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    Food Science and Innovation

    Course overview

    If you are interested in food and being part of a creative, dynamic and fast-paced profession then this course will give you the skills you require. It provides the opportunity to explore your interests in food whether these relate to science or society, the practical or the theoretical, people or processes.

    You will explore consumer needs, nutrition, food production, new product development, supply-chains, marketing approaches, research and development, and issues of sustainability in food. You will be equipped with a broad base of practical, theoretical, and technical skills to help address global food challenges.

    You will be taught in dedicated, specialist facilities, and assessed through an innovative combination of theory and real-world practice. Assessment typically includes live industry projects, creating and exhibiting new products, creative portfolios, and consumer research. We focus on a small number of topics at any one time, with frequent feedback, to help you manage your learning. You will learn within a diverse group, including international students and industry professionals.

    Our food graduates access a variety of exciting, globally-connected roles, from selecting what is sold in supermarkets to creating the next generation of innovative food products. You will be primed for progression into roles that include the management of brands, people, projects, and products.

    A version of this course with a placement year is also available. 

    View the placement year route

    Find out more about placement years

    Entry requirements

    88 UCAS Tariff Points

    Qualification Grade(s)
    GCE A Levels grades CCD or equivalent  (with no more than 2 arts-based subjects out of 3)
    Pearson BTEC National Extended Diploma MMM (in a relevant subject) (1080 GLH)
    City & Guilds Advanced Extended Technical Diploma MMM (in a relevant subject) (1080 GLH)
    T-Level Pass (A* - C) (in a relevant subject)
    Scottish Highers BCCC
    Irish Leaving Certificate Three H3 and one H4
    GCSEs Minimum of 4 GCSEs at grade C/4 including English Language, Maths and Science.

    Course key info

    UCAS code DS02

    Institution code: H12

    Duration

    Three years, full-time

    Location

    ÎÞÂ붯»­ campus

    Course modules

    Module Table
    Year 1
    Year 2
    Year 3

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    For course related enquiries please contact:

    Admissions
    Telephone: 0300 131 3950
    Email: admissions@harper-adams.ac.uk

    Careers

    Our food graduates have an excellent employability rate and record. The high level of skill and specialist knowledge makes graduates from this course uniquely prepared for food technical, auditing and processing roles.

    Graduates can expect to be involved in the decisions necessary to manufacture, develop and improve food and drink products in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

    Food technologists are at the centre of product design, formulation, food safety and quality assurance in the food industry.

    Fees and costs

    The latest fees for this course can be found in our fees and funding section. You will also find course related costs, specific to this course in the Fees and Charges PDF.

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