles in areas such as;

• Food Microbiology
• New Product Development
• Process Development
• Technical Management
• Food Ingredients
• Food Safety
• Ready-to-use Foods
• Functional Foods/Nutraceuticals