梅西大學(xué)

Develop the food of the future

Learn how to develop the great-tasting food products of the future, incorporating exciting new nutritional health benefits.

The world looks to New Zealand as a trustworthy provider of safe, healthy food. As a food technologist you will learn how to contribute to economic growth through improvements in productivity and Research and Development (R&D). You will play a key role in the development of new products and processes for the food industry.

Developing and improving food products, nutrition, health and safety are a priority for food technologists. You will learn how to produce products that consumer’s desire. That might be products with new beneficial characteristics, or that taste amazing, or that have longer shelf life but contain fewer additives, or all three!

Global opportunities

By studying the Bachelor of Food Technology with Honours (Food Product Technology) at Massey you will learn how to contribute towards the global trend and desire for healthier food. Some examples that have been worked on by Massey students include: a sports drink to improve performance, a high-protein cereal, an extruded snack high in protein but low in fat, or a low-calorie dessert or chocolate product.

International recognition

The BFoodTechHons (Food Product Technology) is accredited by Engineering NZ under the Sydney Accord (an international agreement).

Both majors of the BFoodTech (Hons) are approved by the US-based Institute of Food Technologists (IFT).

Massey University is ranked as one of the top 50 universities worldwide for Food Science & Technology (out of 300) by ShanghaiRanking.

Careers

Career options after completing the Food Product Technology major include:

• Product development technologist
• Process improvement technologist
• Packaging technologist
• Specification Technologist - R&D
• Quality and Procurement Technologist
• Applications Technologist
• R&D Technologist
• Development Technologist
• Raw Materials Specifications Technologist
• Systems Food Technologist
• Quality Assurance Supervisor

This course is also offered by the Institute of Food science and Technology.