About the Department

About the Department


Agricultural Engineering- Science and Food Industry with the sub-discipline of Food Conversion-BSc.

A large portion of agricultural produce has turned consumable in a way that they can be used in the highest quality regardless of the season and climate. If not so, a large amount of the production will deteriorate and sometimes deemed nocuous to human health. To address the issue, a number of people must be trained and educated to properly preserve the produce for the continuum of public consumption by making use of their professional and academic abilities.

Duration of the Program

The BSc program for science and technology of food may continue up to 4 years and a maximum of 6 years in accordance with educational regulations. Every academic year will include two semesters at the duration of 16 full weeks. The educational system for the program is based on credits and 66 Hrs. of classic class hours have been intended for every credit.

There are 140 credits to be learned in this program in accordance with the academic chart provided by the department:

General courses 20 credits.

Basic science courses 35 credits.

Main courses 17 credits.

Specialized courses 59 credits.

9 of which are optional.

 

Aims and Occupational Possibilities:

 

The graduates of this program can seek occupational possibilities in the following sectors:

As managers of storage units, refinements and production of food.

As chief executives, laboratory executives, production manager of relevant industries and quality check.

 

Required Abilities:

 

Attention to storage and production to agricultural produce as consumable commodities with acceptable quality is of vital importance because if the procedure is not paid appropriate attention to, a large proportion of produce is speculated to be wasted or may not have the required quality upon production. Therefore, it comes with great importance to train and educate experts and professionals to take the matter under their managerial and academic observation through conducting various researches, programming and providing proper education.

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