Degree: Bachelor of Food Technology with Honours
Code: US6541001
The Food Technology program was established in 1973. It is a four-year programme that involves the practical application of Food Science to preserve, process, package, distribute, and safely provide nutritious and wholesome sustenance to consumers.
When you obtain a Food Tech undergrad degree, you can work in the industry and academia, where your main goal is to improve the quality and safety of foods and, more excitingly, create new food products. You would be working with the latest advancements in basic research, process engineering, packaging technology, and management techniques in the food production chain. Our program is designed to provide technical knowledge to support the food processing industry in being more efficient and with minimal waste.
Important Information
Curriculum Structure Intake 2024/2025
Curriculum Structure Intake 2023/2024
Curriculum Structure Intake 2022/2023
Curriculum Structure Intake 2021/2022
Programme Chairperson Food Technology
To support the IFT mission and vision, the IFT Higher Education Review Board (HERB) rigorously assesses undergraduate food science and technology programmes that meet its high IFT Undergraduate Education Standards for Degrees in Food Science and Technology. The Bachelor of Food Technology with Honours programme offered by the School of Industrial Technology, USM, was the first undergraduate programme in Malaysia to be IFT-approved from 2015 until the present. This means that the programme is internationally recognised and will provide graduates with many global career opportunities.
The IFT Programme Goals serve as an overarching expectation of an IFT-approved academic programme. The Standards encompass the academic content and skills under the four IFT Programme Goals. The Standards provide the framework to assess the Essential Learning Outcomes (ELOs). ELOs are measurable statements that describe the knowledge or skills students should acquire by the end of a particular assignment, class, course, or programme. The academic programme must require specific courses and learning activities that provide students with a deep understanding of the critical principles, concepts, and skills in the content areas of Food Science or Food Technology.
